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2 hrs ago | Democratic Underground Latest Breakin...

Marchers in over 400 cities protest Monsanto

Source: Washington Post LOS ANGELES - Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Agriculture, Science, US News, Liberal Political News

6 hrs ago | Common Dreams

The Chained CPI Is Bad for Seniors and for Accuracy

The word "thuggish" comes to mind. "I'm not a number," says the older man in a television ad funded by the seniors' lobby AARP.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Health, AARP, Medicare, Publishing, US News, Liberal Political News

10 hrs ago | CBS News

Video: Okla. Gov.: We "need quick action" on tornado relief

Gov. Mary Fallin, R-Okla., thanks the president for his upcoming visit to Oklahoma and says her state needs "quick action" from the federal government on assisting with tornado relief efforts after a devastating and deadly storm tore through Moore, Okla.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Coburn, US Senate, Mary Fallin, US Governors, Moore, OK, Publishing, Activism

10 hrs ago | CBS News

Video: Okla. Gov.: We "need quick action" on tornado relief

Gov. Mary Fallin, R-Okla., thanks the president for his upcoming visit to Oklahoma and says her state needs "quick action" from the federal government on assisting with tornado relief efforts after a devastating and deadly storm tore through Moore, Okla.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Coburn, US Senate, Mary Fallin, US Governors, Moore, OK, Publishing, Activism

14 hrs ago | NorthJersey.com

Opinion: President as commander and consoler

Joe Heim writes for The Washington Post. WHEN President Obama travels to Oklahoma on Sunday to meet with the survivors of Monday's tornado, it will mark the third time this year that he has journeyed to a patch of America to console a community on behalf of the country.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, The Washington Post Company, Publishing, George Bush, Opinion

18 hrs ago | Journalgazette.net

Lawmakers lose urgency on economy

There are no serious negotiations underway between the White House and congressional leaders on legislation to spur growth, and no bipartisan gangs of senators are huddling to craft a compromise job-creation package.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, Publishing, US Politics, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat May 25, 2013

The China Post

US Justice Department defends journalist email search as legally sound

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder and other senior officials vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak investigation.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, News Corporation, Television, FOX News Network, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

NewsBusters.org

Roger Ailes Rallies the Troops: 'To Be a Fox Journalist Is a High Honor, Not a High Crime'

Fox News boss Roger Ailes wrote a pep-rally memo to his employees in the wake of the James Rosen investigation news.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Publishing, Media, News Corporation, Television, FOX News Network

Edmonton Journal

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at age 81

This undated photo shows journalist Haynes Johnson. Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday, May 24, 2013.

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Related Topix: Journalism, The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Media, New Times, Public Broadcasting Service, Television, Selma, AL

Free Republic

Washington Post Column: In defense of Lois Lerner

Reading the commentary on the IRS hearings, it's clear that the overriding rule in Washington opinion circles is that the moment someone says they have done nothing wrong is when the presumption of guilt hardens into an incontrovertible fact of guilt, with only the punishment left to be decided.

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Related Topix: Tax, Publishing, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley

The Washington Post

Decades later, D.C. woman to be honored with formal diploma

Olivia Ferguson wanted to stay at Jackson P. Burley High School, the school she loved, with all her friends.

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Related Topix: African-American, The Washington Post Company, Publishing

The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax: Couple's squabbling short-circuits fun in their outings

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I get in a fight almost every time we try to do something fun together, either alone or with our kids, who are both under 3. I do something dumb .

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Wedding

IcNetwork

Watergate reporter Bob Woodward tells Welsh audience of his scoop of the century

Mark Bridger has denied having a sexual interest in children, and denied lying about the circumstances of April Jones' death in the final day of his defence The mouthwatering Test battle is being dubbed down under as Lions raw power versus Wallaby flair but Jamie Roberts thinks otherwise Bryn Terfel has played the world's greatest opera houses, but ... (more)

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Pembrokeshire County, Wales, Journalism, Publishing

Fri May 24, 2013

The Washington Post

After vote to allow gay Boy Scouts, critics and supporters mobilize

The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban on openly gay youths but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Publishing, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Streetsblog

Bike-Share Leads People to Ride Their Own Bikes More

A recent survey of Washington's Capital Bikeshare members found that the average annual subscriber drove 198 fewer miles per year.

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New York Daily News

Son of former George W. Bush adviser arrested in hatchet killing in Washington

Police gather at the Washington suburban home of former George W. Bush adviser Claude A. Allen, whose son allegedly used a hatchet to kill another man there.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Gaithersburg, MD, Publishing

City Paper

Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Named Post Managing Editor

The Washington Post has a new managing editor, replacing John Temple , who left the paper in March .

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing

Medical News

First Edition: May 24, 2013

Today's headlines include details on California's new health insurance exchange rates, whether consumers will experience "rate shock" and what these numbers say about the health law's implementation.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, Publishing, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Kentucky, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives

Power Line

White House counsel met with top treasury lawyer three times last year after learning of IRS audit

The Daily Caller reports that White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler had three unprecedented one-on-one meetings last year with the Treasury Department's chief lawyer, Chistopher Meade.

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Related Topix: US News, Publishing

Washington Post

Federal worker has 61 years of federal service and no plans to retire

The CPI measures inflation, and lots of folks pay attention to it when the number is released each month.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Washington, Washington Government, US News, Liberal Political News

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