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David Swanson | Kathy Kelly Freed, Convictions of Oak Ridge 3 Overturned

David Swanson, David Swanson's blog
Swanson writes: "Kathy Kelly is just out of prison, where she'd been sent for nonviolently opposing drone murders."
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America's Richest Congressman, Worth Almost $500 Million, Says Poor Americans Are Doing Great
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum writes: "Congressman Darrell Issa, America's richest Congressman with a net worth of nearly $500 million, says the nation's poor are actually doing very well. Issa told CNN that 'our poor are ... the envy of the world.'"
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Sheldon Adelson Faces New Scrutiny as Documents Challenge His Testimony
Chris McGreal and Matt Isaacs, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Sheldon Adelson, the multibillionaire casino magnate and key Republican party donor, spent four combative days in a Las Vegas court this week defending his gambling empire from accusations of bribery and ties to organised crime."
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World Health Organization Declares Liberia Ebola-Free
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Liberia is now free of Ebola after going 42 days - twice the maximum incubation period for the deadly disease - without any new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Saturday. The virus killed more than 4,700 people in the West African nation during a year-long epidemic."
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Dems Demand Apology From CIA for Spying on Congress
Julian Hattem, The Hill
Hattem writes: "A trio of Senate Democrats is putting new pressure on CIA Director John Brennan to offer a full-throated apology for the agency's searches through congressional records."
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Why Are We Still Asking if a Dying Woman Should Be Able to Get an Abortion to Save Her Life?
Jennifer Dalven, ACLU Blog
Dalven writes: "A recent analysis of abortion attitudes by The New York Times came to the right conclusion: The divide on how Americans feel about abortion is much smaller than partisan politics would have us believe."
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Bernie Sanders Could Be the Greenest Presidential Candidate Ever
Ben Adler, Guardian UK
Adler writes: "The Democratic presidential primary race got its second major candidate last week, and its first true climate hawk: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, self-described democratic socialist."
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