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Matt Taibbi | Jamie Dimon's Raise Proves US
Regulatory Strategy Is a Joke
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "This is a little like trying to rein in a class bully by halving his school's budget. It doesn't work. Crimes are committed by people, and justice has to target people, too. Or else the whole thing is a joke, as we found out last week."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "This is a little like trying to rein in a class bully by halving his school's budget. It doesn't work. Crimes are committed by people, and justice has to target people, too. Or else the whole thing is a joke, as we found out last week."
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Amanda Knox
Will Not Return to Italy to Serve Sentence, Say Parents
Lizzy Davies, Guardian UK
Davies Reports: "Amanda Knox's parents said there was 'no way' that their daughter would return to Italy to serve her sentence for the 2007 murder of the British student Meredith Kercher, adding that they were stunned by the verdict that upheld their daughter's conviction."
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Lizzy Davies, Guardian UK
Davies Reports: "Amanda Knox's parents said there was 'no way' that their daughter would return to Italy to serve her sentence for the 2007 murder of the British student Meredith Kercher, adding that they were stunned by the verdict that upheld their daughter's conviction."
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NSA Choice Is
Navy Expert on Cyberwar
David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker, The New York Times
Sanger and Shanker report: "In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new art of designing cyberweapons."
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David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker, The New York Times
Sanger and Shanker report: "In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new art of designing cyberweapons."
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Sandra Fluke Considering a Run for
Congress
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Blake reports: "Sandra Fluke, a women's rights activist who came to prominence after conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh labeled her a 'slut' for advocating government-funded contraception, is considering a run for Congress."
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Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Blake reports: "Sandra Fluke, a women's rights activist who came to prominence after conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh labeled her a 'slut' for advocating government-funded contraception, is considering a run for Congress."
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The
Extraordinary Climate and Environmental Legacy of Henry Waxman
Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "Following 40 years of sustained fighting on behalf of human health, the environment, and a livable climate, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced on Thursday that he would retire from Congress after this year."
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Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "Following 40 years of sustained fighting on behalf of human health, the environment, and a livable climate, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced on Thursday that he would retire from Congress after this year."
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The Flip Side of Obama's Keystone XL
Delay
Steve Horn, Mint Press
Horn Reports: "The reaction to pressure against building Keystone XL's northern half has been - put simply - 'build more and faster.' Simple math and geography shows - as The Wall Street Journal boasted - project permitting parameters have tilted more and more in Big Oil's favor under President Obama's watch."
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Steve Horn, Mint Press
Horn Reports: "The reaction to pressure against building Keystone XL's northern half has been - put simply - 'build more and faster.' Simple math and geography shows - as The Wall Street Journal boasted - project permitting parameters have tilted more and more in Big Oil's favor under President Obama's watch."
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Moyers and Winship | Advice to Plutocrat
Perkins: Time to Shut Up!
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company
Moyers and Winship write: "He who first compares the other side to Nazis loses, and the conversation is at an end. Unless you're billionaire Tom Perkins, who seems dedicated to digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself."
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Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company
Moyers and Winship write: "He who first compares the other side to Nazis loses, and the conversation is at an end. Unless you're billionaire Tom Perkins, who seems dedicated to digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself."
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Obama Admits Clapper Gave "Untruthful"
Testimony
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman reports: "President Barack Obama has said his director of national intelligence, James Clapper, ought to have been 'more careful' in Senate testimony about surveillance that Clapper later acknowledged was untruthful following disclosures by Edward Snowden."
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Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman reports: "President Barack Obama has said his director of national intelligence, James Clapper, ought to have been 'more careful' in Senate testimony about surveillance that Clapper later acknowledged was untruthful following disclosures by Edward Snowden."
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UN Calls for
Ukraine Torture Probe As Activist Speaks of Being 'Crucified'
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "A Ukrainian anti-government activist who disappeared a week ago during widespread protests in and around Kiev has resurfaced with his face badly beaten and with wounds to his hands, saying his abductors tortured and 'crucified' him."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "A Ukrainian anti-government activist who disappeared a week ago during widespread protests in and around Kiev has resurfaced with his face badly beaten and with wounds to his hands, saying his abductors tortured and 'crucified' him."
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The NSA's
'Top-Secret' Edward Snowden Talking Points
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf reports: "Once Edward Snowden began leaking classified documents, National Security Agency officials knew that they'd be forced to respond. They began developing talking points."
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Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf reports: "Once Edward Snowden began leaking classified documents, National Security Agency officials knew that they'd be forced to respond. They began developing talking points."
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Knox and
Sollecito Case Delivers Harsh Verdict on Italian Justice
Andrew Gumbel, Guardian UK
Gumbel reports: "The Italian justice system has pulled off an astonishing and unenviable feat: finding Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murder - for the second time - without a shred of evidence to substantiate the verdict."
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Andrew Gumbel, Guardian UK
Gumbel reports: "The Italian justice system has pulled off an astonishing and unenviable feat: finding Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murder - for the second time - without a shred of evidence to substantiate the verdict."
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The
Anti-Fracking Activist Barred From 312.5 Square Miles of
Pennsylvania
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK
Goldenberg reports: "In total, 312.5 sq miles are no-go areas for Scroggins under a sweeping court order granted by a local judge that bars her from any properties owned or leased by one of the biggest drillers in the Pennsylvania natural gas rush, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation."
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Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK
Goldenberg reports: "In total, 312.5 sq miles are no-go areas for Scroggins under a sweeping court order granted by a local judge that bars her from any properties owned or leased by one of the biggest drillers in the Pennsylvania natural gas rush, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation."
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Australia Approves Barrier Reef Dumping
Plan
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Australia has approved a plan to dump millions of tons of sediment near the Great Barrier Reef as part of a major coal port expansion."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Australia has approved a plan to dump millions of tons of sediment near the Great Barrier Reef as part of a major coal port expansion."
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