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Sunday, October 21, 2012

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CRAIG, CO - MAY 29:  Coal miners look on durin...CRAIG, CO - MAY 29: Coal miners look on during a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Alice Pleasant Park on May 29, 2012 in Craig, Colorado. Mitt Romney will campaign in Colorado and Las Vegas, Nevada. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
CRAIG, CO - MAY 29:  Veterans look on during a...CRAIG, CO - MAY 29: Veterans look on during a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Alice Pleasant Park on May 29, 2012 in Craig, Colorado. Mitt Romney will campaign in Colorado and Las Vegas, Nevada. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

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In Memoriam: George McGovern, 1922-2012
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Mothering Hypes
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Governments make good progress on marine, slow on finance at Hyderabad biodiversity meet
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Welcome to the future
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Talking POPs in Geneva
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GE labeling: The world wants it
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According to filings released by the California Secretary of State last week, the world’s six largest pesticide corporations are now the six largest funders of opposition to Proposition 37.
Collectively the "Big 6"  have contributed more than $20 million to oppose the measure that would label genetically engineered food, including an intensive advertising campaign over the past two weeks.
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