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And don’t forget: YOU are more beautiful than you think!

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Defense Against the…

Crews Finish Installing World Trade Center Spire
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What an unbelievably unique take on housing and architecture!

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Did Jimmy Savile Abuse 1,350 Victims… Treble the Number Who Have Come Forward So Far?
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Jimmy Savile could have sexually abused up to 1,350 victims..

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6-y.o. Who Walked Alone to Post Office May be Removed from Her Home
Free Range Kids | 03 April 2013
Dear Free-Range Kids: A few days ago CPS served my wife and me with a complaint alleging that we are…

Socrates (In The Form Of A 9-Year-Old) Shows Up In A Suburban Backyard In Washington

NPR | 27 March 2013
When he rang the doorbell, Zia hadn’t planned to step inside…

New Migration Tables from the…

Christo Creates The Largest Indoor Sculpture In History
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Christo’s first show since the passing of his long-time partner Jeanne-Claude deals in massive volumes of light and …

Harvard Spied On Its Faculty
Gawker | 10 March 2013
Administrators at Harvard University secretly accessed the email accounts…

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Youtube | 25 February 2013

Boy, 7, Raises More Than $30,000 for Sick Friend
ABC News | 26 February 2013
Never underestimate first-graders.

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AZ Central | 20 February 2013
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Slipped Disk | 11 February 2013
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The Squaddie and the Squirrel: Soft-Hearted Soldier who Nursed Dying Baby Creature Back to Health by Feeding it Every Four Hours
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150 Skulls From Human Sacrifice Discovered in Mexico, Stunning Experts
RT | 01 February 2013
The skulls of around 150 human sacrifice victims have been unearthed in…

High School To Collect Studen…

A Grim Reminder That Military Women Have Already Been Fighting And Dying
Buzzfeed | 23 January 2013
One hundred forty-six women have died in uniform since 2001…

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ABC News | 16 January 2013
I was still on vacation in the U.S. this past Saturday…

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Jewish Lullaby

YouTube | 04 December 2012
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The squat wooden structure looks like it’s part tree house, fort, RV and boat.

Sandy Victims Face Insurance Nightmare
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When Roman and…

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Activist Post | 14 November 2012
One of the most difficult things to convey to people who are relatively new to information that appears in …

James Bond-Style Raid as Axe-Wielding Bikers Storm Shopping Centre.
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In a daring raid reminiscent of the opening scene of the new James Bond movie Skyfall – where Dani…

Texas Farmers Face Off Against Keystone Pipeline
People’s World | 24 October 2012
Construction continues on TransCanada’s Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Boy Scout Files Give Glimpse Into 20 Years of Sex Abuse
NY Times | 18 October 2012
Details of decades of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America, and what child welfare experts say was a corrosive …

Some Things Should Happen on Soft Pages, Not Cold Metal
Letters of Note | 15 October 2012
In May of 2006, 46 years after the publication of her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, reclusive author Harp…

One Man and His Cat on the Road to Recovery
Daily Mail | 29 March 2012
Recovering drug addict James Bowen’s life was at a low ebb in the spring of 2007.

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Tears of Steel
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Some questions to Diane Ravitch
Progressive Review | 2 October 2012
Do you think there is a crisis in American education?

Five-Year-Olds Put to the Test as Kindergarten Exams Gain Steam
Reuters | 25 September 2012
With school in full swing across the United States, the littlest students are getting used to the blocks tab…

Monica Lewinsky to get $12 million for Book About Bill Clinton
examiner.com | 21 September 2012
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Yahoo! | 7 September 2012
According to the most recent annual report from the USDA, it now costs $234,900 to provide a child with 17 years of food, shelter, …

Why Most Work Meetings Are Total Failures
Yahoo! Finance | 6 September 2012
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In 1964, students at the University of California, Berkeley, formed a protest movement to repeal a campus rule.

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They have more money than you and this is what they do.

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When a man named A…

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The Underground Gardens Of Fresno, California
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Public Vigil Red Alert: Raw Milk Advocate James Stewart Seized By Armed Bounty Hunters Driving Unmarked Vehicles With No Plates

Natural News 27 July 2012
James Stewart, the 65-year-old raw “milk m…

Protect Yourself From ID Theft On Vacation
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The Secret of The World’s Oldest Marathon Runner
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Utah Girl Scout Raises Thousands of Dollars for Community Garden
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BBC (7 Oct 11)

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Let Us Not Abandon Listening in the Classroom
Education Week (31 Aug 11)

Willow, Missing Colorado Cat, Found In New York City Streets
Huffington Post (14 Sep 11)

Motorcyclist’s Uncle Tells Rescuers, ‘You Are Heroes’
CNN Justice (14 Sep 11)

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Motown Hitmaker Nick Ashford Passes Away at 70
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Bill Moyers to Return to TV With a New Series
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The Rich Are Different – and Not in a Good Way, Studies Sugges…

Tent Cities – is This The Future of The American Dream?
off-grid (2 Aug 11)

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Six Designs For Houses That Cost…

Man Robs Bank so he Can go to Jail and Get Health Care
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Super Typhoon Churns Through Pacific, Threatens Okinawa
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Powerful Storms Pound Several Central US States
ajc.com (26 May 11)

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