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In North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom, there will be blood
Across the Bakken, deeply entrenched corporate practices and weak federal oversight have inoculated energy producers against responsibility when workers are killed or injured...
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Tea Party Has Best Campaign Finance Reform Idea Yet
Liberals always say we need to get money out of politics. But what if more money is the answer, not less?
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The Koch brothers and the Republican Party go to war — with each other
The RNC is now openly arguing that the Kochs’ political operation is trying to control the Republican Party’s master voter file, and to gain influence over — some even say control of — the GOP.
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Obama-backed trade bill fails in the House
The president failed to convince his party of the merits of a sweeping Pacific Rim accord despite months of personal lobbying.
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East Texas judge’s invention: A method for hampering patent defendants
The Alice decision changed the patent playing field. In most places.
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Ex-hospital executive in kickback scheme looks to spread the blame
A former California hospital executive at the center of a $500 million kickback scheme that subjected injured workers to risky spinal surgeries is attempting to spread the blame... (April)
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Carney seeks tougher sentences for 'irresponsible' traders
Bank of England governor Mark Carney will call for longer prison sentences for bankers who break the law in an attack on ethics in the City later. In his Mansion House speech Mr Carney will say individuals acted with a "culture of impunity". But he will warn: "The age of irresponsibility is over."
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The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries
Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors. Today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders say it has got dangerously out of control
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Why armed drug cops took ‘every belonging’ from a Michigan soccer mom
They even took $90 worth of birthday money out of her daughter's "pink bedroom." By Christopher Ingraham
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The Rise and Fall of Haitian Drug Lord Jacques Ketant
It was supposed to be easy. Edouard Rene Joseph was a combat vet, Desert Storm, so he had trimmed the situation down to simple mission objectives: Get into the country, pick up the kids, leave the country. One day, tops. No big deal.
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Elizabeth Warren Has Had It With The SEC’s Aid To Wall Street Lawbreakers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White on Tuesday, criticizing White's leadership as "extremely disappointing," and accusing the regulator of "misleading" her about a rule on CEO pay...
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Sepp Blatter resigns as Fifa president
Sepp Blatter has resigned as Fifa president amid growing pressure following widespread allegations of corruption at football's world governing body. Blatter - who won a fifth term on Friday - had been under intense pressure to step down since senior Fifa officials were arrested on a string of corruption charges last week. Blatter confirmed: "An extraordinary congress is to be called to elect my successor as soon as possible."
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At Headbutt Moment for Russia, Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov Show Their Stuff — What Stuff?
Russia survived the threat of a homosexual boycott of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, handily. But can it survive the threatened boycott of the 2018 World Cup from a wannabe candidate to lead a minority party in the House of Commons; a British prince whose chance of becoming king is, failing accidents, at least 20 years off; and four US senators, one of whom has been indicted for taking bribes himself... By John Helmer
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How Virginia paid more than $250 million for a road that never got built
The failed toll road in the southeast colors the state’s view on how to add lanes on I-66 in Northern Virginia.
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What's Left After Higher Education Is Dismantled
We're soon going to be left with no viable option for providing quality higher education to the masses
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The TRED Deception
Tainted Government Informant Program Blows Another Murder Case
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Did a rich sports team owner jump the line for a liver transplant?
Eugene Melnyk isn't well-known in the United States. But he's a household name in Canada, where he has been the owner of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League since 2003. Since earlier this month, he has also been at the center of a remarkable and much-debated medical and ethical saga...
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Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t
Trade is a good thing. But enabling companies to move $30/hour jobs to countries with $.60/hour wages so a few billionaires can pocket the difference is not trade.
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Ireland’s media silenced over MP’s speech about Denis O’Brien
Injunction prevents newspapers and radio stations from reporting claims made in Ireland’s parliament about media owner’s banking affairs
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Political Fights Throw Sand in Gears of S.E.C.
A political battle has disrupted the case against the Computer Sciences Corporation, forcing on-again, off-again negotiations that at times have imperiled the case altogether.
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