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Jonas Hits East Coast Fourteen states around the country got more than a foot of snow this month, with at least six states on the […]
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Obamacare: Two Years In
You have heard it called “Obamacare.” Ever since its official passage, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often shortened to the Affordable Care Act, […]
Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline (Again)
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Does Anyone Care About the Olympics Anymore?
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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]