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GOP War On Women Continues: House Republicans Approve Bill Severely Restricting Abortion

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 3:11am

The latest buzz phrase by an anti-choice GOP looking for a way around Roe V. Wade is "pain-capable." Forget the science of it; it's the phrase that counts.

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OUTRAGE: Woman Alone On Street Aggressively Pepper Sprayed By Police, Photo Goes Viral (IMAGES)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 3:09am

When a woman standing on a deserted street corner is, without warning, blasted with pepper spray, it not only illustrates the problem it makes the news.

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The World Has Lost A Great Journalist: Michael Hastings 1980-2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 3:05am

Hastings was a fearless reporter. That word is used perhaps a bit too often to describe journalists, but Hastings lived it. He didn't back down from anyone.

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Journalist Michael Hastings Killed in Car Accident; A Look Back At His Interviews on Democracy Now!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 1:07am

Michael Hastings, contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a reporter for BuzzFeed, has been killed in a tragic car accident. Rolling Stone reports:

“Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33.

Banks Caught In How Many Mortgage Settlement Violations?

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 10:39pm

The government-appointed monitor overseeing mortgage practices as part of last year’s robo-signing settlement between five big U.S. banks and dozens of government agencies found few violations after grading the banks’ compliance with ambitious new standards, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

Report Finds Obstacles Ahead For Obamacare Rollout

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 10:33pm

WASHINGTON -- There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.

But in a report to be released Wednesday, the congressional Government Accountability Office also sees positive signs as the Oct. 1 deadline approaches for new health insurance markets called exchanges to open in each state – in many cases over the objections of Republican governors.

James P. Hoffa: CEOs Want To Hide Riches Through Repeal Of Wage Gap Disclosure Requirement

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 10:04pm

The divide in pay between top executives and regular workers is out of control. A recent Bloomberg News calculation concluded that chief executives on average take home 204 times more than their rank-and-file employees.

Young Adults Want Health Insurance, Which Is Good News For Obamacare: Survey

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 10:01pm

Young adults overwhelmingly value health insurance and don't believe they are too healthy to need it, according to survey data published Wednesday.

The findings of the poll by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation could have significant implications for the prospects of President Barack Obama's health care reform law.

House Committee Advances Immigration Bill Over Dem Objections

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 9:11pm

BY DAVID ESPO AND ERICA WERNER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.

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