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EXCLUSIVE: Mystery organization with UN ties issues diplomatic IDs — except they arent

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Fox News - By George Russell - Jun. 19 (Investigative Report) - EXCLUSIVE: A controversial organization with tenuous ties to the United Nations—and which counts Kenyan relatives of Barack Obama among its good-will ambassadors – is supplying its officials and advisers with travel documents designed to look much like U

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The GOP Tries To Redefine Rape Exemptions—Again

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Kate Sheppard - Jun. 19 (Opinion) - The House debated and passed a bill on Tuesday that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks across the country. The bill, passed by a nearly party-line vote of 228 to 196, replicates laws passed in a dozen states in the past three years limiting the time period during which women can obtain a legal abortion. HR 1797 , sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), is not expected to pass the Democrat-controlled Senate, and President Barack Obama has already threatened to veto it. But it does contain a provision that redefines rape exemptions, significantly limiting the number of women who would qualify. In order to obtain an abortion after 20 weeks under this law, a woman who was raped must be able to prove that she reported the rape to authorities—a requirement not present in other rape exceptions to federal abortion laws. Republicans added this provision to the bill, which originally included no exceptions for rape or incest, after the House Judiciary committee approved it last week. But the ...

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'We Were Told To Lie,' Say Bank Of America Employees

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - Jun. 19 (News Report) - Six former employees and one contractor say Bank of America's mortgage servicing unit consistently lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications and offered bonuses to staff for intentionally pushing people into foreclosure, according to a Salon.com report.

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World's poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - Jun. 19 (News Analysis) - Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supply Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor countries, the World Bank has warned. Droughts, floods, heatwaves, sea-level rises and fiercer storms are likely to accompany increasing global warming and will cause severe hardship in areas that are already poor or were emerging from poverty, the bank said in a report. Food shortages will be among the first consequences within just two decades, along with damage to cities from fiercer storms and migration as people try to escape the effects. In sub-Saharan Africa, increasing droughts and excessive heat are likely to mean that within about 20 years the staple crop maize will no longer thrive in about 40% of current farmland. In other parts of the region rising temperatures will kill or degrade swaths of the savanna used to ...

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Military plans to open more combat jobs to women by 2016

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Craig Whitlock - Jun. 19 (News Report) - By 2016, women could be permitted to train for most combat roles, including infantry and artillery positions, under detailed plans released by the Pentagon on Tuesday describing how to integrate female troops throughout the armed forces. ...

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CBO: Senate immigration bill would cut deficits by $200 billion over decade

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Lori Montgomery - Jun. 19 (News Report) - The immigration bill under consideration in the Senate would reduce federal deficits by nearly $200 billion over the next decade, and continue generating savings in the years beyond, even after millions of new citizens became eligible for health-care and welfare benefits, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday. ...

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Toxic substance in Fukushima water

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 19 (News Report) - High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.

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Rising mortgage rates elicit fears they could hurt housing recovery

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Amrita Jayakumar - Jun. 19 (News Analysis) - Rising mortgage rates elicit fears they could hurt housing recovery Washington Post Mortgage rates have spiked over the past few weeks, rising at the fastest pace since 2010, sparking fears that the housing market could weaken and undermine the country's economic recovery. In the short term, the jump in interest rates is spurring home ... Are 4% Mortgage Rates the new Norm? Fox Business 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop First Time in 6 Weeks; Current Rate is 3.88 ... NASDAQ Mortgage Rates on the Rise; Repeat of Lead-Up to 2008? Benzinga The Mortgage Reports WWLP 22News all 115 news ...

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Fighting climate change with nuclear energy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Jun. 19 (Opinion) - Nuclear power is currently the only carbon-free energy source that can provide base load electricity, Stepp writes, a characteristic crucial to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change. Next-generation nuclear energy offers even more productive strategies for reducing carbon emissions. ...

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Jail reckless bankers, report urges

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 19 (News) - The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.

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OpEdNews - Article: Obama Batters "Great Man' Theory

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Op Ed News - Jun. 19 (Opinion) - Remarkably, protean Obama sponged up the Bush Doctrine (belligerent, go-it-alone militarism), the Cheney Doctrine (spying uber alles , freedom demands tyranny), the Clinton Doctrine (pragmatic relativism), even the transparency-hating Nixon Doctrine (if a president does it . . .).

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Green groups warn government of national parks hunting backlash