Thursday, May 8, 2014

RSN: Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians, Ronald Reagan's Benghazi, et al



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Jane Mayer | Ronald Reagan's Benghazi
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Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "On Friday, Issa had announced that he had issued a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry for a new round of hearings devoted to searching, against diminishing odds, for some dirty, dark secret about what really happened in Benghazi."
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Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a 2011 peace agreement he had secretly negotiated with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas."
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Al Gore | The National Climate Assessment: No Time to Waste
Al Gore, Reader Supported News
Gore writes: "From stronger and more frequent storms that take lives and damage infrastructure, to deeper droughts and heat waves that hurt agriculture and threaten water supplies, to rising seas that threaten our coastal cities -- the way Miami Beach is already threatened -- the costs of carbon are growing rapidly."
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Lockett Execution Drugs Banned on Animals
Paul Lewis, Guardian UK
Lewis reports: "An injection of chemicals used to execute death row inmates can cause such excruciating pain that veterinarians are banned from using them to put down animals, according to one of the most thorough reviews ever undertaken of the administration of the death penalty."
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Purity Balls, Plan B and Bad Sex Policy: Inside America's Virginity Obsession
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "The idea of girls' chastity as a mobilizing force in culture and politics may feel like a throwback, but it's something that still tangibly impacts thousands upon thousands of modern women - even through policy."
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Sen. Franken Spearheads Major Campaign to Save Net Neutrality
Brad Reed, BGR
Reed writes: "Franken makes his case that the FCC's controversial plan could hinder future innovation and consumer choice by giving big incumbent companies a permanent competitive advantage over up-and-coming startups."
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Halting Drone-Assisted Hunting Before It Takes Off
Wayne Pacelle, Live Science
Pacelle writes: "The HSUS is calling on all 50 state wildlife agencies to adopt rules to prohibit drone-assisted hunting before this method of spotting wild animals and then chasing them down becomes the rage with people who've never contemplated the notion of hunting ethics."
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