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Syndicated from Slashdot on Fri, 2010-06-11 FleaPlus writes "In a surprise move in the battle between NASA and certain members of Congress over NASA's future direction, NASA has told its contractors to cut back nearly $1 billion on this year's Ares/Constellation program, stating that the cutback is necessary to remain in compliance with federal spending laws requiring contractors to withhold contract termination costs.
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by Thomas Lee
Donning bright red union t-shirts and waving "We care for you" signs, 12,000 Minnesota nurses walked off the job Thursday.
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by Kathy Matheson
PHILADELPHIA — The Army is shutting down a flashy, high-tech
information and recruiting center inside a mall, calling it a
successful marketing experiment even as it attracted protesters and
video-game enthusiasts as much as potential sol
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Democracy Now! Friday, June 11, 2010
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 It is now 8 weeks since the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, and while BP claims to be capturing around 15,000 barrels of oil a day, there are still widely varying estimates of the amount of oil still
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Here's the president on March 31st,announcing his plan to lift a longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling: "Given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs, and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable, homegrown energy."
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 Well, well, well. Who woulda thunk it? Goliath went down hard.
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Syndicated from The Tyee on Fri, 2010-06-11
Under Stephen Harper citizens' right to know has been smothered.
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Syndicated from The Tyee on Fri, 2010-06-11
Now it's vibrant, young, crammed with edgy art and culture.
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Arhuacos from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains in northern Colombia, share a message of friendship and unity with the world's Indigenous Peoples.
At a recent gathering in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia , the Elder Mamos warned that we only have another 50 years before the oceans begin to flood [...]
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http://southwalesanarchists.org/bookfair/ In the midst of global economic meltdown,
parliamentary corruption and British constitutional mayhem, the first ever Anarchist
Bookfair to be held in Cardiff opens its doors this Saturday 23rd May at 10am in Cathays
Community Centre, 36 Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX.
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Toff Boy Cameron made a heartfelt speech last week when Israel launched yet another war on
innocent people. To the disgrace of Joe Public, the European Union and all those who feel
they have a penny to spend, Israel continues on their murderous mission. ---- Yes, Our
leaders are making speeches.
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Radical health reform, in terms of creating equality and accessibility, and stopping the
agenda of privatisation and for-profit medicine, is one of the great challenges facing
Irish society.
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<p>Rushing down East Broad Street on a Wednesday morning, 19-year-old Laura McWilliams dons her work uniform and a smile as she talks about her son...
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