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Rise Up or Die

Lock Up Washington

Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria

How America Became a Third World Country: 2013-2023

California Man Sues Officers He Says Nearly Beat Him to Death

Another Memorial Day in This Endless War
By Amy Goodman

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By Bill Boyarsky

The Path of Hubris and War
By William Pfaff

Glaciers Are Melting Slowly but Surely
By Tim Radford, Climate News Network

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U.S. Admits Drones Killed 4 Americans

Hell on Earth for Greeks

Apple Bullies the U.S. Government for Lower Taxes

Anthony Weiner Announces NYC Mayoral Bid (Video)

California Man Sues Officers He Says Nearly Beat Him to Death

Eric Holder Should Resign Over Spying, Editor of The Progressive Says

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Economic Murder: How and Why Austerity Kills

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

‘SNL’: Stefon’s Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

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The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949

By Benny Morris (Author), Roger Owen (Editor), Edmund Burke (Editor), Michael C. Hudson (Editor), Walid Kazziha (Editor), Rashid Khalidi (Editor), Serif Mardin (Editor)

Tag: Lithium

U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. William Tremblay

They Just Found $1 Trillion in Afghanistan

Afghanistan was thought to be a hardscrabble wasteland good for producing little more than opium—that is until a gang of American geologists working from old Soviet maps uncovered a variety of mineral deposits thought to be rich enough to radically alter our whole concept of Afghanistan and the war to control it.

Posted on Jun 13, 2010 READ MORE | 61 COMMENTS

SFGate.com/Cindy Brown

Be Careful What You Type On

The largest recall in consumer electronics history just got bigger, with both Toshiba and Lenovo (ThinkPad) announcing the recall of products containing a potentially explosive Sony-made battery. With Dell, Apple and Sony recalls already underway, this latest announcement brings the total number of affected laptops to 7 million.

Posted on Sep 29, 2006 READ MORE

SFGate.com/Cindy Brown

Watch Where You Point That Laptop

In the mad rush to make our gadgets go, a battery manufacturer’s slight oversight could lead to disastrous consequences, as in the recent recall of 6 million Sony laptop batteries prone to explosion and fire. Lithium-ion batteries, the kind used in many electronic devices because of their power efficiency, are especially vulnerable to this kind of problem.