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Top Stories from AlterNet for January 4, 2006

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FOWL PLAY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Stan Cox, AlterNet
How America is failing the workers who put beef, chicken and
pork on our dinner tables.
http://www.alternet.org/story/30348/

JEWS SAY 'FEH' TO DARWIN
Mariah Blake, Miami New Times
The Orthodox Jewish community clashes over intelligent
design.
http://www.alternet.org/story/30335/
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Dont miss AlterNet's coverage of the intensifying NSA
outrage -- and why we should care:

AN ABUSE OF POWER
Jan Frel, AlterNet
The NSA wiretapping scandal is an object lesson in how the
American presidency -- not just this president -- has gained
too much power.
http://www.alternet.org/story/30350/

SOMETHING TO HIDE
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet
As the Bush administration downplays its illegal
wiretapping, the New York Times' chiefs keep quiet about
their role in the scandal.
http://www.alternet.org/story/30352/

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT 2006
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet
With neutered watchdogs like Mitch McConnell in the Senate,
it's easy to see why Bush believed he could do as he
pleased.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/30344/
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MILLER'S MOMENT
Garance Franke-Ruta, The American Prospect
This is how George Miller, an effective but largely unsung
congressman, beat the president.
http://www.alternet.org/story/30349/

SAY IT AIN'T SO, SERGEY
Douglas Rushkoff, AlterNet
Google's decision to purchase 5 percent of AOL marks a dramatic
shift in strategy for a company that, frankly, never had to
bother with strategy before.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/30338/

MEDIA NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Norman Solomon, AlterNet
No one is in greater need of forthright 2006
resolutions than America's major media outlets.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/30330/
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