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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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Texas Sheriff: Live at the Border? Arm Yourselves
The murder of an Arizona rancher has left residents at the border feeling the need to arm themselves.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Stevens to Retire in the Summer
With his retirement, the Court will lose one of its most liberal judges.
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But She Can See Russia from Her House!
Obama dismisses Palin's nuclear arms policy critique.
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Senate Preparing to Knuckle Up Over Jobless Benefit Extension
It will be one of the first orders of business upon return from Spring Break. That and a trigonometry exam.
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Tiger Looks Crisp in Opening Round of Masters
His personal turmoil does not appear to have affected his game.
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Light Reading: "The Trouble with Celibacy"
What is the future of Catholic celibacy in Africa?
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Oprah to Host Quiet Storm Hour on New Network
Well, it's not actually a quiet storm hour, but she will be hosting a program in the evening.
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Obama, Medvedev Sign Nuclear Arms-Cutting Treaty in Prague
The agreement to cut arms is the biggest in a generation.
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Listen Up! US Not Ready for New Face of War
Bullets and bombs are one thing. Cyberattacks to accompany them are something else.
