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Big oil refinery in Texas City Texas. McGraw-Hill Education. MHE World.

Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline (Again)

November 16, 2015 btwuser 0

Last year, btw wanted to know your thoughts about the Keystone XL Pipeline. Earlier this month, President Obama formally rejected the permit that would allow […]

Full-frame close-up of white eggs in a cardboard tray, one eggshell broken open and showing the yolk. Pixtal/AGE Fotostock. MHE World. Pixtal.

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September 20, 2015 btwuser 0

Heads-up Displays: Safety Measure or Distraction? As technology continues to evolve at increasingly higher rates, especially in automobiles, safety advocates struggle to keep up. Many […]

Head and shoulders view of an Asian nurse filing medical charts. DreamPictures/Jensen Walker/Getty Images. Blend Images. single image purchase by SEG from Getty Images Oct-14 (PA4). MHE Canada MHE USA

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September 14, 2015 btwuser 0

Texas Abortion Clinic Controversy Some forty years after the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling, legalized abortion continues to be a heated topic, In […]

[President Jimmy Carter (1924-)surrounded by school children in North Carolina]. Photo: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ppmsca-09777]. Thomas J. O'Halloran, photographer.

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August 28, 2015 btwuser 0

Jimmy Carter’s Cancer News The years 1977 to 1981 were turbulent ones for Jimmy Carter, our 39th president of the United States. The country suffered […]

including Oregon National Guard Captain Dan Browne (2nd from the left). Browne finished 12th in a field of 26 competitors. MHE World.

Does Anyone Care About the Olympics Anymore?

August 17, 2015 btwuser 0

Once upon a time, the Olympics were a source of great pride for many countries all over the world. The founder of the modern games […]

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July 31, 2015 btwuser 0

Minimum Wage Gaining Maximum Attention Last month, the City of Los Angeles, California passed a landmark ordinance to increase the minimum wage to $15 an […]

Room for rent in Greece. Photo: Glow Images

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July 23, 2015 btwuser 0

Close Up on Pluto Back in 2006, NASA launched New Horizons, a mission to explore the Kuiper belt. This is the region of our solar […]

Bottled water. Photo: webphotographeer/Getty Images

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June 20, 2015 btwuser 0

Zimbabwe Demonetizes Currency When the African country Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980 from British rule, its currency had the approximate value of $1.25 US […]

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June 16, 2015 btwuser 0

Is Cooking Monkey Business? Consuming cooked food is considered to be an important evolutionary milestone for the human race. Since chimpanzees are closely linked to […]

Dried Mud, Imperial Valley, CA. Photo: Nature Picture Library/Alamy.

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April 21, 2015 btwuser 0

Three More Candidates Announced Earlier this month, we reported that Senator Ted Cruz had officially announced his bid for the Presidency. This week, three more […]