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Proposed Taconite Mine being fast tracked near Lake Superior - slated to be LARGEST OPEN PIT MINE IN THE WORLD

The company Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) purchased the mineral rights for a vast area in northwestern Wisconsin-- 21,000 acres along 22 miles of the beautiful Penokee Range in Ashland and Iron Counties critically close to the south shore of Lake Superior. In 2011, GTAC proposed to build what could become the largest open-pit iron-ore mine in the world (4 1/2 miles long, 1.5 miles wide and up 1,000 feet deep) to extract taconite, a type of low-grade iron ore.

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Action Camp to fight the slated open pit mine in Northern Wisconsin May 17-20

Coming May 17th-20th, the Central Wisconsin Action Camp will bring together organizers and activists from the Great Lakes region to foster a culture of direct action through trainings, discussions, and workshops. We wish to challenge environmental and economic problems, including upcoming regional infrastructure projects like the Penokee Hills Iron Mine, Frac-sand Mining, the CAPX2020 transmission line, the Keystone XL and Enbridge Pipelines, Factory Farming and High Capacity Wells, the Kennecott Nickel and Copper Mine, etc.

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As South Korea and US end military drills, how will North Korea react?

The US-South Korea annual military exercises ended without incident on Tuesday, perhaps allowing a chance for weeks of tensions on the Korean peninsula to enter an indefinite period of calm.

The annual military defensive exercises are intended to act as a deterrent to North Korea through shows of military prowess. North Korea, however, called the two month-long exercises an aggressive invasion threat and promised military retaliation if provoked directly.

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Italy's Letta tells Merkel Europe needs more growth

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, fresh from winning a confidence vote in parliament, told Germany on Tuesday his government would meet its budget commitments but expected Europe to drop its austerity mantra and do more to lift growth.

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Bomb blast kills 13 in center of Syrian capital

A bomb blast in the government-held center of Damascus killed 13 people on Tuesday, state television said, while rebels and loyalists to President Bashar al-Assad traded accusations over what they said was a chemical weapons attack the day before.

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Information On Nike Free

Where You Can Find Nike Free

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SISTERS’ CAMELOT REFUSES NLRB SETTLEMENT, HIRES LAWYER TO “AVOID UNION INCURSION

SISTERS’ CAMELOT REFUSES NLRB SETTLEMENT, HIRES LAWYER TO “AVOID UNION INCURSION”

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A Call out for Blackbloc

Outrage!

My sisters and brothers, this is a call out for an anarchist blackbloc.

No longer can we just simply stand by and let the robbery of our labor and the rape of the land continue. No longer shall we let our existence be manipulated by the bosses and the politicians in their pockets - or their protectors the police. We shall not let them close the free association of the workers, whether through joblessness, border fences, race, color, age, or a persons gender and sexuality.

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NEW VIDEOS: Interviews from Enbridge blockade in Leonard MN & Indigenous Canadians barred from their consulate by Minneapolis police

Via hongpong.com - Got a batch of videos here from the last week to check out. Glad to have a little chance to bring these interesting projects, including Idle No More MN & the Enbridge Blockade near Leonard MN (also known as the encampment) going strong since late February. All these videos are basically unedited and you can remix them as Creative Commons at your leisure!

Interview w Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Native fight for natural world

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Non-Profit Workers Enter Second Week of Strike

MINNEAPOLIS, MN-- The atmosphere at Sisters’ Camelot, a mobile food shelf and kitchen bus based in Seward, has grown increasingly tense as a labor dispute between the newly-formed canvassers’ union and the collective management enters its second week. Sisters’ Camelot is a non-profit organization that delivers thousands of pounds of organic produce to low-income neighborhoods every week. It is collectively run by a group of seven individuals, each of whom have paid positions managing specific aspects of the organization.

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Earthquake rattles Southern California, no damage reported

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck deep beneath a mountain range in Southern California on Monday, jangling the nerves of tennis stars competing in the nearby desert town of Indian Wells and rattling urban areas as far away as Los Angeles, but no damage or injuries were reported.

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Jury begins deliberations in Ohio Craigslist murder trial

Jurors began deliberating on Monday in the trial of an Ohio street preacher accused of murdering down-on-their-luck men who answered a Craigslist ad for a non-existent job.

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Military plane crashes in Washington state, 3 crew dead

A U.S. military plane assigned to a Washington state Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island crashed on Monday morning during a routine training flight, killing all three crew members on board, Navy officials said.

The plane, a Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler, a twin-engine electronic warfare aircraft, went down sometime before 8:45 a.m. local time in Lincoln County in eastern Washington state, base spokesman Mike Welding said.

"It was flying out there. I don't know exactly what it was doing," Welding said. "Everything is really preliminary at this point."

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F-35 fighter forced to land in Texas en route to Nevada air base

One of two F-35 fighter jets headed to a Nevada air base made an unscheduled landing in Lubbock, Texas on Monday after a caution light came on in the cockpit, according to a Pentagon spokesman and the plane's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corp.

The next-generation stealth fighter was flying from the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth, Texas to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas on Monday afternoon, when a caution warning light came on, requiring the pilot to land at the nearest airport, said Lockheed spokesman Michael Rein.

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Japan PM keeps pledge to mark 1952 return of sovereignty

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government decided on Tuesday to hold a ceremony to mark the restoration of Japan's sovereignty seven years after defeat in World War Two, a sign of his drive to repair what conservatives consider dented national pride.

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Capriles, Maduro at each other's throats in Venezuela election race

Presidential candidates Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles have begun Venezuela's election race with scathing personal attacks even as mourners still file past Hugo Chavez's coffin.

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U.S. imposing new sanctions on North Korean bank

The U.S. Treasury is imposing sanctions against North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank, the country's main foreign exchange institution, for its role in supporting Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, President Barack Obama's national security adviser said on Monday.

In a speech to the Asia Society in New York, the White House aide, Tom Donilon, also said China should not conduct "business as usual" with North Korea while Pyongyang threatens its neighbors.

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Crew member killed during California sailboat race

A crew member was killed when a 30-foot sailboat broke apart in rough seas during a race near San Clemente Island in California, the Coast Guard said on Saturday.

The crew of the boat, the Uncontrollable Urge, issued a mayday call at around 9:26 p.m. on Friday night, after the sailboat's rudder failed during the so-called Islands Race.

Five survivors were rescued by a San Diego-based Coast Guard aircrew and transported to a nearby hospital.

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Kerry meets with family of ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday met with the family of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, and urged anyone who may have information about his whereabouts to come forward.

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Obama pushes ahead with export control changes

The Obama administration has notified Congress of plans to modify U.S. weapon and ammunition export controls to make it easier for American companies to export spare parts for aircraft and gas turbine engines, the White House said on Friday.

President Barack Obama also issued an executive order changing how export controls on military and certain high-technology goods are administered, the latest step in a reform initiative that dates back to August 2009.

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