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Ohio town grapples with fracking: housing troubles, rent gouging
July 14, 2014Besides housing issues, fracking has brought increased drug usage along with meth labs, prostitution, and human trafficking.
Read more“Swamp People” carry union cards
July 14, 2014A majority of writer-producers at reality TV production company Original Media, creator of "Swamp People," voted overwhelmingly to join the Writers Guild of America, East.
Read moreDallas opts to take immigrant children
July 9, 2014Up to 2,000 immigrant children will be cared for in Dallas under a plan announced by County Judge Clay Jenkins at the Texas Democratic Party Convention June 28.
Read more“We are the mayor:” Newark inaugurates new mayor
July 9, 2014A large and enthusiastic Newark crowd celebrated the inauguration of its 40th mayor, Ras Baraka, last week at the city's New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Read moreChild refugee crisis: battle for America’s soul
July 9, 2014Since 2011, the number of "unaccompanied" children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has skyrocketed; since Oct. 2013, 52,000 have arrived, and the total may soon reach 90,000.
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