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Editor & Publisher, Kirkus Reviews to be shut | Geraldine Baum
Nielsen Business Media will stop publishing the trade magazines. One covers the newspaper industry; the other reviews books. Dec. 11, 2009 (Los Angeles Times) -- The ever-shrinking world of print ...
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Vulnerable Nations at Copenhagen Summit Reject 2C Target | John Vidal
Alliance of Small Island States say any deal that allows temperatures to rise by more than 1.5C is 'not negotiable' Dec. 10, 2009 (Guardian) -- More than half the world's countries say they are ...
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The Devil and Mr. Obama | Joe Bageant
Barack promised change -- and sure enough, things changed for the worse (Note: Patrick Ward, associate editor of the UK's Socialist Review asked Joe to write a piece for the party publication. This ...
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Examining Obama's Rationale for Escalating the War in Afghanistan (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Dec. 3 (FPJ) -- Outlining his rationale for the decision to send yet more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Tuesday began with a familiar refrain: “We did not ask for this fight. On ...
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Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food | Robert Roy Britt
Nov. 26, 2009 (LiveScience.com) -- U.S. residents are wasting food like never before. While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot ...
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YouTube Launches Channel For Citizen Journalists | Paul Bond
TV, online outlets can request, obtain video via new initiative Nov 17, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) -- Celebrities beware: YouTube is making it even easier for anyone with a camera phone to turn your ...
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Scientist Says Warming Will 'Wipe Out Billions' If Political Leaders Fail To Act (Jenny Fyall)
Nov. 29, 2009 -- Most of the world's population will be wiped out if political leaders fail to agree a method of stopping current rates of global warming, one of the UK's most senior climate ...
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Goldman/AIG Conspiracy Theories: There’s a Reason They Won’t Go Away (Thomas Adams)
Note: this post is by Thomas Adams, at Paykin Krieg and Adams, LLP, and a former managing director at Ambac and FGIC, with some minor additions by yours truly. This is a significant piece of some ...
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Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street (Robert Sheer)
Nov. 25, 2009 (TruthDig) -- Jail, anyone? Perhaps that’s too harsh, and at any rate premature, but is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed ...
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BOOKS: A Choice of Enemies - America Confronts the Middle East, By Lawrence Freedman (Jim Miles)
A Choice of Enemies -- America Confronts the Middle East. Lawrence Freedman. Anchor Canada (Random House). 2009. Nov. 17, 2009 -- The subtitle to this text carries an interesting choice of active ...
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ADVISORY: WNT Site Is Back Up After Disruption
Nov. 14, 2009 -- STOCKBRIDGE, Vt. (World News Trust) -- The World News Trust site is back up after a database problem since early Friday morning. Please report any issues to Francis Goodwin, WNT ...
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