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Seymour Hersh Details Explosive Story on Bin Laden Killing & Responds to White House, Media Backlash
Seymour Hersh (photo: Wally McNamee/Corbis)
Amy Goodman and Aaron Mate, Democracy Now
Excerpt: "Hersh claims at the time of the U.S. raid, bin Laden had been held as a prisoner by Pakistani intelligence since 2006. Top Pakistani military leaders knew about the operation and provided key assistance."
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Six Dead, Scores Injured in Philadelphia Train Derailment
Daniel Kelley, Reuters
Kelley writes: "Authorities said they did not know why the New York City-bound train carrying 243 people derailed at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday (0130 GMT Wednesday), sending all seven cars and the engine off the track. One car was tossed upside down and three on their sides, and passengers and luggage were sent flying, survivors said."
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No Charges for Wisconsin Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Teen
Zoe Sullivan and Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Matt Kenny not charged over the death of 19-year-old biracial Tony Robinson, who was killed after Kenny fired a fatal volley of bullets on 6 March."
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How the DEA Seized a Young Man's Life Savings Without Charging Him
Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post
Ingraham writes: "A DEA agent boarded the train at the Albuquerque Amtrak station and began asking various passengers, including Rivers, where they were going and why. When Rivers replied that he was headed to LA to make a music video, the agent asked to search his bags."
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'I Lied About Toxic Chemicals for Exxon, DuPont, and Their Lobbyists'
David Heath, Center for Public Integrity
Heath writes: "A trade group, backed by oil and chemical giants, denied it was behind a campaign to block regulations of potentially toxic flame retardants. But an insider has finally come clean."
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Pentagon Considers Sending Planes, Ships to Tense South China Sea
Reuters
Excerpt: "The Pentagon is considering sending U.S. military aircraft and ships to assert freedom of navigation around growing Chinese-made artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. official said on Tuesday."
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Climate Change Could Make Your Coffee Way More Expensive
Alejandro Litovsky, Guardian UK
Litovsky writes: "Risks to coffee's global supply chain including climate change may be significant, but they also present opportunities for sustainable business."
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