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Anticipating Tourism in Cuba Earlier this month, btw brought you news of a landmark deal between the U.S. and Cuba. In response, Cuban businesses are making preparations for an expected surge in tourism. U.S. citizens will be allowed to use credit cards in Cuba. They will also be allowed to bring up to $100 worth […]
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Bowl Game Mania! If you’re from Ohio, Alabama, Oregon or Florida, you likely spent the New Year rooting on your home team. For the rest of you, better luck next year. At the end of the college football season, there are many bowl games played during the weeks leading up to Christmas and through New […]
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James Brady Death Ruled “Homicide” In 1981, a man named John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate then president Ronald Reagan outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel, following a speaking engagement. A group of spectators (who had not been properly screened by the Secret Service) were allowed behind a rope line within fifteen feet of the […]
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Tis the Season to be Awesome! Last year, btw enthusiastically brought you news of the wildly successful crowdfunding campaign called Project for Awesome. In 2007, “Vlogbrothers” Hank and John Green (the latter of whom is the popular YA writer) encouraged anyone with a camera and a charity to promote to upload a video educating the public […]
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Clip Art Gets Cut Do you use graphics to make things like digital presentations for school projects? How about plain old emoticons? Back in the early days of computers, before anyone could do an “image search” on the Internet, there was something called Clip Art (a collection of pre-made, royalty-free images) as a part of […]
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What’s Next for Ferguson? You’ve surely heard by now that Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who shot and killed eighteen year old, Michael Brown, was not indicted by a St. Louis grand jury. While grand juries rarely fail to indict, law enforcement are also rarely charged in on-duty killings. In response, Wilson made […]
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Let’s Hear it For Toilets! It is very likely that you don’t give much daily thought about where you go to the bathroom. This is because you live in a developed country and have access to a sophisticated sanitation system that keeps you safely separated from that sort of thing. But there are many parts […]
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U.S. and China Agree to Climate Regulations By now, you should be well aware of the many discussions centered around climate change. The big debate, however, continues to be over what steps should be taken to slow or reverse its effects. Earlier this month, President Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping co-announced a climate change […]
Stuff YOU Should Know: (Re)Introducing Election Central
As a Social Studies student, you are learning the importance of understanding how the roles and responsibilities of government and elected leaders affect our daily lives. You are also learning that your own role as educated citizens is important in the future of our nation as well. McGraw-Hill Education’s renewed Election Central Web site provides […]
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Unemployment Down, Optimism Up The data released each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in particular, is watched very closely by many (btw included) to determine the ongoing state of our economy. September unemployment rate, which has been steadily dropping for several months, fell below 6 percent (5.9) for the first […]