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How conservatives invented “voter fraud” to attack civil rights
Phony complaints of voter fraud are the essence of a decade-long effort by the right to reverse civil rights law.
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It's Time to End the U.S. Embargo of Cuba
The U.S. government has been tireless in pursuing a policy that does not look better with time.
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Cancer drug scandal: 137 Ontario patients die since receiving diluted chemo
London Health Sciences Centre reveals 117 patients have died since receiving watered-down chemo drugs, though it is unknown what, if any, role the diluted drugs played in patient deaths.
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WAKO Explosion Cell Phone Video
Explosions rocked a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, Wednesday evening as firefighters were battling a fire, causing multiple injuries, authorities said. Dani Moore, dispatcher with the Texas Department of Pubic Safety, said she did not know how many were injured or the extent of their injuries. "The fertilizer plant was on fire. Firefighters were on the scene.
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Pot taxes in Colorado could exceed 30 percent
A legislative panel decided Friday that marijuana in Colorado could be taxed at rates above 30 percent.
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Snoop Lion “Excommunicated" from the Rastafari community.
Bunny Wailer (original member of Bob Marley and the Wailers) has officially excommunicated Snoop Lion from the Rastafari community.
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Las Vegas Strip to get New York-style public park
MGM Resorts International announced Thursday that it will sink $100 million into building a park and public promenade outside of its New York-New York and Monte Carlo casinos.
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EBay recruits users in push against sales tax legislation
EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company's online marketplace on Sunday in an unprecedented lobbying effort to change looming Federal sales tax legislation.
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Senators Are Trying to Rush Through a Massive Online Sales Tax Hike
A band of pro-tax Senators are attempting to rush through policy that would see online sales tax being paid even in states that don't have sales tax.
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Los Angeles reaches 4.2-million-dollar settlement with mother and daughter mistakenly shot by police in manhunt for Chris Dorner
The money will be split evenly, with $2.1 million going to Margie Carranza, 47, and her 71-year-old mother, Emma Hernandez, whose pickup truck who shot up by LAPD officers February 7.
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Fast food walkout planned in Chicago
Breaking: 500 low-wage workers expected to stop working from a dozen chains on Wednesday morning
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In pictures: Mexico teachers protest
After Wednesday's violence, the government said it would no longer tolerate any vandalism and would bring down "the full weight of the law" on those who destroyed property.
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In Cuba, much work remains 6 months after Sandy
Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces, residents and aid workers said Thursday.
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Can This Former Clerk Save Best Buy?
As Best Buy tries to reinvigorate its big-box stores, it is counting on a 26-year company veteran to improve customer service and stanch the flow of shoppers walking out empty-handed.
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Origins, unknown: where did the Maya empire really come from?
After a seven-year excavation, a new theory emerges.
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McDonald's considers all-day breakfast, delivery
McDonald's may soon serve breakfast all day, offers rewards to frequent eaters and even deliver the golden arches to your door, the company's chief said Friday.
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Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo
US President Barack Obama has pledged a new push to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid a growing prisoner hunger strike there.
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Is it medically ethical to force-feed Guantanamo detainees?
There’s a life-and-death tug-of-war going on between President Barack Obama and more than 100 prisoners who would rather die than stay alive forever at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
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Robot Finds Mysterious Spheres in Ancient Temple
Hundreds of spheres suggest rituals were performed beneath an ancient pyramid in Mexico.
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Houston Airport Shooter Left 'Monster Within Me' Suicide Note
Before Carnell Marcus Moore opened fire Friday at Houston's busiest airport, he wrote out a chilling suicide note. “The monster within me was getting stronger and while I could not save myself I could spare others," the 29-year-old shooter was quoted as writing, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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