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3 NATO Summit Protesters Arrested for Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism; National Lawyers Guild Says Charges “Trumped Up”

3 NATO Summit Protesters Arrested for Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism; National Lawyers Guild Says Charges “Trumped Up”

Three NATO summit protesters were arrested in Chicago and charged Saturday with explosives possession and conspiracy to commit terrorism...

May 20, 2012 with 0 Comments
House GOP Budget To Eviscerate Poor to Benefit Military-Industrial Complex

House GOP Budget To Eviscerate Poor to Benefit Military-Industrial Complex

House Republicans forwarded a budget bill which slashes $261 billion from essential social services in order to avoid more than $50 billion..

May 8, 2012 with 0 Comments
UN Investigator to US: Give Mt. Rushmore & Other Stolen Lands Back to Native Americans

UN Investigator to US: Give Mt. Rushmore & Other Stolen Lands Back to Native Americans

A United Nations investigator completing a 12-day visit to the United States to probe discrimination against Native Americans is urging the..

May 7, 2012 with 0 Comments
BART Worker Jim Stanek Fired for Giving Paid, Unused Tickets to Disadvantaged High School Student

BART Worker Jim Stanek Fired for Giving Paid, Unused Tickets to Disadvantaged High School Student

A longtime Bay Area Rapid Transit station agent was terminated from his $95,000/year job for giving paid, unused tickets to a needy teen so..

May 3, 2012 with 1 Comment
Bankrupt ‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman to Make Online Porn Video for Undisclosed Amount

Bankrupt ‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman to Make Online Porn Video for Undisclosed Amount

She once vowed to never do porn. But Nadya Suleman, aka the Octomom, is bankrupt, done in by the cost of raising a behemoth brood of..

May 1, 2012 with 0 Comments
More Mexicans May Be Leaving Than Coming To US

More Mexicans May Be Leaving Than Coming To US

Mexican immigration to the United States has slowed dramatically and may be on the brink of an historic reversal in which more Mexicans may..

April 23, 2012 with 2 Comments
At 20.5%, Obamas’ Tax Rate Lower than President’s Secretary

At 20.5%, Obamas’ Tax Rate Lower than President’s Secretary

The White House has disclosed that Barack and Michelle Obama pay a lower federal income tax rate than the President’s secretary...

April 15, 2012 with 0 Comments
These 26 Fortune 500 Companies Paid Less Than 0% Federal Income Tax Since 2008; Some Made Billions in Tax Breaks

These 26 Fortune 500 Companies Paid Less Than 0% Federal Income Tax Since 2008; Some Made Billions in Tax Breaks

There’s been a lot of hot air blowing from the right lately about how the United States now has the world’s highest corporate..

April 10, 2012 with 2 Comments
Four-Year-Old Girl Pepper-Sprayed by Santa Monica College Police During Tuition Hike Protest; Two Hospitalized

Four-Year-Old Girl Pepper-Sprayed by Santa Monica College Police During Tuition Hike Protest; Two Hospitalized

A four-year-old girl was among those pepper-sprayed by campus police Tuesday at a southern California protest against college tuition..

April 5, 2012 with 1 Comment
SFPD Arrests 56 ‘Occupy’ Protesters During Raid on Vacant Church Building

SFPD Arrests 56 ‘Occupy’ Protesters During Raid on Vacant Church Building

Ending a short-lived takeover of a vacant downtown building, San Francisco police cleared out the structure this afternoon, arresting..

April 2, 2012 with 0 Comments