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Bernie Sanders | The Rich Get Much Richer, and the Republicans Think They Need More Help

Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders' Blog
Sanders writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today criticized a Republican budget proposal that he said will make devastating cuts to American families, children and seniors."
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African American Woman Faces Jail in California Over 'Lynching' Charge
Joanna Walters, Guardian UK
Walters writes: "Maile Hampton charged for trying to stop the arrest of a protester by grabbing him away from police, defined as 'lynching' under California state law."
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Is the NYPD Trying to Get Better at Policing Itself?
John Surico, Vice
Surico writes: "The NYPD's Force Investigation division will be specifically geared toward hearing out the next Eric Garner or Akai Gurley disaster. However, if other forms of oversight have failed in the past, how can we trust that these fresh watchmen will be better than the last ones?"
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Church to Quit Spraying Homeless With Sprinkler System
Doug Sovern, CBS
Sovern writes: "KCBS has learned that Saint Mary's Cathedral, the principal church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has installed a watering system to keep the homeless from sleeping in the cathedral's doorways."
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Prosecutor Accused of Misconduct in Disputed Texas Execution Case
Maurice Possley, The Washington Post
Possley writes: "In a major turn in one of the country's most-noted death penalty cases, the State Bar of Texas has filed a formal accusation of misconduct against the county prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man executed in 2004 for the arson murder of his three young daughters."
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Police Arrest Hundreds of Anti-Austerity Protesters in Germany
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Anti-riot police attacked protesters gathering against the inauguration of the European Central Bank's (ECB) new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, arresting over 550 of them."
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Fossil Fuels Are Way More Expensive Than You Think
Dana Nuccitelli, Guardian UK
Nuccitelli writes: "A new study estimates the costs of energy sources including their carbon and other air pollutants."
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