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TreehuggerALL the rivers in the United States on a single beautiful interactive map!TreehuggerA recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. Most of us don't go to that many different rivers in our lives, so when we see a number like that we might not ...

Washington PostTorture compromised integrity of the United StatesWashington PostBut both are secondary to the consensus of U.S. religious leaders that torture is immoral and should not be used under any circumstances, for any reason. Until we get a full accounting of what happened at the black sites, the moral integrity of the ...

International Business TimesFool's Gold: California Has The Highest Poverty Rate In The United StatesInternational Business TimesWith an annual GDP of some $1.9 trillion, California ranks as the eighth largest economy in the world (roughly similar to the economic output of India or Italy), reflecting the Golden State's crucial importance to the U.S. and even global economy ...

Aljazeera.comThe United States' 'outdated' terror listAljazeera.comEstablished during the Cold War, the United States' list of State Sponsors of Terrorism originally included Libya, Iraq, South Yemen and Syria when it began in 1979. Cuba was added in 1982, Iran in 1984, North Korea in 1988 and Sudan in 1993. Today ...

The Daily StarTwo southern Lebanese shot dead in the United StatesThe Daily StarBEIRUT: A Lebanese girl was found shot dead in uncertain circumstances in the United States Tuesday, just days after a Lebanese man was murdered during a store robbery in Illinois state. Assil Srour Makki, who celebrated her 19th birthday just two ...

PJ MediaThe United States of ParanoiaPJ MediaHowever, as Jesse Walker noted first in his must-read 2009 Reason article on the paranoid center of power, and then his follow-up book last year titled The United States of Paranoia, Beltway and Northeast Corridor elites have plenty of conspiracy ...

The Week MagazineDoes the United States need a sovereign wealth fund?The Week MagazineThe world is extremely unpredictable, and out-of-the-blue events can radically alter the course of history. This means that identifying bubbles is extremely difficult, and that bursting potential bubbles through policy is dangerous — indeed, it ...

Philly.comCherry Hill West's Oztamur adjusting to basketball - and the United StatesPhilly.comThe 6-foot-5 Cherry Hill West junior kept backing up while hitting three-pointers. He drilled four in a recent win over Shawnee and each successive shot seemed to come from deeper range. Sometimes he would bring the ball up and throw a no-look pass ...

NBCNews.com (blog)US deploys small military team to SomaliaNBCNews.com (blog)This is the first time the United States has had military personnel stationed in Mogadishu since the 1993 operation known as "Black Hawk Down," in which 18 American troops were killed when helicopters were shot down by militants. "This is a good thing ...

Washington Post (blog)US oil exports have been banned for 40 years. Is it time for that to change?Washington Post (blog)"In order to play its part in meeting global climate goals, it is imperative that the United States maintains the ban on crude oil exports and does everything it can to decrease, rather than increase, the global pool of fossil fuel reserves that are ...

New York TimesOverhaul of Israel's Economy Offers Lessons for United StatesNew York TimesThe Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has voted to break up the country's corporate conglomerates. The move followed mass protests in 2011 over the concentration of wealth in Israel. The protesters, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, had focused ...

Economic TimesPolar freeze grips United States, coldest temperatures in two decadesEconomic TimesTemperatures were 11 to 22 degrees Celsius below average in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service.

Washington PostKerry says US will help Iraq against al-Qaeda but won't send troops back inWashington PostBEIRUT — Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday that the United States is ready to help Iraq in any way possible as that country began a major offensive to wrest control of two cities from al-Qaeda-linked militants. But he made it clear that no ...

CNNRecord-breaking cold possible across much of USCNN(CNN) -- This is the definition of rare air. The National Weather Service warned Sunday that much of the United States will see this week the coldest temperatures in almost 20 years as an arctic cold front descends on 140 million people. "A piece of a ...

Boston GlobeFive fabulous US scenic drivesBoston Globe3. OVERSEAS HIGHWAY. The sea-level, southern tip of US Highway 1 (pictured above) runs about 126 miles from Florida City to Key West, Fla., across 42 bridges, with sprawling ocean views, scenic harbors, and dramatic sunsets. www.fla-keys.com. 4.

Philly.comWill the SS United States find new life in 2014?Philly.comYOU GOTTA SAY this much for the people who are trying to resurrect the SS United States: There's no quit in 'em. In April, the outlook was not good for the huge, historic vessel that has hovered like a specter over the South Philly waterfront since the ...

Washington PostFinal three Uighur prisoners moved from US military prison at Guantanamo BayWashington PostThe United States has transferred three Uighur Muslim detainees to Slovakia from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. officials said Tuesday. They were the last members of the ethnic minority from China to be held at the military prison ...