jack abramoff: quotshut the revolving door between public service and lobbyingquot
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in washington dc it is well known that lobbyists highly influence congress and according to a gallup poll lobbying was rated lower in public opinion than telemarketing and car sales jack abramoff former lobbyist author and one time considered the most powerful lobbyist found himself behind bars for fraud he now joins us and tells us what he learned from his time in prisonfollow kristine on twitter at http:twittercomkristinefrazao

busby: 400000 to develop cancer in 200 km radius of fukushima
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engineers at japan039s fukushima plant continue work on emptying highly radioactive water from one of the nuclear reactors the latest tests show that radiation levels in the sea near the damaged facility have spiked on tuesday japan raised the level of nuclear alert at the plant to the maximum of seven putting it on a par with the chernobyl disaster recovery efforts came under threat as series of powerful aftershocks hit the area near the power station it came a month after the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the country leaving over 13 thousand people dead monitoring stations around the world have been picking up small amounts of radioactive particles spreading from fukushimart on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

apec - us vs china
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over the weekend more than 20000 individuals gathered in honolulu hawaii to attend the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit china was a hot topic at the summit and protesters gathered outside to show their opposition for the country also president obama said the us will continue cultivating a constructive relationship withchina but will continue to be firm that they operate by the same rules here is rt039s report

protesters confront police at occupy times square
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thousands of protesters gathers at nyc times square to support the occupy wall street movement confrontation with the police lead to numerous arrests of peaceful demonstrators

prison because of a miscarriage
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for a woman you can imagine having a miscarriage would be nothing short of a tragedy but could it land her in prison for life if you live in the state of utah it could where a new law could charge women for murder if their reckless acts lead to a miscarriage

video: first-ever albino killer whale adult spotted in wild
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courtesy: http:wwwrussianorcacomread more http:onrtcomsouj0na russian research ship has spotted an extremely rare white adult orca or killer whale off the coast of kamchatka for the first time in history no one knows the reason for the whale039s unusual pigmentation the scientists identified the whale by his pure white fin swimming together with his pod or family all of which have the standard black and white coloration he has been given the nickname iceberg and appears to be behaving normally

thom hartmann: pay no attention to the man behind the curtain killing net neutrality
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lee fang from thinkprogress has been digging into the forces at work stopping net neutrality legislation and has found a familiar name that could be orchestrating the opposition that man is ralph reed - better known for his association with criminal lobbyist jack abramoff so how is ralph reed sabotaging a free and open internet lee fang with think progress joins thom hartmann

hartmann: exposedphil gramm039s amp rick perry039s looming mega crisis
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thom hartmann039s daily take

full show - 12111 gop admits they039re afraid of ows
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thom speaks with think progress reporter and blogger zaid jilani about the republican039s increasing apprehension surrounding the nationwide occupy movements he then debates a conservative commentator about the republican039s push for the low income home energy assistance program to make spending cutsjeopardizing millions of low income families

039iran to get easy nukes once israel strikes039
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contradictory statements from the israeli leadership on the iranian nuclear issue have made clear just how tension on the subject has soared here on rt we discuss the situation with retired us colonel douglas macgregorrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

arvo prt cantus in memoriam benjamin britten - proms 2010
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arvo prt cantus in memoriam benjamin britten - proms 2010 performed by bbc symphony orchestra conducted by edward gardner bbc notes as followsthe heartrending strings and tolling bell of the cantus by arvo prt 75 this year forms a hypnotic tribute to britten

max keiser: 039america will lose its sovereignty039
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the countdown to armadebtdon carries on and we are just 3 days away from the debt ceiling deadline if a discussion is not reached will the us lose its aaa rating the problem is we are not taking in enough revenue to continue spending like we are max keiser of keiser report gives us his insight on what that means to the usfollow lucy on twitter: http:twittercomlucykafanov

londoner gives first account of riots
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for the past 5 days massive protests in london have turned violent images of cars and buildings on fire have been on the news many eye-witnesses compare the scene to a war zone there have been 16000 police officers deployed in the streets to contain the insanity but what039s not being reported kristine frazao speaks to talal rajab a blogger for the urbanite about what039s really going onfollow kristine on twitter at http:twittercomfrazzie

radiation level rising at fukushima nuclear plant in quake-hit japan
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follow latest updates at http:twittercomrt_com and http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsexperts are warning that radiation levels are rising at the fukushima nuclear plant and there039s a high risk of a leak if the situation isn039t resolved in the next few hours dr robert jacobs who039s a professor of nuclear history and culture at the hiroshima peace institute says nuclear power stations are programmed to shut down during major earthquakes

video of rooftop helicopter rescue in japan039s tsunami-hit town
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follow latest updates at http:twittercomrt_com and http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsresidents stranded on rooftops in the city of kesennuma in japan039s northeastern miyagi prefecture were rescued by helicopter on saturday after the area around their homes was inundated with water mud and fallen trees following friday039s huge earthquake and tsunami