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Urinals, Mona Lisa and Canada’s Mustachioed Vic Toews
When entering Chile, disembarking at the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, I was separated from my family and taken away by Interpol. I was questioned, fingerprinted and photographed for …
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US Army Pulls Ads From Rush Limbaugh’s Show
Rush Limbaugh (Photo: Brett Tatman / Flickr)
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Florida Doles Out Billions in Corporate Tax Breaks While Slashing College Funding and Laying off Thousands
Florida’s GOP dominated legislature, along with Republican Gov. Rick Scott, has already decided that it would be prudent to pay for a corporate tax break by slashing the state’s …
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The Cost of Going Solar Is Dropping Fast, State Study Finds
The cost of solar power in North Carolina is falling steeply, a state trade group reported, providing the first real evidence of a trend that is likely occurring in …
Americans Like Regulation
It’s a well-known fact that Americans oppose government spending in the abstract yet favor virtually every government spending program. For example, last April Gallup reported that 73 percent of …
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India Orders Bayer to License a Patented Drug
Mumbai, India - India’s government on Monday authorized a drug manufacturer to make and sell a generic copy of a patented Bayer cancer drug, saying that Bayer charged a …
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Domestic Workers Look to Extend Gains
For 76 years domestic workers have been excluded from federal labor law—from overtime and safety and health protections in addition to collective bargaining rights. The exclusion was …
Who Do You Want to Oversee Medicare?
President Barack Obama talks on the phone while aboard Air Force One. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Within the past month, the Obama administration has heard …
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After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses
After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling …
Was Soldier-Shooter in Afghanistan Redeployed With PTSD?
The Army is keeping mum on whether the Army sergeant who went on a rampage in Afghanistan has ever been evaluated or asked for evaluation for PTSD, but it …