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TWISTERS STRIKE MIDWEST

Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri are in bull's-eye

CNN by Dana Ford

Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, ...

Posted by Pamela Hogle

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Photo: Tyler bissmeyer for the new york times

At I.R.S., Unprepared Office Seemed Unclear About the Rules

New York Times by By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, MICHAEL LUO

During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager. A growing number of organizations identifying themselves as part of the ...

Posted by Pamela Hogle

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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Associated Press by Thomas Beaumont

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

Posted by Pamela Hogle

2.0

Photo: J. michael short for the new york times

The Health Toll of Immigration

New York Times by By SABRINA TAVERNISE

BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — Becoming an American can be bad for your health. A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Posted by Pamela Hogle

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Photo: Martha mueller neff, the plain dealer

Cleveland police video interviews officers who rescued Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight

Cleveland Plain Dealer by Plain Dealer Staff

The city Police Department has released a video interviewing officers who were first on the scene on Seymour Avenue for the rescue of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. The nearly 12-minute video on youtube shows interviews with ...

Posted by Pamela Hogle

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Kenya launches universal HPV vaccine access to youths

africanews.com by George Okore

As the world celebrates the Cervical Cancer Week, Kenya has taken a leap of faith by launching universal distribution of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, expected to treat cervical cancer- the most dangerous disease among womenfolk worldwide.

Posted by Pamela Hogle

1.6

Today's News (MSM)

Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy

The Guardian

President says US must get beyond 'short-term tactical thinking' and gives highly personal commencement address ...

Posted by Jack Powers

4.0

Today's News (IND)

The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, ...

Hightower Lowdown by Jim Hightower

Forty years later, however, CREEP is back. Thanks to 2010's disastrous Citizens ...

Posted by Dwight Rousu

4.6

Recent Reviews - News

The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for ...

AlterNet by Paul Buchheit

In this dream world of global capitalism, young people are going from zero income ...

Posted by Dwight Rousu

4.4

Today's Opinion (MSM)

President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power

Washington Post by Philip Rucker, Peter ...

President Obama’s professed ignorance of the targeting of conservatives by one ...

Posted by Pamela Hogle

Today's Opinion (IND)

60 Minutes and the Billionaire Agenda: Part 1, ...

nationofchange.org, Campaign for America's Future

This Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes was a brilliant case study in the media’s ...

Posted by Dwight Rousu

4.3

Recent Reviews - Opinion

Obama’s Budget: A Bad Bargain

In These Times by Tim Carpenter, Mike Hersh

The White House dismisses COLA cuts as “technical changes,” but the president knows better. In 2008, ...

Posted by Dwight Rousu

4.0

60 Minutes and the Billionaire Agenda: Part 1, “Counterinsurgency Cops”

nationofchange.org, Campaign for America's Future by Richard Eskow

Sirajul's Rating

4.1

An analysis of the '60 Minutes' by Richard Eskow, a former Wall Street executive and now a blogger, that tries to define what journalism should be, and what it presents, citing three stories. This part covers 'Counterinsurgency Cops'. Points raised are simply valid but extinct in ... More »

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