Articles focusing on politics

Needle exchange bill finds early support in Florida

South Florida lawmakers will try again to pass legislation creating a Miami-Dade County needle exchange program. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/17/3942405/needle-exchange-bill-finds-early.html#storylink=cpy By Kathleen McGrory Article Reprint TALLAHASSEE — Last year, South Florida lawmakers couldn’t muster enough

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Ukraine Violence Leaves at Least 9 Dead

By KIRIT RADIA Article Reprint Violence between police and anti-government protesters in Kiev took a deadly turn today – with at least seven civilians and two police officers reportedly killed. As an evening deadline for

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‘I Was the Victim,’ Says Loud Music Trial Shooter in Jailhouse Phone Call

ABC Entertainment News|ABC Business News   By SENI TIENABESO Article Reprint Prosecutors released audio Monday of several jailhouse calls placed by Michael Dunn — the man at the center of another controversial Florida trial —

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We Have an Anti-imperialist Obligation to the People of Haiti

The arc of justice is made to bend through solidarity with the oppressed. Solidarity with Haiti means fighting for an end to “the cycle of Western military interventions, coups and/or propping up of anti-democratic, anti-people

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Nelson Mandela Leaves Millions To Family, Staff And Schools

By April Taylor Article Reprint Nelson Mandela’s will has finally been revealed, and it appears as though his estate has been valued at $4.1 million according to Fox News.  This excludes any royalties that may

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Jobless Claims in U.S. Increased to 339,000 Last Week

By Victoria Stilwell Article Reprint More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, underscoring the uneven progress in the labor market.

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Atlanta braces for another winter wallop

cbsnews.com Article Reprint ATLANTA — When snow fell on Atlanta two weeks ago, downtown streets of the South’s business hub were jammed with unmoving cars, highway motorists slept overnight in vehicles or abandoned them where

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N.Y. teen sues molester who moved back next door

Father says daughter wishes she could ‘make him disappear.’ By: Lee Higgins Article Reprint CARMEL, N.Y. — She had her innocence taken at 8 years old in the summer of 2003, molested in her front

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