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The McClatchy Company NYSE: MNI is an American publishing company based in Sacramento, California, that operates a number of newspapers and websites. The company originated in The Sacramento Bee, which was first published on February 3, 1857, after the California Gold Rush. James McClatchy took over as editor of the Bee within a week. Having purchased Knight Ridder, the United States' second-largest newspaper company (see below), McClatchy operates 32 daily newspapers in 29 markets, with a total circulation of 3.3 million. In addition, McClatchy operates a number of community papers that ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Patent filing claims solar energy 'Breakthrough'
WASHINGTON — In a U.S. patent application, a little-known Maryland inventor claims a stunning solar energy breakthrough that promises to end the planet’s reliance on ...Posted by Sirajul Islam -
Intelligence Documents Suggest Obama Administration Lied About Who Drones Kill
The documents also provide a glimpse into the Obama administration’s seemingly thin rationale for executing some attacks. Contrary to claims of the CIA program’s precision ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Israelis puzzle over mysterious death of Mossad’s ‘Prisoner X’ Read more here: ...
Zygier was kept in a cell known as Wing 15 that had been designed for Yigal Amir, the man who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Ari Shamay, a lawyer for Amir who ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Proposed trans-Pacific trade deal ignites fears of job losses
"It's NAFTA on steroids in terms of its geographic scope, its economic scope and the new powers it gives to corporations," said Arthur Stamoulis, a critic of the trade deal ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The math on Romney's tax claim doesn't tell whole story
"So it's not that they're not paying any taxes," Williams said. "It's just that they're not paying federal income taxes." The reason, he said, is that more than 38 million, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Why was Zimmerman's cousin afraid of him?
The man charged with the murder of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, George Zimmerman has now been accused of molesting his younger cousin. She kept her accusations to ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
N.C. air transport company Aero has role in extraordinary rendition, report says | McClatchy
With fresh ammunition from a University of North Carolina law school report, activists renewed their call Thursday for state officials to take legal action against Aero ...Posted by Aaron Garner -
Shale boom may help lead U.S. to energy independence
The United States could pass its 1970s peak as an oil-and-gas producer in less than a decade with the help of a shale formation in Pennsylvania.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Perry ad in Iowa accuses Obama of 'war on religion'
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Cain's tax cut would give thousands back to the rich
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan would give every American making more than $1 million an average tax cut of $455,000, according to a new independent analysis. All Americans ...Posted by Jack Powers



