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11 Problems with Public Education

Careers & Jobs – A brief list of some of the problems with our educational system, specifically in how it discriminates against racial minorities and disadvantaged groups.

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117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock
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117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock

Science – A computer model developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute estimates that by the end of the century, high temperatures for once-in-a-generation heat waves will rise twice as fast as everyday average temperatures. Chicago, for example, would reach 115 degrees in such an event by 2100. Paris heat waves could near 109 with Lyon, France, coming closer to 114.

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Obama rewrites Iraq plan

Politics – Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) promised primary voters a swift withdrawal from Iraq, in clear language still on his website: "Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months." Not anymore.

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FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos
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FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

Television – Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. The before and after photos can be seen here.

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FBI might use profiling in terror investigations
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FBI might use profiling in terror investigations

Politics – The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.

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Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale
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Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale

Television – Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," seems to have gone above and beyond in its anti-Obama rhetoric. Fox News seems to be the willing source of many of the smears and have displayed an unhealthy willingness to pass on as fact any unsourced or unfounded allegation that will put the Obamas in the worst light possible.

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EXCLUSIVE:  Rush Signs thru 2016; $400Mil deal shatters records
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EXCLUSIVE: Rush Signs thru 2016; $400Mil deal shatters records

Celebrities – The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

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Coal Makes Us Sick. Oil Makes Us Sick.
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Coal Makes Us Sick. Oil Makes Us Sick.

Do No Evil – Joe Biden: "The high price of oil is a gift to the American People." Here's what Harry Reid says. Dems' mission: Radical restructuring of the U.S. economy to remove hydrocarbons from the energy mix. Could they have stated the mission any more succinctly? Will the Dems go nuclear or are they intent on bringing us to our knees and lower

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Retro Game Review: Sonic the Hedgehog
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Retro Game Review: Sonic the Hedgehog

Video Games – Sonic The Hedgehog took platform gaming to new and unexplored heights. Take a look back at one of the greatest games in history.

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Obama Camp Disavows Wesley Clark's Experience Comments

Politics – Just when it looked like the Obama campaign would be the first Democrats to challenge Republicans on the patriotism issue, they disavow Wesley Clark's criticism of John McCain. "Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain 's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.

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Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig
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Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig

Politics – Obama's for Equal Pay, yet pays female staffers less than males.

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Lack of funds hobbling the 'Republican attack machine'

Politics – Democrats and the media have used the term so much that it's almost an article of faith. But the so-called 'Republican attack machine' waiting with piles of unregulated cash to chew up Barack Obama is anything but. Many former backers don't seem willing to pony up cash to finance the harsh attacks made famous in previous elections.

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Global Warming to Melt North Pole Ice Cover For First Time in Recorded History

Science – After last year's thin ice cover, the North Pole is poised to vanish due to global warming in a short time

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McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports
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McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports

Politics – Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front condo in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default, The Huffington Post has learned.

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O'Reilly:  Obama's big advantage is money
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O'Reilly: Obama's big advantage is money

Politics – Right now, the smart money is betting the next president of the United States will be named Obama, and dollars are the primary reason why. As you may have heard, the senator has flip-flopped on public campaign financing and now says he will not accept it, even though he once thought it was a swell idea.

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