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Post November 15 2012

New Lincoln Movie Humanizes a Presidential Superhero
Steven Spielberg’s new movie about Abraham Lincoln is heightening interest in a president who is of…
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Lesson Plan November 14 2012

Fall off a fiscal cliff, or navigate a fiscal slope? - Lesson Plan
By Shannon Sullivan Subjects Economics, Mathematics, Language Arts Estimated Ti…
House Speaker Boehner Holds News Conference On Impending Fiscal Cliff
Post November 12 2012

What is the “Fiscal Cliff” and Should We Fear it?
Now that the American people have decided to give President Barack Obama another four years, lawmak…
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Post October 22 2012

Syrian Fighting Spills Over Into Bordering States
Violence from the Syrian Civil War has started to spill over into neighboring Middle Eastern countr…
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Student Voices October 15 2012

Pakistanis Stand with Malala
The Taliban, a militant group with roots in Pakistan and Afghanistan that seeks to implement its ow…
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Post October 10 2012

14-Year-Old Girl Shot For Going To School in Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl who dared to speak out against a ban on female…
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Post September 24 2012

What is the American “Middle Class”?
This election cycle the candidates running for president are fighting for the support of middle cla…
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Post September 20 2012

Childhood Eating Disorders on the Rise
More than 25 million people in the United States -- around 1 in 13 -- suffer from an eating disorde…
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Post August 30 2012

Civil War in Syria Raises Questions About When to Intervene
Over the past year and a half the world has watched the events in Syria transition from civil unres…
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Daily News Lesson August 22 2012

Year-Round Program Commits Kids to Education
For some low income and minority students, graduating high school, much less college, can seem like…
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