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Heist of the century: Wall Street's role in the financial crisis. Wall Street bankers could have averted the global financial crisis, so why didn't they? | Business | The Guardian

Seeded on Mon May 21, 2012 5:26 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than some kind of economic accident. This behaviour is criminal. We are talking about deliberate concealment of financial transactions tha …

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BREAKING: UK Government backtracks on fracking - Green Living - Environment - The Independent

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 12:51 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

A welcome reflection about the full-steam-ahead race to frack wherever and as soon as possible may be the sign that this hopelessly water contaminating process to drill for shale gas is finally pausing.

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The ACLU, ECDs [Tasers] , and the erosion of police discretion?

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 1:50 AM EDT ()
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The Supreme Court considers adding taser-related cases to the 2012 docket on May 24th.

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Jerad Wheeler, Georgia Police Officer, Under Investigation For Kicking Pregnant Raven Dozier

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 9:44 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
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A police officer in Georgia is under criminal investigation for allegedly kicking a woman who was nearly nine-months pregnant in the stomach before charging her with obstruction of justice.

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Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:01 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

The chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little as tens of years.

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BREAKING...er... FLAMING: Rocks Found on Beach Mysteriously Catch Fire in Woman's Pocket - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:01 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Seeded by Oiled Pelican (Clipped by truthlover)

A California mother is recovering from second- and third-degree burns after colored rocks her family collected from a southern California beach unexpectedly caught fire while in her shorts pocket. Scientists investigating the mysterious explosion say there were seven rocks in  …

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Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Frigging Fecking Fracking Gag Rule on Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:04 AM EDT (NPR)
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

Fracking exposes citizens to a wild mix of highly toxic chemicals and carcinogens. So when patients show up at their doctors' offices, the doctors need to figure out which chemicals are the likely culprits. The doctors of sick patients can, with great effort, access the names of …

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Five myths about independent voters and the corresponding "facts"- The Washington Post

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:42 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
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Myth: 1. Independent voters aren’t really independent. Fact: About half are, swinging from party to party. Myth: 2. Independent voters are less engaged.

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Ordinary citizens protest fracking because it contaminates drinking water and spews carcinogens while President Obama cheers the frackers on

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 1:52 PM EDT ()
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

Fracking can provide massive amounts of methane gas to be used domestically and millions of gallons of wastewater containing carcinogens. There are roughly 400,000 of these wells across America and they have created a lot of committed opponents. During Obama's State of the Un …

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Mary Kennedy, Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Is Found Dead

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 10:32 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Seeded by Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

Mary R. Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead on Wednesday at the family’s home in Bedford, N.Y. She was 52.

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