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The surge of Americans incarcerated A visual graph of the rise of the number of Americans in prison from 1920 to 2006.
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Report: Energy contributing to birds’ decline Energy production of all types — wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining — is contributing to steep drops in
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Obamas to plant organic vegetable garden The White House has been without a vegetable garden since First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt last planted one during World
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Diebold admits to failures in their voting systems Mitch Trachtenberg covers Diebold Election Systems’ admission in a California public hearing to major flaws in Diebold’s
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Short video explains the credit crisis in layman’s terms
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If you’ve ever wondered that what a trillion dollars looks like, particularly lately with all this economic stimulus talk going on, you need wonder no
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Obama backs off plan to alter vets’ healthcare Whew! Larry Summers was reportedly the advocate for this idea, completely antiethical to our progressive values. Good
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Amtrak Cascades: Now with Wi-Fi A Seattlest reader reports that Amtrak is testing Wi-Fi on its Cascades service, which runs between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Eugene, Oregon. Great
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