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• Daily Kos: Massive Whooping Cough Epidemic In Washington State Related to Severe Budget Cuts

  Source: Daily Kos

  Mix two parts of austerity with one part of uninformed vaccine hysteria, and you get a plague.   Lovely.

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• Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life

  Source: Truthout - All Articles

  "The Hunger Games" portrays a society in which the privileged classes alleviate their boredom through satiating their lust for violent entertainment. In a very disturbing opening scene, the audience observes children killing each other within a visual framing that is as gr …

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• Horrible tipper leaves horrible note for server

  Source: MSN

  The server didn't do a satisfactory job in the opinion of the customer - so the customer left a tip, a piece of advice.

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• The Indian Child Welfare Act Today - Is It Working?

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  The United States Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 to stem the tide of Indian Children being taken from their homes and placed with non-Indian families. The act was a step in the right direction but there is no penalty if the state doesn't comply and is loose …

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• Reports: 1 dead, 2 wounded in Texas beach shooting

  One person has been killed and two others have been wounded in a shooting during a packed Texas Gulf Coast beach party.

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