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--Vlad's Winter Olympics open in Sochi, as we brace for jingoistic nationalism from NBC coverage. Russian environmentalist jailed for exposing pollution from Olympic construction
--huge coal ash spill in North Carolina begs for federal regulations
--in cynical attempt to preserve the seat of conservaDem Sen. Mary Landrieu, Harry Reid makes her chair of Energy committee
--at Gitmo, defense lawyer asks judge to muzzle prosecutor
--in Brooklyn, 2 innocent men freed after 22 years, more expected
--heroin overdoses can be treated with drug Naxolone--we should give it away in needle exchanges
--US Postal Service paper losses declined in 2013
--study shows unions are using Citizens United rules to pump large amounts into political campaigns
--billionaire Larry Ellison dangles America's Cup in front of multiple cities, hoping for subsidies to billionaire's game
--federal judge in Missouri says First Amendment protects your right to use high beams to alert oncoming cars to speed trap
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