Dozens of north Texas community members bussed to Austin on Tuesday to demand a shutdown of the fracking waste injection wells they say are behind a recent spate of earthquakes. Their target was a meeting of the three-member Texas Railroad Commission, the state’s main regulatory body for the oil and gas industry. Residents of Azle…
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Poll Shows Diminishing Support for Two-State Solution
WASHINGTON – Twenty years of the Oslo peace process between Israelis and Palestinians have made a solution more difficult to attain, rather than easier. That was the conclusion of a poll of Israelis and Palestinians released on Friday. The poll, conducted by Zogby Research Services, showed that barely one-third of Israelis (34 percent) and Palestinians…
Electoral College voters in spotlight
The 538 delegates to the Electoral College will gather at governors’ offices and statehouses across the country Monday to make President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role…
Minnesota State Wrestling Set to Embark on 2012-13 Campaign
Mankato, Minn. — The Minnesota State University wrestling team enters the 2012-13 season searching for a fresh start as the squad will have 19 new wrestlers, but will find leadership behind two returning All-Americans. The Mavericks went 5-9 in dual action in 2011-12, were 3-4 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, earned a ninth-place finish…
EU Commission: Time to End US Domination of Internet
Given recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s global digital surveillance apparatus, the European commission on digital affairs said on Wednesday that the United States can no longer be trusted to maintain its strong hold on internet governance and that this authority should be made less U.S.-centric and more open to international control and democratic…
Has Fukushima Radiation Reached North America?
This post was updated Tuesday, February 26. A radioactive plume released from the Fukushima meltdown may have already reached the west coast of North America and isexpected to reach the U.S. in April, said a panel of researchers in Honolulu Monday. However, without any federal or international monitoring, scientists are bereft of “actual data,” guessing…
As CIA Fights w/ Senate Panel Over Torture, Public Left in Dark
As the murkiest details of the torture program created and run by the Bush administration continues to be shielded from public review, the growing controversy over the clandestine and illegal use of techniques by the CIA has now taken center stage in a bureaucratic fight between the agency and the Senate Intelligence Committee charged with…
Federal Court Upholds Texas Attack on Women's Right to Choose
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld controversial portions of a Texas law that reproductive rights groups and civil liberty advocates say strips women of their constitutional right to have an abortion while restricting access to other health services across the state. The ruling, made by the 3-judge panel of New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court…
GMO Labeling Bill Moves Forward in Oregon
Voters in Oregon want to know what’s in their food and in November they will be given the chance to have their voices heard. Food safety advocates on Wednesday submitted over 150,000 signatures, nearly twice the amount required, in support of Ballot Initiative #44, which would require food manufacturers to label foods sold in Oregon that…
Perez's entry opens up DNC chair race
Labor Sec. Tom Perez’s entry Thursday into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair race throws a wrench into early front-runner Rep. Keith Ellison’s bid, as the race to helm the fractured party continues to take shape. The Minnesota Democrat, a leading figure amongst progressives, had a head start and has already lined up support from…