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Hours Before His Death Michael Hastings Contacted Wikileaks Attorney Said FBI Was Investigating Him
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Without the Southern States, the rest of us would miss...
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Veterans
Three U.S. Naval Academy football players charged with raping unconscious woman
By unhappycamper - 10 min ago

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Good effin' Grief! Owen Paterson: UK must become global leader on GM crops
By malaise - 11 min ago

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Michael Hastings' last article
Milestone: 25 replies @ 12 min ago

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Geek-Favorite Electronics Retailer Newegg Hatches New Billionaire On Rising Sales
By steve2470 - 14 min ago

Latin America
Attackers torch buses at Venezuela university
By Judi Lynn - 22 min ago

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WHO KILLED THE DOGS IN THE RED SUITCASE?
By Omaha Steve - 23 min ago

Latin America
67 die from dengue in Paraguay
By Judi Lynn - 25 min ago

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Aaron Swartz, Barrett Brown, Andrew Auernheimer. How the feds are going after journalists
By cali - 26 min ago

Latin America
Chile's President Unveils Pension Reform Plan
By Judi Lynn - 28 min ago

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Chairman of oversight board tapped by Obama says group concerned about NSA surveillance
By steve2470 - 30 min ago

Washington
State budget calculator
By eridani - 32 min ago

Politics 2013
Video: EW Jackson says government programs far worse than slavery for black families
By lowkell - 39 min ago

Education
Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland
By eridani - 42 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
By dipsydoodle - 43 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal
By Omaha Steve - 43 min ago

General Discussion
ACOs--rewarding practitioners for reducing care could lead to more malpractice suits
By eridani - 44 min ago

Latest Breaking News
Car quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds
By Omaha Steve - 47 min ago

Video & Multimedia
The One Percent
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Video & Multimedia
It's that time of the year again: Harvard Commencement Speech 2010 - Jimmy Tingle
By geefloyd46 - 48 min ago

General Discussion
Tim Clemente ex-FBI on CNN recently "(The NSA) can listen to ANY phone call AFTER the event"
By TakeALeftTurn - 49 min ago

Latest Breaking News
AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier
By Omaha Steve - 51 min ago

General Discussion
NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State (no oversight/accountability)
By HiPointDem - 59 min ago

Video & Multimedia
the Real News: Wall Street Getting Rich At Expense of Farmers and the Poor
By geefloyd46 - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Dear Mika and Joe, Please NAIL OBESITY to the wall during todays show, PLEASE.
By Firebrand Gary - 1 hr ago

Labor Movement
Laborers, Contractors Join Forces to Service a Ship That Served Our Nation
By Sherman A1 - 1 hr ago

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Finnish Defense Forces post 160,000 WWII era photos online:
By Are_grits_groceries - 1 hr ago

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Young people more willing to pay for digital news, report finds
By dipsydoodle - 1 hr ago

Labor Movement
Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris: Majority of Americans are for increasing the minimum wage
By Sherman A1 - 1 hr ago

Labor Movement
Panera Bread union members to protest Friday
By Sherman A1 - 1 hr ago

Environment & Energy
Singapore smog 'could last for weeks'
By dipsydoodle - 1 hr ago

Good Reads
Special Report: How Syria's Islamists govern with guile and guns
By dipsydoodle - 1 hr ago

General Discussion
Syria's warring sides trade wheat for flour
By dipsydoodle - 1 hr ago

Science
With Russian help, Europe prepares to search for life on Mars
By Ichingcarpenter - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Your ENTIRE email account is now in the hands of the government #NSA
Milestone: 25 replies @ 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Donald Trump KNOWS why James Gandolfini Died:
By Are_grits_groceries - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Almost-prophetically relevant Talking Heads track...
By Gravitycollapse - 2 hrs ago

Video & Multimedia
Keith "Nostrodamus" Olberman comments on the 2013 NSA scandal. (...in 2006...)
By TrollBuster9090 - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
Why Don’t Cops Believe Rape Victims?
By steve2470 - 2 hrs ago

Latest Breaking News
"Goo" from naked mole rat appears to offer cancer protection
By Ellipsis - 2 hrs ago

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Myanmar constitution likely to dash Suu Kyi's presidential hopes
By dipsydoodle - 2 hrs ago

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Secrets piling up faster than government can declassify some
By Ichingcarpenter - 2 hrs ago

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The Strange Case of Barrett Brown
By Ichingcarpenter - 2 hrs ago

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Opting out of the airport body scanner "cancer machine"
By Quantess - 2 hrs ago

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AP Exclusive : Taliban Offer To Free US Soldier
By octoberlib - 2 hrs ago

History of Feminism
'Spanking for Jesus' Is Exactly as Fucked Up as It Sounds
By ismnotwasm - 2 hrs ago

Barack Obama
Duck and Cover!
By sheshe2 - 2 hrs ago

General Discussion
This Bud's for you .. MURICA !
By Ichingcarpenter - 3 hrs ago

Environment & Energy
Have you always wanted your very own climate model?
By GliderGuider - 3 hrs ago

Good Reads
Scenarios for Snowden: Escape, arrest, asylum
By Tx4obama - 3 hrs ago

General Discussion
So... how did YOU become a racist?
Milestone: 100 replies @ 3 hrs ago

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Cop Shot Litter of Kittens in Front of Screaming Children
Milestone: 25 replies @ 3 hrs ago

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Scenarios for Snowden: Escape, arrest, asylum
By Tx4obama - 3 hrs ago

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Growing Up Sideways In The Straight And Narrow South
By Are_grits_groceries - 3 hrs ago

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Hours Before His Death Michael Hastings Contacted Wikileaks Attorney Said FBI Was Investigating Him
Milestone: 100 replies @ 3 hrs ago

Good Reads
The leaker who won’t stop talking
By Tx4obama - 3 hrs ago

General Discussion
Why Don’t Cops Believe Rape Victims?
By alp227 - 3 hrs ago

Congress
Why The House is so Deaf to us all.
By BillyRibs - 3 hrs ago

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(Italy) Treaty to combat 'men, vile and without dignity'
By The Straight Story - 4 hrs ago

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Pink Panther jewel thief 'snared' in Paris
By The Straight Story - 4 hrs ago

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Former TWA Flight 800 crash investigators want federal government to re-examine case
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African Safari Trip of a Lifetime | Joel S. Hirschhorn
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

General Discussion
Regarding SCOTUS - There are still a total of FOURTEEN cases awaiting decision
By Tx4obama - 4 hrs ago

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So... how did YOU become a racist?
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LGBT Parenting faces Christian kidnappings
By HarveyDarkey - 4 hrs ago

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Why the fuck...
Milestone: 100 replies @ 4 hrs ago

Good Reads
Hey Radicals: Veganism is Much More Than an 'Option' | Mickey Z.
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

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Keep Calm and Trust the Police? (Lessons from the Santa Monica Shootings) | Mickey Z.
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

Good Reads
Daniel Ellsberg Blazed the Path for Manning & Snowden | Mickey Z.
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

Good Reads
Lighting the Fuse | James Howard Kunstler
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

Good Reads
Mall-Free Planet: Finish What Occupy Gezi Started | Mickey Z.
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

General Discussion
Silly Idea: Why can't the internet put forth a candidate?
By Th1onein - 4 hrs ago

Good Reads
Unpopular Speech: The Price of Freedom
By TexasTowelie - 4 hrs ago

Good Reads
The Scheduled Death of God | John Michael Greer
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

General Discussion
You, Terrorist
Milestone: 50 replies @ 4 hrs ago

General Discussion
Do you know what a 'signature strike' is?
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Good Reads
Out On a Limb | James Howard Kunstler
By Tace - 4 hrs ago

Foreign Affairs
Modern day sex slave, North Korean female soldiers
By best2002 - 4 hrs ago

Israel/Palestine
No More Tunnels Please: Gaza Held Hostage to Egypt’s Turmoil | Ramzy Baroud
By Tace - 4 hrs ago