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Post February 09 2012

Secret Lake Buried Miles Under Antarctic Ice Could Hold Clues to Life
After nearly 20 years of drilling, Russian scientists have reached a crystal clear underground lake…
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Post January 26 2012

Super PACs Heat Up 2012 Elections
The airwaves in the first few Republican primary states have been dominated by advertisements for a…
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Post November 19 2010

Cholera Epidemic in Haiti Causes Havoc
On the island nation of Haiti, where 1.3 million people are living in tent cities following a catas…
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Post August 18 2010

UC Berkeley Forced to Abandon Genetic Testing for New Students
Instead of assigning the usual summer reading to new students, the University of California-Berkele…
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Lesson Plan March 14 2007

Lesson plan: History of the Black Press
By Angela Dodson, adjunct instructor for media issues and communications Subject(s) Civics,…
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Sarah Palin Throws Her Weight Behind Midterm Candidates
Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who ran alongside Senator John McCain as a vice presiden…
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Army Scientist Accused of Anthrax Attacks Kills Himself
This video report looks at the story of Bruce Ivins"" an Army microbiologist who committed suici…
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Will Race Be A Factor On Election Day?
Barack Obama may be the nation's first African-American major party presidential nominee, but he ha…
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Change Comes to Whitehouse.gov
At 12:01 pm January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama became President Obama, whitehouse.gov underwent a …
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GOP Searches For New Leader
After the Republican Party lost the Whitehouse and seats in Congress in November many are questioni…
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