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3 Americans now held in Iran for half of a year - Yahoo! News

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3 Americans now held in Iran for half of a year

It's been six months since three young Americans were taken into custody in Iran, and the mother of one said even hiring an attorney in Iran has brought no new information on how they are doing.

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Obama taking populist tone in fight over jobs

President Barack Obama is shifting his administration's emphasis to battling unemployment, the scourge that is hurting households nationwide and threatening to inflict heavy losses on Democrats in November's elections.

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Justice Alito Shown Shaking His Head & Mouthing "Not True" in Response to #SOTU

In this piece, constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley discusses Justice Alito's behavior during the State of the Union Address: In a breach of protocol, Associate Justice Sam Alito was filmed during the State of the Union address last night shaking his head and mouthing "no …

D'oh! Man Arrested For Possession of Pornographic Images of The Simpson Children

OMFG! This is one crazy story! D'oh! Police in Ipswich, Australia have arrested Kurt James Milner...

Team Progressive: Shaky But Still Able To Win

Something has to change, and in my view, it's the people on the left who must start that change ball rolling.

Mom of US hiker in Iran asks for 3 to be freed

Wearing a headscarf, the mother of one of three American hikers jailed in Iran appealed Friday in a new video to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader to release her daughter and her friends for the holidays.

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Mothers of Americans held in Iran send video

The mothers of three Americans held captive in Iran have recorded video messages they hope Iranian authorities will deliver to their children.

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Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran

An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.

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Being Female Is A Pre-Existing Condition

It's unbelievable that there's out right discrimination towards women when it comes to health care just because of their gender.

Woman Who Lost Son Fights 4 Bankruptcy Changes #HCR #p2

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills.

VIDEO: Bring Shane Home—Vigil for #USHikers Detained in Iran #SSJ

Video report about the Vigil held on 30 September 2009 to Free the Hikers. Family, friends, and supporters gathered at the Peace Garden in Minneapolis, Wednesday, to show support for the families of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal who are being detained in Iran.

Community Asked to Sign Petition for Release of Detained #USHikers #ssj

The families of the American hikers being detained in Iran are asking for the support of the community in signing a petition which will be sent to the Islamic Republic of Iran's Mission to the United Nations in an effort to Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal home. Sign …

Supporters hold vigils for US hikers held in Iran

Family and friends of three U.S. hikers held in Iran gathered for vigils around the country Wednesday, hoping for their quick release but buoyed by news that they're coping with detention.

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Families hope to speak to US hikers held in Iran

The families of three American hikers detained in Iran said Wednesday they were hopeful the three would be released and return home soon after Iran' president said he would ask the country's judiciary to be lenient in their case.

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Supporters of #UShikers, 3 Berkeley alums, detained by Iran mark 1-month anniversary of their arrest

BERKELEY — Flanked by a banner reading "Free the Hikers," supporters of three young Berkeley alums being detained by the Iranian authorities held a news conference today at Alumni House to press for the trio's release.

Until Medical Bills Do Us Part

The hospital arranged a conference call with a social worker, who outlined how the dementia and its financial toll on the family would progress, and then added, out of the blue: "Maybe you should divorce."

Exposé: The Man Behind The Defend Glenn Beck Web Site

From DailyKos:

Majority Rule on Health Care Reform - NYTimes.com Editorial

The talk in Washington is that Senate Democrats are preparing to push through health care reforms using parliamentary procedures that will allow a simple majority to prevail in their chamber, as it does in the House, instead of the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster that  …

Families ask for welfare report on arrested U.S. hikers in Iran

This article says "Iran's state television has reported that the Americans ignored warnings from border guards," but most accounts say that there WERE no warnings. Hopefully they will be returned home soon!

"GOP must repudiate Limbaugh or be defined by him"

excerpt: ""One stark difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Democrats appear to be far more willing to confront and publicly denounce bigots and extremists in their own fold.""

Proof that US Physicians & Hospitals Can Lift Quality & Reduce Costs #HCR

Great piece from the HealthBeatBlog about cutting costs and improving Health Care Quality at the same time:

Families: American hikers entered Iran by mistake

Three American hikers detained in Iran for nearly two weeks entered the country by mistake and their families are hoping for a quick resolution that will reunite them with their children, the families said in a statement Tuesday.

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The U.S. Hikers in Iran: A More Complicated Diplomatic Problem #USHIKERS

Interesting article about the diplomatic complications of getting the US Hikers out of Iran: The trouble is that the situation the hikers literally walked into involves not just two parties but perhaps three and a half, with several gradations of belligerence.

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