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Obama's health care aid to small firms disappoints

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many small businesses struggle to afford health insurance for their workers, but a a new tax credit meant to help them seems to be turning into a disappointment....
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Sex offenders fight for right to use Facebook

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in the nation's courts, successfully challenging many of the restrictions as infringements on free speech and their right to participate in common online discussions....
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Odd politics, presidential tradition: Bush is back

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This is a little awkward....
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Officials eye why Utah 7-year-old kicked off bus

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Kya Hobdy wanted to ride a school bus to her friend's home for an arranged play date. But a mile from school, the 7-year-old was ordered off the bus and left in tears in an unfamiliar neighborhood....
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Face-chewing victim face surgery, long recovery

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
MIAMI (AP) -- A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre, vicious attack faces a bigger threat from infection than from the injuries themselves, according to experts on facial reconstruction. He will require months of treatment to rebuild his features and be permanently disfigured....
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Hundreds of salmonella cases tied to chicks

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
ATLANTA (AP) -- Those cute mail-order chicks that wind up in children's Easter baskets and backyard farms have been linked to more than 300 cases of salmonella in the U.S. - mostly in youngsters - since 2004....
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Parolee sneaks on San Diego plane before arrest

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Officials say police arrested a parolee who broke through an emergency door opening to the tarmac at the San Diego airport and boarded a commuter jet bound for Los Angeles....
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Split-finger or HGH? Trial debates Clemens career

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Knowledgeable baseball fans can argue all day whether it was the split-finger fastball - and not performance-enhancing drugs - that kept Roger Clemens on top of his game well into his 30s and beyond. His lawyers are trying to make that point at a trial where basic terms such as "Fenway Park" and "foul pole" require an explanation for a jury of nonfans....
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US levies new sanctions on key Syrian bank

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration added new sanctions on a Syrian bank Wednesday as a top White House official said the U.S. wants to economically throttle the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and cut off salaries of pro-government thugs blamed for the grisly massacre in Houla....
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Palast in London with Warren Ellis to launch Vultures' Picnic: June 26

Greg Palast - Articles - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43

Greg Palast, Warren Ellis, Anna Chen, Laurie Penny
London - 26 June - ULU 'The Venue' at 7pm - 9 pm

Greg Palast will be joined by special guests Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Crooked Little Vein), Anna Chen (Madam Miaow Says - Blog), Laurie Penny ( of The New Statesman, Penny Red), John Hilary (War on Want) and Nick Dearden (Jubilee Debt Campaign)

… for the launch of the UK edition of Palast's new book,
Vultures' Picnic: A Tale of Oil, High Finance and Investigative Reporting…

In association with Jubilee Debt Campaign, Greenpeace and Occupy London.

Seats are very limited, so reserve yours here now.

A minimum donation of £10 gets you admission and a signed copy of Palast's new book, Vultures' Picnic.
£5 minimum donation for admission only.

Vultures’ Picnic is an eye-opening, heart-pumping, mind-blowing experience that should not, MUST not, be missed. - Nomi Prins

Download and read Chapter 1: Goldfinger.
Or you can pre-order Vultures' Picnic here.

If you have friends in London make sure they don't miss this.

See you in London,
Greg

For media requests and review copies contact: olivershykles(at)gmail.com

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Shootings leave 6 dead in already jittery Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — A city already anxious about a recent spate of shootings was rattled further when a man walked into an arts cafe near a Seattle university and opened fire, fatally wounding four people. Police say he later killed a woman during a carjacking before shooting himself.

As officers ...

Dragon capsule ready for space station departure

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:43
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The world's first commercial supply ship is closed up and ready for a Thursday flight back to Earth from the International Space Station....
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Judge won't delay Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trail remained on track to begin next week following a ruling by the presiding judge on Wednesday.

Judge John Cleland rejected the argument for a delay by the defense for the former Penn State assistant football coach, who was charged in November ...

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