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Still here? Happy New Bak'tun
WASHINGTON -- If you're reading this, the Maya were wrong. Rather, they would have been wrong if they'd actually predicted the end of the world, which scholars are pretty sure they didn't. On the other hand, if there's nobody around to thumb through the...
Tags: John Cusack, USA Today, Barack Obama, White House, Danny Glover
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After a billion, what's next for Facebook?
MENLO PARK — In just eight years, Facebook signed up more than half the world's Internet population. Now it's going after the rest. Facebook wants to reach every single person on the Internet whether they are logging on from a laptop in Santa...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), India, Marketing, Social Media
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France giving $1.5 million to Syria opposition coalition
France is giving more than $1.5 million in emergency aid to a newly formed Syrian opposition coalition, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced Monday. "France, which was first to recognize the coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the...
Tags: France, Ehud Barak, European Union, Political Dissent, Bashar Assad
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Russia's Putin congratulates Obama on reelection
World NowRussian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to President Obama on what he termed “an ever so weighty victory gained with such a wide margin.” Putin stressed the results achieved in Russian-U.S. relations in recent years and... -
Obama has failed the nation
I grew up in a Democratic home. My Dad was always very aware of what was happening in government. We have copies of letters Dad wrote to the politicians of his day and the responses he received. Dad kept a chart on the fridge of all the local, state and...Tags: George W. Bush, Benghazi, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Breastfeeding, Nuclear Security Summit (2010)
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Georgia President Saakashvili concedes election defeat
World NowMikheil Saakashvili, the pro-Western president of Georgia faced with increasing protests among his people, conceded defeat after preliminary election returns showed the opposition had won control of parliament and the right to name a powerful new prime... -
Pictures in the News | October 1, 2012
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Pussy Riot and the politics of grrrl punk
I wonder, as they sit in their separate cells, what songs the three jailed members of Pussy Riot sing to themselves to keep their spirits strong. My vote: “Resist Psychic Death” by the early 1990s punk feminist band Bikini Kill. The verse...
Tags: New York City, Human Rights, Religion and Belief, YouTube, Music Theater
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Russian prime minister says Pussy Riot punished enough
World NowRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that the feminist punk rock trio whose jailing led to international outcry had spent enough time behind bars and should be freed.... -
Why so formal with the president?
American exceptionalism—which is fun to say (all those syllables!)—is grabbing some headlines this summer, thanks to the intersection of a heat-filled presidential campaign and a much-hyped, much-watched Olympics. We're devouring these Summer...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Heads of State, The Associated Press
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Russian President Putin to visit Israel, West Bank and Jordan
World NowRussian President Vladimir Putin will land in Israel on an official visit Monday, making Israel one of the first countries he will visit since his recent election. He will also visit the West Bank.... -
Super PAC forms to fight defense cuts
SAN DIEGO -- A political action committee was started Tuesday in San Diego to fight proposed defense budget cuts. Organizers of the Fight 4 America super PAC unveiled three television commercials that focus on what they believe is deficient defense...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Republican Party, Duncan Hunter, Iraq War (2003-2011), Barack Obama
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