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Worst Storm in 100 Years Seen for Northeast U.S. | Brian K. Sullivan and Matthew Brown

Oct. 26, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Sandy will probably grow into a “Frankenstorm” that may become the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Colle...
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Top 50 Journalism Professors in 2012 | JournalismDegree.org

June 13, 2012 (JournalismDegree.org) -- To recognize the accomplishments of top-tier journalism and communications professors across the country, Journalism Degree.org has developed a list of the Top 50 Journalism Professors in 2012. Traditionally, major news media channels were the chief transmitters of information about public affairs and pop culture. However, the role of journalism is changing...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 8, 2012 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Oct. 8, 2012 Sept. 22-Nov. 12 House and Senate election recess. Oct. 6-13 Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week. Oct. 8 11:20 a.m., Mitt Romney delivers a major foreign policy address. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA. Probably broadcast and webcast on CNN and...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 2, 2012 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation October 2, 2012 Sept. 22-Nov. 12 House and Senate election recess. Oct. 2 9:00-11:00 a.m., Carnegie Endowment, "The China-India Nuclear Crossroads," with five speakers. Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Oct. 2 11:00 a.m.-noon, Baker Spring, Heritage Foundation; Ilan ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 25, 2012 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Sept. 25, 2012 Sept. 22-Nov. 12 House and Senate election recess. Sept. 24-28 Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, "Intensive Short Course on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament for Diplomats." Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Vienna. Week of Sept. 24 Nuclear Regulator...
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Wall Street Rolling Back Another Key Piece of Financial Reform | Matt Taibbi

A manhole cover in Jefferson County, Alabama. Reuters/Marvin Gentry/Landov Sept. 20, 2012 (Rolling Stone) -- Wall Street lobbyists are awesome. I’m beginning to develop a begrudging respect not just for their body of work as a whole, but also for their sense of humor. They always go right to the edge of outrageous, and then wittily take one baby-step beyond it. And they did so again last night, w...
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Global systemic crisis/October 2012 - The global economy sucked into a black hole and world geopolitics heated to white-hot | LEAP E2020

Global systemic crisis/October 2012 -- The global economy sucked into a black hole and world geopolitics heated to white-hot: The seven key factors of an unprecedented double shock Sept. 16, 2012 -- Public announcement GEAB N°67 -- (LEAP/E2020) -- As LEAP/E2020 anticipated since the end Of 2011, the end of summer 2012 marks the beginning of the revival for Euroland with the emergence of a posit...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 18, 2012 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Sept. 18, 2012 Sept. 15-18 House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. Sept. 17-21 International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. Week of Sept. 17 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta meets with Chinese officials. Beijing. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. Sept. 18 8:00-9:30 a.m...
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Honduras Sets Stage for 3 Privately Run Cities | Alberto Arce

Honduras deal sets stage for investors to build three privately run cities to host new industries Sep. 6, 2012 -- TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Investors can begin construction in six months on three privately run cities in Honduras that will have their own police, laws, government and tax systems now that the government has signed a memorandum of agreement approving the project. An internatio...
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'Continuing Impunity': No Charges for CIA in Detainee Torture, Deaths | Common Dreams Staff

$\'Continuing Impunity\': No Charges for CIA in Detainee Torture, Deaths | Common Dreams Staff$

Gul Rahman, who died in 2002 while being held at a secret CIA facility known as the 'Salt Pit' in Afghanistan (photo: AP)Aug. 31, 2012 (Common Dreams) -- The CIA will face no charges over the torture and death of detainees while in custody, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday as it ended a criminal investigation begun by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham in 2008. Rights grou...
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BOOKS: Freedom Sailors | Jim Miles

Freedom Sailors. Edited by Greta Berlin and Bill Dienst, M.D. Free Gaza Movement, 2012. Aug. 29, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- It is difficult to imagine the thoughts and feelings of the people who are forcing the hypocrisy and lies of the Israeli government out into the open by sailing small boats through international waters to Gaza. Freedom Sailors is a collection of anecdotal recollections o...
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