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A Hurricane without Water: Detroit’s Foreclosure Disaster

“The truth is that mortgage and tax foreclosures have caused most of the city’s blight over the last 15 years.” by Dianne Feeley Article Reprint Detroit – where 85% of the working class once owned

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Flag Day: Old Glory’s 238th Birthday

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. beforeitsnews.com Article Reprint Today,

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Video Extra >>> 450 More U.S. Military Advisers Heading to Iraq

450 More U.S. Military Advisers Heading to Iraq

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South Carolina Grand Jury Indicts Ex-Police Officer Who Shot Walter Scott

By MEGHAN KENEALLY Article Reprint Slager was arrested and charged with murder on April 7, three days after he shot Scott. He has not yet had to enter a plea.

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Rights group accuses Jordan of abandoning Syrian refugees

Human Rights Watch urges Amman to grant hundreds of refugees stranded in desert border zone entry aljazeera.com Article Reprint Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Jordan of leaving hundreds of Syrian refugees stranded in the

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Obama signs bill reshaping NSA phone records program

President signed USA Freedom Act, which will revive and remake the post-9/11 spy program Al Jazeera and The Associated Press Article Reprint President Barack Obama has signed legislation reviving and reshaping surveillance laws that expired

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International exams show persistent achievement gaps between boys and girls

By Emma Brown  Article Submission International math, science and reading exams show that across dozens of countries, 15-year-old boys are more likely to be low achievers than 15-year-old girls, especially in reading. But among the

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California Drought 2015: 70 Percent Water Use Cuts Proposed For Large Families, Properties: Report

By Tim Marcin  Article Reprint With California in the midst of a crippling drought, Los Angeles County’s water agency has proposed water-use mandates that could force some large families to reduce usage by 70 percent

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