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Congress and the White House plan to resume talks on the so-called “fiscal cliff” after the Thanksgiving holiday. The talks began last week and are intended to address $600 billion of budget cuts and tax increases that will automatically take effect after December 31st.

Analysts have named the trigger cuts and taxes a “fiscal cliff,” implying that if they go …

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Retailers around the country are seeking to woo shoppers to spend more on Black Friday by extending their hours and increasing the over $50 billion dollars that consumers are expected to spend on the most lucrative shopping day of the year. Walmart, Sears, Target, Toys R Us, Kmart and other stores are now opening on Thanksgiving Day itself to lure …

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A week into the Israeli bombing campaign of Gaza, 121 Palestinians have been killed by airstrikes, and more than 800 injured. While a slew of rockets from Gaza are targeting Israeli areas, they are vastly outnumbered by Israeli drone strikes and bombing raids, and pale in comparison to the power of Israeli bombs, part of what is being called Operation …

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“There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged war.” — Sun Tzu …

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Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is “Attack Dogs of War”

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The police in Mumbai arrested Monday a 21-year-old college student Shaheen Dhada for a Facebook status update and her friend Renu Srinivasan for clicking “Like” on the update. The case is the latest in a string of recent crackdowns on Internet speech in India.

The update had criticized a general strike called by a political party, the right-wing Shiv Sena, to mourn the death Saturday of its elderly founder and patriarch, Bal Thackeray. The controversial …

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CAMDEN, N.J. — On a cold autumn night, Darran Johnson, 22, stands by the police tape strung between two trees in the housing complex where he lives with his mom and siblings. On a walkway 20 feet away, a middle-aged man lies dead, shot in the throat and head, sprawled on his back beside a battered 10-speed bicycle. His face is masked in blood that gleams bright red in the crime scene photographer’s flash.

Johnson watches …

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We’ll analyze the ferocity, timing, and media coverage of the Israeli bombing of Gaza, as casualties continue to mount. And, economist Dean Baker on the so-called “fiscal cliff,” and what he recommends Barack Obama ought to do. Plus, Walmart workers prepare for a Black Friday strike – we’ll speak with one worker about what it could mean for the world’s largest private employer. …

A new documentary called “Chasing Ice” by Director Jeff Orlowski focuses on rapidly melting glaciers, which provide one of the most tangible measures of the effects of global warming. The beautifully photographed film follows environmental photographer James Balog and his small crew on their Herculean attempt to capture disappearing glaciers using time lapse cameras set up around the world.

The film powerfully captures the crumbling of 30,000 year old glaciers …

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British Oil Giant BP agreed to a $4.5bn settlement with the US government on Thursday – the largest single criminal fine in the country’s history. The settlement was signed over last year’s explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit, owned and run by BP, and the subsequent gush of oil into the ocean and nearby Gulf Coast ecosystems for …

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