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Australian mining companies linked to hundreds of deaths across Africa
Australian mining companies are linked to hundreds of deaths and injuries in Africa, which can go unreported at home.Some of the Australian Securities Exchange-listed companies include state...
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Fatal Extraction: the impact of Australian mining in Africa
Australian-listed mining companies are linked to hundreds of deaths and alleged injustices which wouldn't be tolerated in better-regulated nations.Across the continent, Australian mining companies have...
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12 things to know about Scott Walker
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is poised to join the ever-expanding field of Republican candidates running to become the next president.Polls indicate Walker is an instant top-tier contender for the GOP...
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GOP myth: Obamacare is driving insurance mergers
Republican lawmakers and their friends in Washington’s conservative think tanks have put forth another reason Americans should hate Obamacare: it’s making the country’s biggest insurance companies...
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A historic deal with Iran?
VIENNA, Austria – Weary diplomats finally delivered an agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear programs July 14 after 20 months of talks in this graceful European city, surrounded by blissfully oblivious...
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Defense budget decision-makers are big recipients of industry funds
Congress has approved a defense policy bill that the president has signed each of the past 6 years, but this year, it’s struggling. The House and Senate disagree over many of its provisions, including...
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Hotel industry targets upstart Airbnb in statehouse battles
July 15, 2015: This story has been corrected.One Airbnb host allegedly tripled the price of his condo without warning, nearly ruining a family’s trip to Austin to see a Formula One race. Another, in...
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Airwaves auction may shrink — not increase — wireless competition
When the federal government auctions off a huge swath of airwaves early next year, it aims to give wireless carriers more capacity and also increase competition in an industry that is now firmly in the...
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Presidential campaign donors hedge bets
It’s speed dating season for presidential campaign contributors.More than 1,000 donors — including some of the nation’s most prominent political benefactors — are hedging their bets by spreading...
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House hearing, Obama speech explore alternatives to incarceration
Harsh and unequal treatment of minors in the juvenile justice system came under scrutiny Wednesday during a congressional hearing on incarceration in America.The hearing before the House of...
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Republican presidential hopefuls: the Uber super users
Air Force One is Jeb Bush's dream ride.In the meantime, he's content bolstering his tech cred — and needling Democratic presidential rival and "sharing economy" skeptic Hillary Clinton — by publicly...
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Latest swing of revolving door puts former Medicare czar in charge of health...
Washington’s notorious revolving door was in full swing again last week as the health insurance industry snagged another top federal official to help it get what it wants out of lawmakers and...
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Senators resist the Internet, leave voters in the dark
Democrats Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Kamala Harris of California did something last week that no other non-incumbent U.S. Senate candidates did: They electronically filed copies of their campaign...
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Center for Public Integrity sues Federal Election Commission for documents
The Center for Public Integrity today filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission — an agency that exists to enforce and administer the nation’s campaign finance laws — for failing...
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9 things to know about John Kasich
Republican John Kasich has held many political titles, and he hopes that president of the United States will be his next.Kasich, the current governor of Ohio, today willlaunch a presidential bid in...
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Fatal extraction and speed-dating
Shining a light on an untold crisisA superb piece of storytelling — from field reporting by Will Fitzgibbon and Eleanor Bell— to development and execution by Chris Zubak-Skees on Kimberley Porteous’...
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Rick Perry finance chairman does super PAC two-step
By conventional standards, Kelcy Warren's performance as Rick Perry's presidential campaign finance chairman is disappointing.Perry’s campaign raised $1.14 million between the former Texas governor’s...
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Grad rates rising, but more kids living in poor neighborhoods
High school graduation rates are at a historic high and health insurance coverage for kids has improved. But the percentage of American children living in high-poverty neighborhoods is the highest...
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Audit: Nuclear lab lets safety gaps languish for years
An obscure facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory for nine years provided vital scientific data about a critical gas used in America’s arsenal of nuclear weapons, until it was shuttered four years...
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Sarah Palin's PAC, like her TV career, on the wane
Like her television career, Sarah Palin’s political action committee — once a veritable money machine fueling the former Republican vice presidential nominee’s ambitions — has entered the...
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