Million Hoody March Today In Union Square New York City | News One:
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Santorum says Puerto Rico must adopt English for statehood – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
Santorum says Puerto Rico must adopt English for statehood – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs: "Rick Santorum on Wednesday laid out one caveat he would hold for the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico before it obtained statehood, saying the island would need to make English its principal language before it becomes a state."
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Troops' Mental Health: How Much Is Unknown? : NPR
Troops' Mental Health: How Much Is Unknown? : NPR: "The killing of 16 Afghan civilians last Sunday is now one of the greatest points of tension between the United States and Afghanistan. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly killed the civilians in cold blood; those close to him say they were shocked by the news."
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Eve Samples: Major spill at FPL solar plant gets glossed over » TCPalm.com
Eve Samples: Major spill at FPL solar plant gets glossed over » TCPalm.com: "Last June, three months after Gov. Rick Scott stood in a field of mirrors and praised Florida Power & Light's new solar plant near Indiantown, an accident occurred that sent a hazardous chemical airborne.
Too much pressure had built up in the system at the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center — the world's first hybrid solar thermal plant and the largest solar plant in Florida."
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Too much pressure had built up in the system at the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center — the world's first hybrid solar thermal plant and the largest solar plant in Florida."
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Chevron executives barred from leaving Brazil over spill | Reuters
Chevron executives barred from leaving Brazil over spill | Reuters: "A Brazilian court on Saturday barred 17 executives from Chevron and Transocean from leaving Brazil, pending criminal charges related to a high-profile oil spill last November."
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Stocks Rally to Pre-Crisis Heights
Stocks climbed to new heights in part on rosy retail sales data, pushing the broad market to levels last seen in June 2008 and the Nasdaq composite index past the 3,000 milestone for the first time since 2000.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/business/stocks-rally-to-pre-2008-heights.html?ref=business
Monday, March 12, 2012
SSG Cold Blood!
9 kids, 3 women, and 4 men killed in the cloche of the dark .
U.S. soldier held in deaths of 16 Afghans
A U.S. service member came out of his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, killing 16, including woman and children, Afghan officials said.
The shooting spree occurred in Panjwai district of Kandahar province. Little is known about the shooter, although CBS News has learned he was an U.S. Army sergeant in a Stryker Brigade based at Fort Lewis, in Washington state.
U.S. Extends Its Run of Strong Job Growth Another Month
Many will continue to find reasons why the economy has not recovered. Why? The more important point is that the tend points in the correct direction.
After a stretch of economic expansion so weak that Main Street struggled to detect any improvement, three consecutive months of solid employment growth have begun to lift the mood of consumers and the unemployed.
The economy added 227,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported Friday, and though the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent, that was largely because nearly half a million people had joined, or resumed, the search for work in hopes their prospects had improved.
Fuel Fix » BP, plaintiffs reach spill $7.8 billion settlement
Fuel Fix » BP, plaintiffs reach spill $7.8 billion settlement: "BP has reached a tentative settlement with businesses and individuals harmed by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, officials said Friday night, delaying a trial that had been set for Monday but still leaving many legal issues unresolved."
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BREAKING: 98 Major Advertisers Dump Rush Limbaugh, Other Right-Wing Hosts | ThinkProgress
BREAKING: 98 Major Advertisers Dump Rush Limbaugh, Other Right-Wing Hosts | ThinkProgress: "When it comes to advertisers avoiding controversial shows, it’s not just Rush From today’s TRI Newsletter: Premiere Networks is circulating a list of 98 advertisers who want to avoid “environments likely to stir negative sentiments.” The list includes carmakers (Ford, GM, Toyota), insurance companies (Allstate, Geico, Prudential, State Farm) and restaurants (McDonald’s, Subway). As you’ll see in the note below, those “environments” go beyond the Rush Limbaugh show"
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