All Stories from August 28, 2011 (Change date)
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Seltzer water could keep CO2 locked in rockAug 28, 2011 5:23 am - HELLISHEIDI, Iceland — Sometime next month, on the steaming fringes of an Icelandic volcano, an international team of scientists will begin pumping “seltzer water” into ...
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Obama campaign launching voter drive programAug 28, 2011 5:23 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign launched a new voter registration and grassroots organizing program Thursday aimed at boosting turnout and pa...
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Judges should not legislateAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - If a federal judge says that any state law on Immigration cannot stand as it is unconstitutional or for any other reason, two things ought to happen: 1. The judge shoul...
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Here’s a case for year-round schoolAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - In the recent article titled “Easing Kids Back to School,” the teachers expressed concerns that the students need time to “ease” back into learning after the long summer...
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Sharia law and the future of LibyaAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - Name a single Arab or Islamic state, which, after a revolution that has overthrown a dictator, came to embrace political pluralism, religious tolerance and equal rights ...
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Don’t trust agencies that rate creditAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - According to the geniuses over at Standard & Poor’s, the likelihood of the U.S. to pay its debt obligations is now on par with Virginia Beach and Tulsa. We’re not quite ...
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Professor says American's religious faith waningAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. — Despite the prominence of religious believers in politics and culture, America has shrinking congregations, growing dissatisfaction with religious leader...
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Low taxes on rich, prosperity unrelatedAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - I’m tired of the right-wing distortions about taxes. “The bottom 50 percent pay no taxes,” is what we constantly hear. Well, sorry folks, but that’s a right-wing lie. Ac...
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‘Buy American’ and watch jobs growAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - I often attend town-hall meetings and community forums and witness the cries of “we need to create jobs!” There’s no question that factors related to taxes, incentives, ...
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Drop the labels; we’re all AmericansAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - In testimony to the Illinois House of Representatives Redistricting Committee just a few months ago, Angel Garcia, a self-appointed “Latino Leader,” said in regard to th...