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This photo shows the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd. (Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration)

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Archives for août 2013

Murdered Florida Children Victims of State Experiment Gone Wrong

The Florida Department of Children and Families’ failed experiment with its child-welfare system had a hand in the deaths of innocent children.

Carissa Wyant
Par Carissa Wyant

“When I lost her, I lost a huge chunk of who I am,’’ said Tiffany Howard, the grandmother of Jewel Re’nee Howard, a 4-year-old who was killed by her mother’s boyfriend. Despite visits from child welfare officials to the child’s home, Jewel suffered broken ribs, internal bleeding and badly mangled internal organs before dying. “Every night when I

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Radioactive groundwater under Fukushima nears sea

Experts fear they will be unable to contain vast quantities of radioactive water.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
This aerial view shows the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

TOKYO (AP) — Deep beneath Fukushima's crippled nuclear power station a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that began spilling from the plant's reactors after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been creeping slowly toward the sea. Now, 2 1/2 years later, experts fear it is about to reach the Pacific and greatly worsen what is

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Campaigners Deliver Message to Obama: ‘Yes We Can… Ban Fracking’

The public understands that fracking poses an immediate threat to our water, air, health and climate, and they’re fighting back.’

Jon Queally
Par Jon Queally
In this Feb. 23, 2012 file photo, signs opposing the hydraulic fracturing process of drilling for gas, or "fracking" are posted in Evans City, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Fil

A day before the peroid of public comment ends on the US government's proposed plan to open public lands to industrial hydraulic gas fracturing, a coalition of anti-fracking and public interest groups descended on Washington, DC Thursday calling for a commitment from President Obama to reject the proposal and ban the practice. 2Anti-fracking

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Israeli Warplanes Launch Missles Near Beirut

Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
An Israeli military drone flies over Gaza City, Friday, April 8, 2011. Israeli aircraft struck targets outside of Beirut Wed. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday, a day after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military and a Palestinian official said. The Israeli military said that the aircraft targeted "a terror site located between Beirut and Sidon in response" to the rocket attack. It was the first

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Obama: Syria Attack A ‘Big Event Of Grave Concern’

Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria has hastened the time frame for determining a U.S. response.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
Ghouta Syria Feature photo

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria this week is a "big event of grave concern" that has hastened the timeframe for determining a U.S. response. "This is something that is going to require America's attention," Obama said during an interview broadcast Friday. However, the president said

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Lawmakers OK NYPD watchdog, overriding vetoes

« Today marks a monumental civil rights victory for New Yorkers, » said Councilmen Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, the legislation’s sponsors.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
A police officer walks past supporters of the NYPD Oversight override vote as they chant "Veto Override" on the steps of City Hall, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York City council members say they will make history with a vote to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's vetoes on police oversight bills. At a rally on Thursday before the vote, activists cheered and held signs that read "override." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York police have been given two layers of oversight in two weeks that are intended to balance the force's culture of aggressive crime prevention tactics with the civil liberties of the New Yorkers they've sworn to protect. Propelled by concern about the NYPD's use of its stop and frisk tactic and its extensive surveillance of

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