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RSN: Robert Reich | The New Truth About Free Trade, In Stunning Admission, NFL Official Affirms Link Between Football and CTE




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Robert Reich | The New Truth About Free Trade 
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 
Reich writes: "I used to believe in trade agreements. That was before the wages of most Americans stagnated and a relative few at the top captured just about all the economic gains." 
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Apple Fight Could Escalate With Demand for 'Source Code' 
Joseph Menn, Reuters 
Menn writes: "The latest filing in the legal war between the planet's most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation could escalate even further." 
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Former Judges Challenge Official Who Said 3-Year-Olds Can Represent Selves in Immigration Court 
Jerry Markon, The Washington Post 
Markon writes: "Three former federal immigration judges are publicly challenging a senior Justice Department official who argued that 3- and 4-year-olds can learn immigration law well enough to represent themselves in court." 
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Valeant Swears Off Aggressive Drug Pricing Strategy 
Dan Gorenstein, Marketplace 
Gorenstein writes: "A handful of pharmaceutical companies have been in the crosshairs over the last six months or so, both for the price of their products and for their practices." 
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In Stunning Admission, NFL Official Affirms Link Between Football and CTE 
Des Bieler, The Washington Post 
Bieler writes: "A top official with the NFL made a stunning admission Monday, agreeing with a neuropathologist before a Congressional panel that a link exists between football-related brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The league had never before publicly acknowledged such a connection." 
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DARK Act Vote in Senate Imminent: Will Congress Protect American's Right to Know? 
Wenonah Hauter, EcoWatch 
Hauter writes: "Last night, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) filed a new version of the anti-GMO labeling bill widely known as the DARK Act, which would prevent states from requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) foods and stop pending state laws that require labeling from going into effect." 
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Obama Administration Will Not Allow Oil Drilling in Atlantic Ocean 
Matthew Daly, Associated Press 
Daly writes: "In a major reversal, the Obama administration says it will not allow oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean." 
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