thinkprogress.org As oil and gas executives look to New Mexico as the next major area to develop natural gas, one county is taking preventative measures to protect its water. The Los Angeles Times reported this week that Mora County in New Mexico became...

www.cracked.com In some ways, pirates were bizarrely ahead of the societal curve. In fact, some of their viewpoints would be heartily endorsed by the campus newspaper of a liberal arts college.

www.nbcnews.com An Internet pedophile ring with up to 70,000 members — thought to be the world's largest —has been uncovered by police, a security official said Wednesday.

www.examiner.com Protests spread across Turkey on Saturday as tens of thousands of demonstrators headed to the streets during the second day of civil unrest in the country. The

inhabitat.com According to the first comprehensive study of US rivers and streams by the EPA, 55 percent are in poor condition for marine life, and some are unfit for humans too.

roarmag.org Police forced to retreat from Istanbul’s Taksim square as protests against the authoritarian neoliberalism of Erdogan’s proto-Islamist government grow.

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left-liberty.net In short, the conservative notion is that to steal anything from anybody is a crime – regardless of the source of the thing being ripped off, or the nature of the owner’s position in regard to society in general.

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petitions.whitehouse.gov The Federal Bureau of investigations suggested I contact your office regarding Senator John McCain's illegally entry into Syria yesterday, Monday, May 27, 2013.