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Shrinking Natural Gas Royalties

Natural gas royalties from fracking are seen as a bonanza for farmers struggling to make their land profitable. But an investigation by ProPublica has revealed that some natural gas companies are slashing the amounts they pay farmers for the use of their land.

Justice Department investigating Sheldon Adelson, GOP’s biggest donor

Global Politics

Bank foreclosures picking up pace; mortgage modification programs fail

Global Politics

European Intelligence Agencies Not Surprised by NSA Surveillance

Conflict & Justice

‘Top Secret America’: How Safe Are We?

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Amazon Fires Firm Over Neo-Nazi Scandal

Business, Economics and Jobs

Amazon has fired a security firm it used in Germany after jackbooted neo-Nazis were filmed intimidating migrant workers there. Host Aaron Schachter talks with investigative journalist Peter Onneken of the broadcaster ARD about the impact his film has had.

Follow Friday: Facebook, JPMorgan, Layoffs, Attack Ads, and Fair Punishment

Our panel of social, political and pop-cultural experts to tell us about the stories you may have missed this week. Ron Christie is a Takeaway contributor and Republican political strategist, and Louise Story is an investigative reporter for our partner The New York Times.            

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Why Mexican Journalists Fear Doing Their Jobs

Global Politics

Anchor Marco Werman talks to reporter Franc Contreras who says the latest killing has put all Mexican journalists on the edge and fearful for their lives.

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Field of Greens

It’s not every day that your typical New Yorker gets to plant a garden, never mind make a mark on major league baseball at the same time. But, thanks to a New York Mets groundskeeper, that’s just what happened recently to W-N-Y-C reporter Amy Eddings. She sent us this reporters’ notebook from the “Field of […]

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Carbon offsets: planet-savers, or guilt-reducers?

Global Politics

A six-month investigation into the multi-million dollar business of carbon offsets has uncovered, instead of verdant forests of carbon-sequestering trees, many shady alleys of corruption and fraud.

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