disasters
Blown-up levee destroys black community
June 21, 2011A small African-American town is suffering after the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow holes in a levee in eastern Missouri.
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Arizona faces largest wildfire in its history
June 17, 2011Investigators were questioning "persons of interest" in regard to the origin of the blaze, but campfire mishaps aren't the only cause of the fires.
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Unions help towns in tornado aftermath
May 26, 2011"I've been in the labor movement since 1998, and seeing more than 150 of my union brothers and sisters come together to help one another and their communities is the proudest moment of my life."
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Progressives prepare for zombie doomsday
May 19, 2011Will this weekend bring the rapture or one big zombie apocolypse?
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Why is the Mississippi River flooding?
May 12, 2011The right-wing National Review is rushing to instruct us that global warming has nothing to do with the record-breaking Mississippi River flood. Are they right?
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