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 In Time of 'Austerity', Pentagon Gets Double Digit Increase
The House on Friday overwhelmingly passed a $649 billion defense spending bill that boosts the Pentagon budget by $17 billion and covers the costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 Rising Anger, Rising River Along Oil-Befouled Yellowstone
The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River is tested as rising waters make it harder to get to areas damaged by the spilled crude.
 French Nuclear Power Plant Explosion Heightens Safety Fears
Blast at EDF's Tricastin power station in Drome comes days after nuclear authorities found 32 safety concerns at plant.
 UN: Only Green Technology Can Avert 'Planetary Catastrophe'
Humanity is near to breaching the sustainability of Earth, and needs a technological revolution greater and faster than the industrial revolution to avoid "a major planetary catastrophe," warns a new United Nations report.
 Muzzled: Health Experts Unheard on Fukushima Risks
U.S. media coverage of the nuclear disaster in Japan contains little serious discussion of the human health risks posed by the radiation escaping from the Fukushima nuclear facility.
 Yellowstone Oil Spill Eerie Foreshadowing of Eco Disasters
The environmental disaster that began unfolding last week when an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured in Montana foreshadows the problems likely to arise if the oil industry infrastructure spreads to other states that are now considering offshore drilling.
 House Liberals: No Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
A group of House liberals is pressing President Obama to take all cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security off the table as the White House grapples with Republicans for a debt-limit deal.
 Justice Under Obama: Secret Detention At Sea
The Obama administration approved the secret detention of a Somali terror suspect on board a US navy ship, where for two months he was subjected to military interrogation in the absence of a lawyer and without charge.
 Obama’s Rightward Drift in Pursuit of ‘Business Confidence’
President Obama’s news conference last week was seen by liberals as heavily pressuring Republicans to agree to raise the debt ceiling without chain-sawing through the vital functions of government. But first, you have to wonder why President Obama is negotiating with the Republicans at all.
 US Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
The United States has taken over the pro-whaling stance traditionally championed by Japan, but instead of supporting the capture of whales for scientific research purposes, it is doing so under the guise of aboriginal subsistence quotas.
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