Friday, June 6, 2014

RSN: The Climate Domino, Bank of America Poised to Make Record Settlement, et al



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Paul Krugman | The Climate Domino
Paul Krugman being interviewed by Bill Moyers. (photo: Moyers & Co.)
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Maybe it's me, but the predictable right-wing cries of outrage over the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules on carbon seem oddly muted and unfocused."
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Bank of America Poised to Make Record Settlement
Devlin Barrett, Dan Fitzpatrick and Christina Rexrode, The Wall Street Journal
Excerpt: "The North Carolina bank's total tab to end government probes and lawsuits related to its conduct in the runup to the financial crisis is increasingly likely to surpass the record $13 billion that J.P. Morgan Chase JPM +0.35% & Co. paid last year."
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NSA Reform Bill Finds Few Allies in Senate
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman reports: "Senators on the intelligence committee expressed deep doubts about curbing the National Security Agency's broad data collection powers as the upper legislative chamber begins to consider a landmark surveillance bill that passed the House last month."
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James Clapper: Edward Snowden Took Less Than Previously Thought
David Ignatius, The Washington Post
Ignatius reports: "As the intelligence community continues its assessment of the damage caused by Edward Snowden's leaks of secret programs, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says it appears the impact may be less than once feared."
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Montana Judge Suspended for Blaming Rape Victim
Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress
Flatow reports: "The Montana high court has ordered public reprimand and a suspension for violations of judicial ethics by the judge who said a 14-year-old rape victim was 'in control' and 'older than her chronological age.'"
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Arctic 30: Russia Releases Greenpeace Ship
John Vidal, Guardian UK
Vidal reports: "The Greenpeace icebreaker confiscated by Russia after activists tried to board a Gazprom oil rig has been released. But it could take two months before the Arctic Sunrise leaves Murmansk harbour."
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