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The Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The Republican National Convention: Circus Shenanigans In Tampa

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Ga. Army Murder Case Uncovers Anti-Government Terror Plot

In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Peden, 25, left, and Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, 19, are led away in handcuffs after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriffs Office in Ludowici, Ga. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine, File) Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and […]

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In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Peden, 25, left, and Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, 19, are led away in handcuffs after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriffs Office in Ludowici, Ga. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine, File)

Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday. Prosecutors in rural Long County, near the sprawling Army post Fort Stewart, said the militia

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Marines Testing Women In Combat Jobs

In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marine Sgt. Monica Perez, of San Diego, left, helps Lance Cpl. Mary Shloss of Hammond, Ind. put on her head scarf before heading out on a patrol with Golf Company, 2nd Batallion, 3rd Regiment of the 2nd MEB, 2nd MEF, in the village of Khwaja Jamal in […]

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In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marine Sgt. Monica Perez, of San Diego, left, helps Lance Cpl. Mary Shloss of Hammond, Ind. put on her head scarf before heading out on a patrol with Golf Company, 2nd Batallion, 3rd Regiment of the 2nd MEB, 2nd MEF, in the village of Khwaja Jamal in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

There may be some anxiety from male Marines as female officers work their way into infantry and other combat jobs that historically have been open only to men, Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, said Tuesday. Amos said early steps to begin moving women into artillery, tank air defense and combat engineer units have been successful,

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GOP Convention Gets Rowdy In Rift Over Ron Paul

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, talks with a Texas delegate on the floor at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Feeling slighted, supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential bid chanted and booed Tuesday after Republican convention delegates adopted new rules that could impede insurgent candidates […]

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Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, talks with a Texas delegate on the floor at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Feeling slighted, supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul's presidential bid chanted and booed Tuesday after Republican convention delegates adopted new rules that could impede insurgent candidates in the future. The brief uproar was a rare unscripted moment in a carefully-choreographed convention that organizers hoped would showcase Republican

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Report And Be Damned: An American Whistleblower’s Story

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after closing arguments concluded in a military hearing that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) On the other side of the Atlantic, the […]

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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after closing arguments concluded in a military hearing that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

On the other side of the Atlantic, the last four weeks have largely been a positive time for whistleblowers and their supporters. In late July, America’s newest whistleblower protection programme celebrated its first anniversary. The Obama administration promised the post-financial crisis legislation, introduced under the 2010 Dodd-Frank

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One New York Occupier’s Fight For Political Change

George Martinez, former Democratic District Leader from the 51st Assembly District in Brooklyn, NY speaks in New York in 2008. (Screen capture from YouTube) (NEW YORK) Mint Press — The March on the RNC has begun, and the protests are expected to continue all week. “We are a Coalition uniting groups from around the country to […]

Lisa Barron
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George Martinez, former Democratic District Leader from the 51st Assembly District in Brooklyn, NY speaks in New York in 2008. (Screen capture from YouTube)

(NEW YORK) Mint Press — The March on the RNC has begun, and the protests are expected to continue all week. “We are a Coalition uniting groups from around the country to say NO to this political system that only works for the 1%,” said organizers in a statement. “We therefore are marching at the Republican National Convention to let our voices be

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Mississipi Lime Project At Loggerheads With Anti-Fracking Community

In this July 27, 2011 file photo, the sun shines over a Range Resources well site in Washington, Pa. Germany and the state of Vermont recently banned fracking. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) (MintPress) — An estimated 5,000 activists demonstrated in Washington D.C. July 27-29 to demand a national ban on hydraulic fracturing. Stop the Frack […]

Martin Michaels
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In this July 27, 2011 file photo, the sun shines over a Range Resources well site in Washington, Pa. Germany and the state of Vermont recently banned fracking. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

(MintPress) — An estimated 5,000 activists demonstrated in Washington D.C. July 27-29 to demand a national ban on hydraulic fracturing. Stop the Frack Attack, a national coalition of more than 136 environmental, social and faith-based organizations, issued a collective demand of Congress: Ban fracking because of environmental and human health

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