Stuff You Should Know

Posted by on May 1, 2013 in Current Events, Stuff You Should Know, United States, World | No Comments

Boston Marathon Bombing Update The bomb that exploded during the Boston Marathon on April 21 killed three people and injured more than 260. The victims ranged in age from 7 to 71. Sixteen of them lost limbs, either directly from the blast, or from complications that required an amputation. Many more of the victims have […]

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Clock on Sequester Runs Out

Posted by on Mar 11, 2013 in Economics, Government, United States | No Comments

If you were watching the news at the end of last year, you probably heard the term “fiscal cliff” quite a bit. In a nutshell, there were two things scheduled to happen at the beginning of the year that would have caused the country to “go over the fiscal cliff.” The Bush Administration Tax Cuts […]

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The Government Swerves to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

Posted by on Jan 11, 2013 in Economics, Government, United States | No Comments

Like viewers of an action movie, some Americans have been at the edge of their seat, anxiously wondering if the nation’s economy would plunge over the metaphorical “fiscal cliff.” After many weeks of intense negotiation in Washington, D.C., an agreement was finally reached in the final hours of the deadline. On January 2nd, President Obama […]

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