Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher on 'Moyers and Co.' 052413

Climate activist tells Moyers: ‘We want Walmart to be subservient to human interests’

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Rep. Steve King: ‘Ronald Reagan’s signature on the 86 Amnesty Act brought about Barack Obama’s election’

Colbert on atheists and the Pope

Colbert: If atheists can go to heaven, I want my Catholicism refunded

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Jon Stewart rips Obama for going after whistle-blowers instead of bankers

Science

Rugged terrain created by volcanos may have prompted human ancestors’ upright walking

The rugged landscape created by volcanic eruptions and tectonic plate shifts in east and south…

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German brewers demand moratorium on fracking to protect the purity of their beer

The Association of German Breweries sent a letter this week to German Prime Minister Angela…

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EU to ban three harmful bee pesticides from December

The European Commission said Friday that it will ban for two years beginning in December…

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Researcher admits errors in ‘human skin to embryonic stem cells’ study

A blockbuster study in which US researchers reported that they had turned human skin cells…

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Tech News

Federal Trade Commission opens investigation into Google’s DoubleClick ads

US federal trade commission looking into allegations that company’s DoubleClick has illegally promoted Google products…

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New app allows users to fight racist graffiti in France

A French anti-racism association is launching a mobile application it hopes will help eradicate racist…

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Media

At the movies, violence is the new sex

Sex may be a turn-off for Hollywood audiences but violence is all over the big…

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Cannes titillated by graphic gay, lesbian sex scenes in featured films

Explicit gay sex has hit the big screen at the Cannes film festival in movies…

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World

Court orders UK to hold inquiries into illegal civilian deaths during Iraq War

High court rules that up to 161 allegedly unlawful killings by British military should be subject of coroner-style hearings A…

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Fashion retailers complain street crime is ruining Paris tourism

The streets of Paris are getting a reputation of being unsafe for tourists and this is a threat to business…

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Volkswagen’s 75th anniversary shadowed by Hitler celebration

Europe’s number one carmaker Volkswagen is not keen on celebrating the 75th birthday of its German hometown of Wolfsburg on…

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Catholic archdiocese in Madrid reportedly training 8 new exorcists to meet parishioner demand

Catholics in and around Madrid concerned that they or their loved ones are suffering from demonic possession may be about…

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Volunteers take search for China’s missing children online

It took dozens of volunteers half a year searching old Chinese maps and villages, but finally the online-organised group helped…

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U.S. News

Petraeus biographer apologizes for ‘harm’ caused by affair

Paula Broadwell speaks publicly for the first time about the extramarital affair that led to…

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9-year-old girl lectures McDonald’s CEO about children’s nutrition

Nine-year-old Hannah Robertson put McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson on the spot on Thursday at the…

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Republican Massachusetts Senate candidate: Ed Markey is ‘pond scum’

Republican Massachusetts Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez is lashing out at his opponent, Rep. Ed Markey…

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3 Mexican suspects pleaded guilty to the killing of a U.S. immigration agent

WASHINGTON — Three men have pleaded guilty in US federal court for the 2011 killing…

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Kansas lawmaker opposes ‘encouraging the behavior of purchasing food’ with lower food taxes

A Republican state lawmaker in Kansas says that he opposes cutting the taxes on groceries…

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84-year-old woman with oxygen tank busted for dealing drugs

An 84-year-old woman in Albuquerque has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit drug…

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Washington state bridge collapse plunges cars and people into river

A bridge carrying a freeway over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington…

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Senate unanimously approves Sri Srinivasan as first India-born senior judge

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved Srikanth Srinivasan as the most senior US judge of…

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