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Thanksgiving Storm Leads To Hundreds Of Flight Cancellations
HP | Ramit Plushnick-Masti | 11/24/13

A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest on Sunday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving.

After the storm plows through the Southwest, meteorologists expect the Arctic mass to head south and east, threatening plans for Tuesday and Wednesday as people hit the roads and airports for some of the busiest travel days of the year. ... Read more

The War Within: Treating PTSD
60 Minutes | author | 11/24/13

We've seen a lot of stories about veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder but tonight, for the first time, we're able to show you new therapies that are changing the lives of vets and their families. Two million Americans have served in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Veterans Administration tells us that one out of five suffers from PTSD. One reason we're seeing so much of it is because many of our troops have been ordered on combat tours three, four or even five times. The VA overwhelmed by the need, decided to try new treatments that were originally designed for rape victims. ... Read more

Fukushima's crippled reactors: the risky plan to move fuel rods
CBC World | Craig Dale | 11/19/13

The thousands of people who punch in every day at what is arguably the world's most dangerous workplace are accustomed to facing risks.   But now workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have embarked on their most precarious operation since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns and explosions at the facility.

On Monday, select crews from Tokyo Electric Power Company began removing hundreds of radioactive fuel rods from a cooling pool inside a rickety reactor building, a job that is unprecedented in scale, and where one wrong move could have disastrous consequences.

... "They need to be handled extremely carefully and closely monitored. You should never rush or force them out, or they may break. I'm much more worried about this than I am about contaminated water." ... Read more

4 Ways the Koch Brothers' Wealth Is Beyond Comprehension
AlterNet | Paul Buchheit | 11/24/13

In 2012, David and Charles Koch made enough money in one second to pay the food bill for an entire year for a homeless woman named Beverly

... If Beverly is approved for food stamps, she'll get about $1.50 per meal. David and Charles Koch made enough in one second at the office in 2012 to pay her food bill for an entire year. ... Read more

5 Powerful Videos on Factory Farming
onegreenplanet.org | author | Recent

By now, most of us know that factory farming is a monstrous problem -- for the environment, the animals, and those working in these facilities.   Over 10 billion land animals are killed for food in the U.S. every year -- a frightening statistic that is expected to increase with population numbers if nothing is done.

Slaughter numbers are staggering, but the way the system runs is even more disturbing. Anyone who has seen undercover footage of the animal abuse, toxic waste, and read or heard stories of factory farm workers know that these facilities are not fit for anyone. ... Read more

The Corporate Bully Whose Front Groups, Willful Distortions and Hate-Mongering Has Poisoned U.S. Politics?: Meet Richard Berman
AlterNet | Steven Rosenfeld | 11/24/13

"Why don't we know who one of the most powerful people in America is? What he has done? Why '60 Minutes' called him Dr. Evil?" asks Saru Jayaraman, a leader in a growing national movement of restaurant workers demanding better pay and working conditions.

Dr. Evil is Richard Berman, a Washington-based lawyer-turned-hitman for Big Food who pioneered and still deploys many of the most intentionally deceptive, inflammatory and anti-democratic tactics used in corporate propaganda campaigns today. For nearly four decades, Berman's attacks have tried to smear, discredit and destroy public-interest causes and groups by a toxic brew of industry front groups, distortion-filled attacks, ridicule and bullying to stoke prejudice and hatred as a means of turning the public's attention and regulators away from his paymasters' business practices. ... Read more