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The Associated Press
Monday, December 29, 2008

EDITOR’S NOTE – In Africa, children of the poor are commodities, often traded like cows or donkeys by adults who value their labor. This story on child maids is the third in an occasional series on the exploitation of African children. Each story stands [...]

by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY

An environmental disaster of epic proportions just happened in Tennessee. Monday night 2.6 million cubic yards (the equivalent of 525.2 million gallons, 48 times more than the Exxon Valdez spill by volume) of coal ash sludge broke through a dike of a 40-acre holding pond at TVA’s Kingston coal-fired power [...]

Observer.com:
by Katharine Jose on December 23, 2008

It wasn’t all that long ago that supporting nuclear power as a Democrat in New York State was an easy way to lose an election.
“In 1992 I was in a three-way race for the State Assembly,” said Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, whose opponents in that race were a high school [...]

Harold Meyerson, in the Washington Post:
In 1949, a pamphlet was published that argued that the American auto industry should pursue a different direction. Titled “A Small Car Named Desire,” the pamphlet suggested that Detroit not put all its bets on bigness, that a substantial share of American consumers would welcome smaller cars that cost less [...]

By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso, Associated Press Writer
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(From: ThirtyFiveEight )
Yesterday, the Franken campaign challenged this ballot, claiming that “Brett Favre” was an identifying mark:

The Canvassing Board rejected the challenge and awarded the vote to Coleman.
Today, just moments ago, the infamous Lizard People ballot came up for the Canvassing Board’s review!

This ballot was initially counted as a Franken vote. The Coleman campaign [...]

By Malachy Kilbride
Next month in January the American people will joyfully celebrate the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama and the end to the criminal Bush Administration. Americans will celebrate the belief in our freedom, our vote, and the conclusion of eight years of an unaccountable regime that brought us into war and occupation on [...]

Jim Brown and Jody Brown – OneNewsNow
Richard CizikThe controversial Washington lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has resigned after he created a stir by expressing support for homosexual civil unions.

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