Monthly Archives: February 2012

Congress closes ‘strip club loophole’

States are now required to prevent welfare recipients from using ATM machines in casinos, liquor stores and strip clubs to spend or access their benefits.
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No fracking way, CBS Evening News

$No fracking way, CBS Evening News$

CBS News figures out a way to remove all the controversy out of hydrofracking by linking it to rising oil prices. Hello? Natural gas and oil aren't the same.
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Nan Hayworth joins the GOP’s ‘War on the Uterus’

It's shameful that Hayworth has failed to acknowledge that contraceptive coverage is a health issue, not a sex issue. Especially since she is a former medical doctor and her husband, Scott, is a practicing gynecologist in Westchester County.
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Environmental group requests records from interstate river-basin commission

A citizens' group filed a records request from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission concerned that it hasn't protected the area from hydrofracking.
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Spitzer: Cuomo should take redistricting out of legislature’s hands

Former Governor Eliot Spitzer added his voice to the calls for Cuomo to shut down any proposal by legislators.
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Occupy Wall Street disavows ‘national general assembly’

The 99% Declaration and its call for a “national general assembly” in Philadelphia in July is not affiliated with or endorsed by Occupy Wall Street, and the organizers’ plans blatantly contradict OWS’ stated principles.
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Revelations on NYPD surveillance of Muslims contradict Bloomberg claims

Claims by the Billionaire Mayor about how the NYPD operates are disproved by the release their spying operations in Newark, NJ.
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Nan Hayworth lied about financial ties to embattled Congressman

Despite publicly denying any financial ties to embattled Rep. Michael Grimm, a Hudson Valley Congresswoman runs a joint fundraising operation with him.
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