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The existing and potential environmental impacts along the 2,000-mile pipeline route are profound.","authors":"Ted Turner","source":{"rating":"3.4","name":"CNN","framebuster":false,"id":"cnn","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.4","num_reviews":"1","title":"Ron Paul Is Being Cheated Out of the Republican Nomination","url":"http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-is-being-cheated-out-of-the-republican-nomination/","date":"2012/02/22","id":8577223,"story_type":"News","quote":"Paul Joseph Watson | The GOP establishment has resorted to vote fraud in almost every state.","authors":"","source":{"rating":"0.0","name":"infowars.com","framebuster":false,"id":"infowars_com","ownership":"","type":""}},{"rating":"4.4","num_reviews":"1","title":"Why Is the ACLU Helping the Richest Americans Buy Our Elections?","url":"http://www.alternet.org/rights/154184/why_is_the_aclu_helping_the_richest_americans_buy_our_elections/","date":"2012/02/21","id":8574553,"story_type":"Opinion","quote":"The American Civil Liberties Union has earned its reputation as the nation\u2019s foremost legal opponent of government censorship and defender of First Amendment political speech. But increasingly, this national organization with 500,000 members and a $70 million annual budget has another legacy\u2014helping the wealthiest Americans and institutions spend unlimited sums on elections.","authors":"Steven Rosenfeld","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.0","num_reviews":"1","title":"Renewables Are a Reality: How We Can Ditch Fossil Fuels Without Any Help From Congress","url":"http://www.alternet.org/environment/154222/renewables_are_a_reality:_how_we_can_ditch_fossil_fuels_without_any_help_from_congress/","date":"2012/02/21","id":8574554,"story_type":"Special Report","quote":"In an interview with Yale Environment 360 senior editor Fen Montaigne, Lovins discusses how business and society can pull off this transformation even if the U.S. Congress keeps failing to act, why climate change need not even enter the discussion, and why the oil industry will ultimately forego fossil fuels and jump aboard the green bandwagon. \u201cOne system is dying and others are struggling to be born,\u201d says Lovins. \u201cIt\u2019s a very exciting time.\u201d","authors":"Fen Montaigne","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"1.0","num_reviews":"0","title":"As Calls For Intervention in Syria Grow, Vijay Prashad Urges Re-Evaluation of NATO Attack on Libya","url":"http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/21/as_calls_for_intervention_in_syria","date":"2012/02/21","id":8576429,"story_type":"News Analysis","quote":"as Libya celebrates a new era free of the Gaddafi regime, there are growing concerns the country\u2019s lingering divisions will tear it apart. 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In one case, the NYPD sent an undercover agent on a whitewater rafting trip in upstate New York, where he recorded students\u2019 names and noted in police intelligence files how many times they prayed.","authors":"Amy Goodman","source":{"rating":"4.0","name":"Democracy Now","framebuster":false,"id":"democracy_now","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.3","num_reviews":"2","title":"Rick Santorum-Linked Hospital Chain Saw Suicide Attempts, Abuse, And Parents' Rights Left At The Door","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-uhs-hospitals-patient-rights_n_1276403.html","date":"2012/02/21","id":8575386,"story_type":"Special Report","quote":"From 2007 through the first half of 2011, Santorum served on the board of directors of Universal Health Services, Inc. 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