Friday, December 12, 2014

RSN: It Would Take 12 Hours to Read Off Names of All Species Currently Facing Extinction, Congressional Staffers Walk Out, Protesting Garner, Brown Decisions




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Congressional Staffers Walk Out, Protesting Garner, Brown Decisions
(photo: Twitter/@TinaGray24)
NBC News
Excerpt: "The protests over the lack of indictments in the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases have expanded to Congress. Congressional staffers walked out of their jobs Thursday afternoon in a symbol of solidarity with protests taking place in the streets, on the basketball court and on football fields across the country."
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JPMorgan CEO Helped Whip Votes for Budget Bill That Includes Deregulation for Wall Street
Kevin Cirilli, The Hill
Cirilli reports: "JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made calls to lawmakers on Thursday urging them to support the 'cromnibus' spending bill, House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told reporters."
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MoveOn Looks to Nudge Elizabeth Warren Into 2016 Presidential Race
Jonathan Martin, The New York Times
Martin reports: "Some Democrats are 'Ready for Hillary.' MoveOn is ready for Elizabeth Warren."
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NYC Luxury Building Installs "Poor Fences" to Separate Middle-Income Residents From Wealthy Residents
Kate Briquelet, New York Post
Excerpt: "A Queens luxury tower that was bailed out by the city is blocking the large terraces of a few affordable units so tenants above with tiny balconies don't get jealous, one resident claims."
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ISIS Leader: If There Was No American Prison in Iraq, There Would Be No ISIS
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Beauchamp reports: "In an incredible scoop, the Guardian's Martin Chulov interviewed a senior leader of ISIS - one who came up through the ranks with the group's top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The single most interesting quote from the ISIS leader, whom Chulov refers to as Abu Ahmed, is quite disturbing."
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It Would Take 12 Hours to Read Off Names of All Species Currently Facing Extinction
Richard Monastersky, Nature
Excerpt: "Of all the species that have populated Earth at some time over the past 3.5 billion years, more than 95% have vanished - many of them in spectacular die-offs called mass extinctions."
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