"West Memphis Three" Set Free After 18 Years in Prison

Sunday, 21 August 2011, 12:47 pm
Article: Alternet

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AUGUST 20TH, 2011

Sarah Palin's Husband Admits on Video That His Wife Quit Being Governor So She Could Make More Money
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
Fox Viewers Overwhelmingly Think We Should Prepare for Alien Invasion Before Fighting Climate Change
By Alex Seitz-Wald | ThinkProgress
Verizon Strike: As Delays Mount, It's Time for the Company to Bargain With Workers in Good Faith (Update: Strike May End Soon)
By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos
"West Memphis Three" Set Free After 18 Years in Prison -- Still, "This Was Not Justice"
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
How Washington Could Create Jobs Right Now
By Michael Winship | AlterNet
Woman Loses Kids After Getting Busted for 1/3 Ounce of Pot
By Joshua Holland | AlterNet
Top 10 Great Works of Nuclear Cinema
By Scott Thill | AlterNet
Paul Ryan's Office Calls Cops On Jobless Protesters
By Arthur Delaney | Huffington Post
Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't Be Charged for Their Rape Kits
By Alex DiBranco | Change.org
The Media Just Doesn't Get Today's Religious Right
By Frederick Clarkson | AlterNet

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_PROGRESSIVE WIRE
US says hikers 'imprisoned too long' in Iran
By Agence France Presse
The saga of Stephen Colbert, ‘Parry’ and Iowa’s WOI
By Lynda Waddington | Washington Independent
Bank of America to Rick Perry: "We will help you out!"
By Josh Harkinson | Mother Jones Online
Glenn Greenwald on the Growing Surveillance State
By Truthdig
Bank of America Death Watch – Mass Layoffs Imminent
By David Dayen | Firedoglake
_BEST OF THE WEEK
1. Americans Don't Realize Just How Badly We're Getting Screwed by the Top 0.1 Percent Hoarding the Country's Wealth
By David DeGraw | Amped Status
2. Why Is Sean Hannity So Mad You're Having Sex? 5 Ways Conservatives Attack Sexual Freedom
By Amanda Marcotte | AlterNet
3. Are Michele Bachmann's Views About 'Christian Submission' Even More Extreme Than She's Letting On?
By Frank Schaeffer | AlterNet
4. Meet the Christian Dominionist 'Prayer Warriors' Who Have Chosen Rick Perry as Their Vehicle to Power
By Rachel Tabachnick | AlterNet
5. The 'Unfashionable' Matt Damon, Mensch of the Year
By Don Hazen | AlterNet
6. The 5 Funniest Things Molly Ivins Said About Rick Perry
By Asawin Suebsaeng | Mother Jones Online
7. 21 Reasons Rick Perry's Texas Is a Complete Disaster
By Joshua Holland | AlterNet

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