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Documents Show Mass FBI Infiltration Of OWS, Movement Treated As Criminal, Terrorist Threat

In this October 1, 2011 photo, police make their way a crowd of protesters who were the front line on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge when police began making arrests during a march by Occupy Wall Street. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith) (NEW YORK) MintPress – The FBI is once again conducting itself with no regard for American […]

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In this October 1, 2011 photo, police make their way a crowd of protesters who were the front line on New York's Brooklyn Bridge when police began making arrests during a march by Occupy Wall Street. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – The FBI is once again conducting itself with no regard for American citizens’ constitutional rights. That is according to the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), which has just obtained FBI documents revealing that from the inception of the Occupy movement, an anti-corporate greed and anti-war movement, the agency

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Syrian Women Subjected To Appalling Abuse At Home And On The Run

In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman looks on as she sits next to a destroyed military vehicle in the town of Atareb on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo) (NEW YORK) MintPress – As the violence in Syria spirals out of control, human rights groups are deeply concerned about the […]

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بواسطة Lisa Barron
In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman looks on as she sits next to a destroyed military vehicle in the town of Atareb on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – As the violence in Syria spirals out of control, human rights groups are deeply concerned about the welfare of the country’s most vulnerable civilians. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said recently that women and children comprised a large number of the victims killed and wounded by car bombs in and around the

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Audits Of Businesses For Illegal Immigrants Rising

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, workers, from left, Aaron Roaf, Levi Wilson, and Jason Ray stack pieces of milled wood trim at Belco Forest Products in Shelton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this past […]

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In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, workers, from left, Aaron Roaf, Levi Wilson, and Jason Ray stack pieces of milled wood trim at Belco Forest Products in Shelton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Audits of employer I-9 forms increased from 250 in fiscal year 2007 to more than 3,000 in 2012. From fiscal years 2009 to 2012, the total amount of fines grew to nearly $13 million from $1

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Student Food Banks Fight Hunger On Campus

In this Oct. 1, 2012 photo, Nick Droege, left, founder of Tiger Pantry food pantry for students, and Amanda Gray, operations coordinator for Tiger Pantry, walk through the facility during an opening ceremony in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Columbia Daily Tribune, August Kryger) University of Missouri junior Simone McGautha works three campus jobs and has accumulated […]

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In this Oct. 1, 2012 photo, Nick Droege, left, founder of Tiger Pantry food pantry for students, and Amanda Gray, operations coordinator for Tiger Pantry, walk through the facility during an opening ceremony in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Columbia Daily Tribune, August Kryger)

University of Missouri junior Simone McGautha works three campus jobs and has accumulated $11,000 in student loans as she seeks to become the first in her family with a college degree. So when McGautha learned about a new campus food pantry for needy students, the 19-year-old was happy to have the help. "I use every bit of money I have for basic

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Over The Fiscal Cliff: Soft Landing Or Dizzy Dive?

Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, departs, with reporters nearby after a House Republicans meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. “God only knows” how […]

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Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, departs, with reporters nearby after a House Republicans meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared. President Barack Obama, on his way out of town himself, insisted a bargain could still be struck before Dec. 31. "Call

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Few Tests Done At Toxic Sites After Superstorm

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, a recreational area is fenced off in an area where high levels of lead were recorded following Superstorm Sandy in Laurence Harbor, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn’t cause significant problems at […]

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In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, a recreational area is fenced off in an area where high levels of lead were recorded following Superstorm Sandy in Laurence Harbor, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn't cause significant problems at any of the 247 Superfund toxic waste sites it's monitoring in New York and New Jersey. But in many cases, no actual tests of soil or water are being conducted, just visual inspections. The EPA conducted a

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