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Student Voices January 15 2013

How Do We Stop Another School Shooting?
In the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn. people around the …
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Post January 10 2013

2012 Officially Warmest Year on Record
If you felt like you had to turn the air conditioner up extra high this past year, you weren’t just…
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Student Voices January 09 2013

How Social Media Creates a Modern-Day "Scarlet Letter"
Social media networks can be a great place for friends and classmates to post photos, share links a…
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Daily Video January 04 2013

New Congress Sets Many Firsts
OverviewThe 113th Congress was sworn into office on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, just two days after the…
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Post January 02 2013

Taxes on Rich Rise with Fiscal Cliff Deal
Congress and President Obama did not have much of a winter break as they scrambled to come up with …
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Post December 17 2012

President Obama Vows Action after Elementary School Shooting
President Obama addressed a congregation of citizens from Newtown, Conn. on Sunday after the shooti…
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Daily Video December 14 2012

2012: A Year in Google Searches
This story is from 2012! Research proposal: How could you find out how this story may have develope…
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Post December 10 2012

Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Marriage

  A gay pride and an American flag cross on the bag of a pro-gay marriage demonstrator in Cali…
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Post December 03 2012

African “World War” Flares in Congo
For the last two decades fighting in the Central East African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi …
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Post November 29 2012

What Will Energy Independence Mean For the U.S.?
Every election season there is much debate about America’s energy policies and the danger of relyin…
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