“We Want To Fight For This Cause”: Nuclear Refugees From Fukushima Join Anti-Nuke Protests; Mayor of Town That Hosted Fukushima Nuclear Plant Says He Was Told: “No Accident Could Ever Happen”; Protests Grow in Japan: “We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants”; Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan.
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January 17, 2014
Obama to Call for Curbs on NSA Phone Spying But Leave Bulk Data in Gov’t Hands for Now
Study: NSA Bulk Phone Data Has “No Discernible Impact” on Stopping Terrorism
Report: NSA Collects Millions of Text Messages Each Day
U.N. Official: Central African Republic at Risk of Genocide
IPCC Report Warns of Dire Risks from Global Inaction on Climate Change
Kerry Urges Syrian Opposition to Attend Peace Talks
Afghanistan: Karzai Says U.S. Forces Killed 7 Children
Sen. Feinstein Blasts Iran Sanctions Bill as “March to War”
Ohio Prisoner Takes Nearly 25 Minutes to Die in Execution with Untested Drug Combo
Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Partly Restore Voting Rights Act
GOP Lawmaker: Anti-Choice Bill Could Promote Job Growth if Women Have More Babies
Wal-Mart Joins Fair Food Program to Raise Farmworker Wages
Labor Board: Wal-Mart Illegally Retaliated Against Scores of Workers
Teens Get Month-Long Sentences for Sexually Assaulting Girl Days Before She Killed Herself