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Headlines - February, 2010

Sunday February 28, 2010

Senate Torture Probe Uncovers Missing Emails
Utah Women May Face Murder Charges After Miscarriages
US Banks Veto 'Socialist Pay' in Secret Talks

Saturday February 27, 2010

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DynCorp Oversight in Afghanistan Faulted
Giant Antarctic Iceberg Could Affect Global Ocean Circulation
Black Bloc Taints Anti-Olympic Movement
Chile's Quake Many Times More Powerful Than Haiti's
Conservatives Target Their Own Fringe
Coffee Hit by Global Warming Say Growers
Massive Earthquake Hits Central Chile; Tsunami Warning Issued for Hawaii

Friday February 26, 2010

The Power of Local
Death Penalty Phasing Out Worldwide
Obama Aides to Meet with Secular Coalition, Atheists on White House Grounds
Torture Ruling Passages Critical of MI5 are Restored
Coffee Party Activists say Their Civic Brew's a Tastier Choice than Tea Party's
The US Chamber of Commerce: A Record of Obstruction on Climate Action
Attack in Kabul: Nowhere 'Immune from Conflict'
Rains Threaten More Haiti Misery
US Congress Extends Patriot Act without Privacy Improvements
Profiting from the Inside? Friedmanism at the Fed

Thursday February 25, 2010

Is the Climate Change Movement Splintering?
Hummer Faces Shutdown After Chinese Sale Collapses
Clashes Erupt in West Bank Town over Holy Sites
Former New Orleans Detective Pleads Guilty in Katrina Shooting Cover-up
Sanders: Obama 'Is Wrong,' Making A Mistake On The Public Option
Nuclear Subsidies Put Taxpayers at Risk
Obama May Compromise on Consumer Agency to Pass Financial Regulation, Please Bankers
Obama's Idea of Education Reform? Fire All the Teachers
Why Isn't the Public Option an Option?
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Coal-Fired Power on the Way Out?

Wednesday February 24, 2010

Vermont Senate Wants Entergy Reactor Shut in 2012
Years after 'Dirty War,' Argentine Stolen at Birth, Now 32, Learns Identity
US Supreme Court Considers 'Material Support' Law
US Drone Attacks Spawn Violent Retributions in Tribal Regions of Pakistan
Blackwater Workers Took Police Assault Rifles, Hearing Told
Smart Centers Planned to Recycle Mountains of Toxic E-Waste
Doctors' Group: Obama Plan Leaves Millions Uninsured, Boosts Private Insurers
'Volcker Rule' Stalls in Senate
Full-Body Scanners Arrive; Civil Liberties Groups Call Machines an Unacceptable Intrusion
Karzai Criticized over Afghan Poll Watchdog Move
Long Odds: Can The Public Option Really Survive The Senate?
Obama's Nuclear Vision Suffers Setback as Vermont Plant Faces Shutdown
Fearing Obama Agenda, States Push to Loosen Gun Laws
Blackwater, Missing Guns, Afghanistan and... South Park?

Tuesday February 23, 2010

Rachel Corrie's Family Brings Civil Suit over Human Shield's Death in Gaza
Plan B? US Plans for Possible Delay in Iraq Withdrawal
Marja Offensive Aimed to Shape US Opinion on War
2010 Midterm Elections To Be Most Expensive Ever: Analysis
Kucinich Challenges Gates on Civilians Killed in Afghanistan
Attack Iran? Or Allow It? No and No
US Advice to Europe: Spend More on War-Making
Military Training of Afghan National Police Mired in Contract Dispute
Activists Criticize Obama's Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees
Top Bush Adviser Defends Allowing President to Massacre, Nuke Civilians
Air Strike on Civilians Reverberates Beyond Afghanistan
Whaling Commission Proposes Return to Commercial Whaling

Monday February 22, 2010

Gov't Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking
US Lawmakers Push to Phase Out Wartime Contractors
Group Wants Courts to Play ‘Keep Away’ from Torture Lawyers
Campaign on Tar Sands Extraction Targets Oil Investors
AIDS: Is the End in Sight?
Obama Health Care Plan Drops Public Option
Obama’s New Health Insurance Rate Authority: New Policy Or Just More Cynical Politics?
Immigration Reform Advocates Losing Patience with Obama
Mixed Blessing: Credit Card Reform May Shock Some
Unions and Liberal Groups Blast Reid’s $15 Billion Jobs Bill as 'Puny'
Acidified Landscape Foretells Grim Future for Coral Reefs
Poland Admits Role in CIA Rendition Program
Civilian Deaths Continue Unabated in Afghanistan

Sunday February 21, 2010

War Game Shows How Attacking Iran Could Backfire
US to Pursue Pressure Track on Iran: Petraeus
Tracking a New Kind of Civil Disobedience
Asia-Produced Ozone Making its Way to U.S., Study Finds
Israel Unveils New Drone Fleet that Can Reach Iran
Probes Overlook McChrystal's Role in Costly Afghan Battles
Art Program Gives Boulder's Homeless a New Perspective

Saturday February 20, 2010

Senate Report: Avandia Maker Knew of Cardiac Risks
Bad Economies in States to Worsen: Governors
Rain Brings More Misery to Haiti Earthquake Survivors
Dutch Government Falls over Afghan Military Mission: PM
Allied Bid for Obama to Remove US European Nuclear Stockpile

Friday February 19, 2010

Obama's Justice Dept: Bush Lawyers Who Approved Waterboarding to Face No Discipline
Rhode Island's Jobless Tell Different Story About 'Recovery'
Dubai Wants Head of Mossad Arrested Over Hamas Assassination
A Sight All Too Familiar in Poor Neighborhoods
Beleaguered US to Blow Up Its Chemical Weapons Stockpiles
'Disgraced Soldier' Fights Trauma With Documentary
Iraq War To Be Rebranded 'Operation New Dawn'
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World's Top Firms Cause $2.2 Trillion of Environmental Damage, Report Estimates

Thursday February 18, 2010

NATO Air Strike Kills Seven Afghan Police
Suicide Note Posted by Man Linked to Austin IRS Plane Crash
Official: Austin Plane Crash Into IRS Building ‘A Criminal Act’; Pilot's Suicide Note
U.S. Lawmakers Blast Boycott of J Street Delegation in Israel
Taliban Resistance Slows Coalition Forces in Marja, Afghanistan
Haiti Quake More Destructive Than 2004 Tsunami: Study
Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama

Wednesday February 17, 2010

Ruling Means Gitmo Detainees Have No Legal Protection: Rights Group
Aggressive Effort By Democrats To Defend Stimulus On Its Anniversary
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Five Reasons NOT to Invest in Nuclear Power
Judging Stimulus by Job Data Reveals Success
Yemen's Water Crisis Eclipses al Qaeda Threat
Liberals Continue to Push for Financial Transaction Tax
Cluster Bomb Ban Closer to Ratification: UN

Tuesday February 16, 2010

French Soldiers Used as 'Nuclear Guinea Pigs'
Senate Quartet Urges Reid To Pass Public Plan Via Reconciliation
No Rights Charge Against NY Police in 50-Shot Death
Joya Condemns 'Ridiculous' Military Strategy
Lindsey Graham: White House Mulling Indefinite Detention
US Black Farmers Seek Compensation
Economy Prompts Fresh Look at ND's Socialist Bank
Mossad-Backed 'European Hit Squad Killed Hamas Leader'
Taliban Second-In-Command Captured in Pakistan
In War of Words, Iran Calls US a 'Military Dictatorship'
Obama to Announce Loan Guarantee for Nuclear Plants

Monday February 15, 2010

Obama's Trap: Bullets, Bodies But No Sign of Taliban
Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?
Memo to American Left: 'We Have Let Obama Down'
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'The Cleveland Model': Democracy, Community, and Economic Vision
Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies
'Largest Blockade in Years' Leads to Arrests at UK Nuclear Facility
US Media Omission: Iran Calls for Global Nuclear Disarmament
Republican Strategy: You Are Either with Coal, or Against Us
Marine Base's Ex-Residents, Many Ill, Only Now Learning of Toxic Water
Hawaii Hopes to Become Greenest State
Oil Giants Demand Open Market for World's Dirtiest Fuel
Clinton Ramps Up Rhetoric on Iran

Sunday February 14, 2010

Civilians Die in Afghan Offensive
War at Home: The Local Eco-Warriors Making a Big Noise
Biden: Cheney 'Trying to Rewrite History'
More Than a Million Remain with No Shelter in Haiti as Rains Loom
Iraq Secular Coalition Halts Poll Campaign
Floridians Gather to Say 'No' to Offshore Drilling

Saturday February 13, 2010

The Day After Tomorrow Might Have Been Yesterday
Haiti Pauses to Catch Its Breath and Remember
Obama's Secret Prisons in Afghanistan Endanger Us All
Obama's 'Transformational' Presidency? Nowhere in Sight
Death On All Sides as NATO Offensive Begins

Friday February 12, 2010

It's Official: 2009 Was Record Year For Lobbying, Despite Recession
Then and Now: Rule of Law, Mukasey, and Obama's DOJ
Senate Proposal on Campaign Financing Not 'Best Remedy,' But a Start
A Ruthless Bill Maher Returns with Plenty of Ire for Tea-Baggers, Republicans, and Obama Alike
'Most Dangerous Man in America' Revisits War Dissenter Daniel Ellsberg's Critical Choice
Goldman Accused of Rigging 'Robin Hood Tax' Vote
Plan to Build 'Tolerance' Museum Near Muslim Cemetery Draws Fire
Taliban Regime Pressed bin Laden on anti-U.S. Terror
TED Prize to Celebrity Chef to Fight Obesity, Build Food Movement
Climate Change Scientists Losing 'PR War' to Vested Interests
Senate Unveils Bill to Boost Jobs, But Who Does it Help?
America's Deadly Robots Rewrite the Rules of War

Thursday February 11, 2010

Former President Bill Clinton Gets Two Stents in Coronary Artery
The Lobbying-Media Complex
Hey Dems! Don't 'Sell Reconciliation' -- Just Push Good Policies
After Citizens United, is a Different Corporate Influence Our Only Hope?
Race to the Top? Critic says Education Plan Takes Advantage of Public School and State 'Desperation'
Lawsuit: Blackwater Put Filipino Prostitute On Government Tab
Blackwater Blunder: Missteps, Errors and Miscommunication Doomed Murder Case
Disaster Contractors Eye Haiti for New Deals
Court-Martial for Soldier Who Wrote Angry Song about Stop-Loss
Sidelining Cap and Trade’s Green Critics
Afghanistan’s Very Public Offensive: Teasing Out the Taliban or Walking into a Trap?
Thousands Mark Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release
Unions Bash Democrats, Warn of Political Fallout

Wednesday February 10, 2010

Iraq Orders Former Blackwater Guards Out
2 US Firms Wash Hands of Tar Sands
US Frees Iraqi Photographer Held for 17 Months with No Charge
Obama Says He Doesn’t Begrudge Bank Executives’ Bonuses
Man vs Marine in the Chagos Islands
Putting a Value on Nature Could Set Scene for True Green Economy
US Looks Beyond UN for Iran Sanctions
Vote on Obama Labor Nominee Spells Trouble for Unions
Binyam Mohamed Torture Evidence Must Be Revealed, Judges Rule
At the White House, Civil Rights in Song

Tuesday February 9, 2010

Fighting Off Looters in the Ruins of Wall Street
Climate Scientists Hit Out at 'Sloppy' Melting Glaciers Error
Tritium Hot Zone Expands Around Vermont Nuclear Plant
Palm Oil Deal 'A Threat to the Rainforest'
Battle Begins Over Who'll Get Lucrative Haiti Cleanup Contracts
Elizabeth Warren: Time For Wall Street CEOs To 'Earn Back' America's Trust
US-Backed Palestinian Security Forces 'A Prescription for Civil War'
Dems Sign on to GOP Bill Preventing Funds for Civilian Guantanamo Trials
US Climate Monitoring Information Service Gets Go-Ahead in Washington
Language of Iran Sanctions Leads to Familiar 'Regime Change' Threats
NATO to Innocent Afghan Villagers: 'Keep Your Heads Down'

Monday February 8, 2010

Pre-Emptive PR? Seeking A Kinder, Gentler Image For Israel
More Blackwater Contractors Than Cops In Pakistan's Capitol
Poll: Two-Thirds Of Americans Unhappy About Citizens United Ruling
Give a Home to Us Not the Olympics, say Protesters
Incentives to Going 'Off Grid' Bring Power to the People
Obama Starts New Push on 'Free Trade' Deals
Campaign Case May Have Set Course for Supreme Court
Connecticut Power Plant Explosion: Workers Unaccounted For; Part Of Structure Unsearchable
In a Message to Democrats, Wall St. Sends Cash to GOP

Sunday February 7, 2010

HRW Says Israel 'Failed' to Probe Gaza War Crimes
Call the Caterer! Bank Bonuses a Relief in Greenwich, Conn.
Rape on the Rise in Haiti's Camps
Think-Tanks Take Oil Money and Use it to Fund Climate Deniers

Saturday February 6, 2010

US Attorney Seeks to Block Another DeChristopher Defense
Tibet Temperature 'Highest Since Records Began' Say Chinese climatologists
Anthem Blue Cross Raises Premiums
Report: 'No Strategic Value' to Afghan Outpost Where 8 Died
Thousands of Civilians Flee Afghan Region as Nato Plans Onslaught
Prejudice and Principle Brew at Tea Party Meet

Friday February 5, 2010

Legal Experts Slam 'Targeted Killings' of US Citizens
Obama Admits Health Care Overhaul May Die on Hill
The Expanding US War in Pakistan
Ancient Tribal Language Becomes Extinct as Last Speaker Dies
Pentagon to Increase Stock of High-Altitude Drones
Ill Omens for Senate Climate Legislation
Bank of America's Ken Lewis Faces Fraud Lawsuit
Romania to Host US Missile Interceptors: President
Activists Want Makers to Come Clean on Cleansers
Ellsberg Documentary Attracts Wide Audience
US Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
Tea Party Fireworks: Speaker Rips McCain, Obama, 'Cult of Multiculturalism'
Donors Reward Dems Who Pushed Public Option

Thursday February 4, 2010

GOP Chases Wall Street Donors
Dennis Blair: US Can Kill Suspected American Terrorists Abroad
US Banks, Lobbyists Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe Finds
Public Interest Groups Warn Congress: Comcast Takeover of NBC Is Anti-Competitive
Google to Enlist NSA to Help it Ward Off Cyberattacks
White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court Vacancies
How Corporations Secretly Move Millions to Fund Political Ads
Afghanistan: US and British to Launch Biggest Offensive since 2001
Liberal Groups Decry CBS's Flip-Flop On Advocacy Ads
Obama Administration Knew Foreclosure Program Wasn't Working Right, Did Nothing
Donna Edwards' No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment

Wednesday February 3, 2010

Consumer Groups: Breaking Up Banks is ‘Crucial’ Element
Obama Eyes Biofuels, Clean Coal in New Climate Push
As House and Senate Fumble Health Reform, Free Clinics Still Serving the Uninsured Sick
Efforts by EPA to Regulate Carbon Could be Undermined by House Bills
Obama's Silent War Shocks Pakistan
Time to Build a Just Society in Haiti, Rights Groups Urge
Gitmo Judge Urged to Recuse Himself After ProPublica Interview
Jobs Funding Set to Expire Before it Has Chance to Work
Rendition Victim Moves to Sue US
Israeli Commander: 'We Rewrote the Rules of War for Gaza'
Detroit Bomber 'Providing Intelligence about al-Qaida'
Lifting Gay Ban 'Right Thing to Do': US Military Chief
No Apology from IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri for Glacier Fallacy

Tuesday February 2, 2010

Large Portion Of GOP Thinks Obama Is Racist, Socialist, Non-U.S. Citizen: Poll
US, Karzai Clash on Unconditional Talks with Taliban
Washington's Refusal to Talk about Drone Strikes in Pakistan Meets Growing Opposition
Woodland Caribou Under Threat in Oilsands Area, Group Says
Judge Blocks Further Protests Against Massey Energy Mountaintop Mining
Study Finds 'No Child' Has Low Teacher Support
Global Warming Makes Trees Grow at Fastest Rate for 200 Years
Same Blackwater, Different Names
Holes are Shot in Army's Denial of Gaza Attack
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Clare Short: Tony Blair Lied and Misled Parliament in Build-Up to Iraq War
New Defense Strategy Envisions Multiple Conflicts

Monday February 1, 2010

Obama Increasing Funding for Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Energy Firms Seek More than Loan Guarantees for Revival
'Peace Prize' President Submits Largest War Budget Ever
States to Government: Hands Off Education
Reports: DOJ Torture Memo Probe Clears Yoo, Bybee; Simply 'Poor Judgement'
Afghan 'Geological Reserves Worth a Trillion Dollars'
'Climate Emails Hacked by Spies'
Detente with Iran Recedes as US Strengthens Gulf Defenses
Israeli Soldiers 'Disciplined' over UN Compound Attack in Gaza, But Deny Widespread Wrong Doing
US Govt Probes Blackwater for Corruption: Report
‘Orphan Rescue’ Attempt Hits Nerve among Haitians
CIA Operatives Moonlight in Corporate World
Global Deal on Climate Change in 2010 'All But Impossible'

February 2010