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ALEC Education "Academy" Launches on Island Resort

truth-out.org - Today, hundreds of state legislators from across the nation will head out to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by the American Legislative Exchang...

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Outcry Grows Fiercer After Funding Cut by Cancer Group

nytimes.com - The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday to its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising disse...

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Daily Kos: Romney Isn't Concerned

dailykos.com - so says Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman in this column from this morning whose title I appropriated for this post. I am surprised that I could not find a post on it. It totally takes apart Romney's cla...

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San Onofre: One Leaks, the Other Doesn't… Yet

my.firedoglake.com - For those who thought that, with the new year, nuclear power had turned a page and put its “annus horribilis” behind it–as if the calendar were somehow the friend America’s aging reactors–let’s tak...

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#F29 Shut Down the Corporations

owsnews.org - Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rej...

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The Domes 2.0 - A Live-in Work in Progress

davis.patch.com - With six domes now occupied and restoration work ongoing in several more, the future looks bright for the Domes, UC Davis's unique 40-year-old experiment in sustainable living. It was a different s...

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Komen’s accidental case against breast exams

washingtonpost.com - It will be years until we know how the Komen/Planned Parenthood fight really ended. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has apologized, and promised to allow Planned Parenthood to apply for grants in the...

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This week's healthy schools highlights

ednewsparent.org - White House chef tests healthy school lunch How about this for a healthy school lunch: a chef salad in a pocket alongside veggie dippers and fruit kebobs with honey yogurt dipping sauce. White Hous...

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California Legislature keeps school buses rolling

latimes.com - School buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday restored $248 million for home-to-school transportation that was particularly crucial for small and rural school dist...

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