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Analysis: Brazil's protests: Not quite a 'Tropical Spring'
ReutersSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's blossoming protest movement is a coming-of-age for what had been one of Latin America's most politically disengaged youth populations, but does not appear to constitute a major threat to governability or established...Tags: Protest, Media Industry, Brazil, Political Dissent, Arab Spring
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Fast-food workers echo 'Occupy' spirit
Labor unions have been knocked back, knocked down and knocked out for so long that a new generation of organizers is beginning to try something new. Instead of unionizing and then protesting, they're protesting first. That may sound a little...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Career and Workplace, Politics, Inflation and Deflation
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Obama, Putin face difficult talks on Syria at G8 conference
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - After authorizing U.S. weapons for rebels in Syria, President Barack Obama faces difficult talks on ending the civil war there when he meets next week with the Syrian government's most powerful ally: Russian President Vladimir...Tags: National Security Agency, Moscow (Russia), Human Rights, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Four Greater Hartford High Schools Hold Commencement
The Hartford CourantWhen Maman Cooper arrived in Hartford from the Ivory Coast on May 22, 2004, and sat down at her desk in middle school, she was not just lost in a new language — she had never been in a school before. Her father and mother, a pastor and beer-brewer...Tags: Six Flags Inc., Graduation, Nursing, University of Connecticut, Health and Medical Professionals
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Reddit Meetup: Can users turn online connections into real ones?
What do President Obama, Morgan Freeman, NSA document-leaker Edward Snowden and some guy who goes by the name “probably hitting on you” have in common? They all know what time "the narwhal bacons." Specifically, they know "the narwhal...
Tags: National Security Agency, Father's Day, Social Media, Reddit Inc., Computer Networking and Internet
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Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?
Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of "base" politics are two freshman U.S senators — Texas' Ted Cruz for conservatives and...Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elections, Hurricane Sandy (2012), John McCain, Ted Cruz
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We'll remember Snowden as instigator of privacy debate
The important thing right now isn't whether Edward Snowden should be labeled hero or villain. First, let's have the debate he sparked over surveillance and privacy. Then we can decide how history should remember him. Snowden is the 29-year-old...
Tags: National Security Agency, U.S. Senate, Mike J. Rogers, Dianne Feinstein, Barack Obama
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Russia's Putin says U.S. supports opposition protesters
Reuters* Putin says American diplomats backing marchers * Criticises U.S. actions at home and abroad * Says Russia and the United States cooperate at key times By Alexei Anishchuk and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on...Tags: Moscow (Russia), National Government, Politics, Demonstration, Vladimir Putin
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Manifestantes de "Blockupy" cortan el acceso al Banco Central Europeo
ReutersFRà NCFORT (Reuters) - Miles de personas del movimiento anticapitalista Blockupy cortaron el viernes el acceso al Banco Central Europeo (BCE) en Fráncfort para protestar contra la gestión de la crisis de deuda europea por parte de las autoridades polÃ...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG
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Way past time to change tax code
During the early years of the Republic, Chief Justice John Marshall noted that, "The power to tax is the power to destroy." He might have added that it's also the power to manipulate behavior, punish political enemies and reward political friends. Indeed,...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Environmental Pollution, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. Senate, Tim Cook
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'Payday' makers juggle video game sequels, film, Web series
The people behind the "Payday" video game franchise have a lot going on. They're making a movie based on "Payday: The Heist," the 2011 cult hit video game, for 2014. The game's sequel is coming out in August, and they're now working on the third...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies, The Internship (movie), Theft, Gaming
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Jun 19, 2013
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Jun 15, 2013
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Jun 13, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 8, 2013
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