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 | Climate Change Threatens Human Rights of Millions: UN
by Laura MacInnis
Climate change threatens the human rights of millions of people who are at risk of losing access to housing, food and clean water unless governments intervene early to counter its effects, experts said on Tuesday.0220 07At a conference on climate change and migration, United Nations officials said rising sea levels and intense storms, droughts and floods could force scores of people from their homes and off their lands — some permanently. | Clinton's New 527 Will Backfire: A Drummer Explains Why.
by RJ Eskow
Yesterday the string of defeats continued, and today we learn that supporters of Clinton's campaign are launching a "stealth 527 [1]." You remember those -- Swift Boat attacks and all? It isn't likely to work.Back in my musician days we had a drummer who hardly ever spoke. He just sat on his stool at rehearsals, a cigarette in his lips, and played his instrument. But one day when we were talking about why some groups made it big and others didn't, he looked up and said: | Castro and the Colossus
by Robert Scheer
The resignation of Fidel Castro is more promising for the burnishing of his legacy than the mostly septuagenarian Cuban hard-liners in Miami and their fawning allies in the Bush administration would like to believe. After all, Mao Tse-tung is still honored in communist China, the fastest-growing capitalist power in the world, and former KGB agent Vladimir Putin is, at least for now, a very popular elected Russian leader. | Bill Clinton: Texas Could Be Hillary's Last Stand
by Rick Klein
There's a Texas-sized stumbling block on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's comeback trail.Even Clinton's most devoted surrogate -- her husband, Bill Clinton -- acknowledged the do-or-die stakes on Wednesday in Beaumont, Texas, conceding that a loss in Texas or Ohio would likely doom her candidacy. | Did cutting-edge technology save Zednik?
by Brian Biggane
When Bob Allen wants to assure potential customers about the safety of his ice-skate sharpening system, he takes a freshly honed skate blade and runs it across his throat.No nicks, no cuts, no blood.However, Rob McLean, the Florida Panthers equipment manager, believes Allen's sharpening system might be a reason Richard Zednik is alive after a teammate's skate all but severed the veteran forward's carotid artery in a Feb. 10 National Hockey League game at Buffalo. | The Hillary Clinton Slush Fund: Dirty Tactics, Dirty Money
by Brent Budowsky
I predict that we will ultimately learn, in future disclosures, that the Hillary Clinton campaign today is functionally bankrupt. I predict we will also learn that she has loaned her campaign more money than has yet been disclosed.With the latest revelations of Clinton friends and close supporters creating an independent campaign fund, which will ultimately be found to have violated campaign finance laws, we now see the union of dirty tactics, dirty money and desperation. | Obama wins Democrats Abroad primary
by AP
Barack Obama won the Democrats Abroad global primary in results announced Thursday, giving him 11 straight victories in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.The Illinois senator won the primary in which Democrats living in other countries voted by Internet, mail and in person, according to results released by the Democrats Abroad, an organization sanctioned by the national party. | Lacrosse players sue Duke, city over rape case
by AP
More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming they suffered emotional distress during the furor over the now-discredited rape case against three of their teammates.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Durham, accuses Duke University, the City of Durham and several school and police officials of fraud, abuse and breach of duty for supporting the prosecution of the case. | Marlins win sweep as city, county OK stadium
by Michael Vasquez
Miami will get a new ballpark, the Marlins will get a new name and many of the details will get worked out later.The Miami-Dade County Commission approved the $619 million deal with a 9-3 vote Thursday night, hours after the City Commission approved it 4-1. |
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