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Loves School, Hates Freedom: Obama Wants Longer School Days
Apparently not in favor of courting the 5-17 year old voting bloc, President Obama says he would like to see school days longer in addition to longer school years. From the AP: “Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,” the president said earlier this year. “Not with Malia…
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Just in Time for Elections, Al-Bashir Lifts Media Censorship in Sudan
In an attempt to show his softer side, Sudan president Omar al-Bashir has lifted media restrictions as the first elections in nearly 25 years loom on the horizon. From Al Jazeera: In a decree carried by the official Suna news agency on Sunday, al-Bashir put an end to “pre-censorship”, the system where newspapers are screened…
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Obama, Others Set to Put Shoe in Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
Iran has a covert uranium enrichment plant and that makes a lot of nations uncomfortable, not the least of those being the US, France and Great Britain. At the G20 SUmmit today in Pittsburgh, President Obama took it upon himself to let Iran know it was cruisin’ for a bruisin’. From CNN: Iran’s newly unveiled…
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Black Lawmakers Adjust to Post-Inauguration Politics
By virtue of what each publicly stands for, Barack Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus were destined to have a tricky relationship post-election. While he is most certainly in their ranks, it could be reasonably argued that he is not of their ranks and as each attacks the domestic agenda, they are figuring out how…
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Something to Shout About: Serena Williams Pens Book
The tennis champ pens the story of her life. From NPR: At 27, Serena Williams has won every major title in tennis. Now she’s written a book about her life in the sport: On the Line. She has enjoyed a world No. 1 ranking at three different points in her career — but when Serena…
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Fame, Shame.
Auditions. It’s hard to match the head rush that comes from watching that sweaty mix of hope and desperation, the crush of bodies locked in competition, the flubbed notes, the missed pirouettes, the missed opportunities. It’s drama writ large, and it is for this reason that many a performance film, from All That Jazz to…
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The (No) Nuclear Option: UN Rez Aims for Nuke-Free World
The recession. Health care woes. Soda. Nuclear weapons. Is there anything President Obama does not plan to extinct? From the AP: With U.S. President Barack Obama presiding over an historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons. Russia, China and developing nations supported…
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Federal Worker Hanged, 'Fed' Scrawled Across Chest
Good grief. From The AP: The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. Investigators have said little about the case. A law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, tells…
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Complexion for the Rejection: Philly Swim Club Fined for Racism
Sometimes, friends, maintaining “the complexion” of your pool can cost ya. Just ask the Valley Swim Club, who got tuned up recently for its pigment-averse swimming policies. From CNN: The commission ordered monetary damages for humiliation and embarrassment and a civil penalty of not more than $50,000. The decision noted that none of the club’s…
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Obama to World: America's Awesome, Still Can't Fix Problems Alone
President Barack Obama, determined to get his Fourth Reich off the ground, has taken another page out of Adolf Hitler’s book, suggesting that all nation’s lend a hand solving the world’s problem. From the AP: It is Obama’s first address to the world body, and he is seeking to set a new tone in U.S.…
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