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The Schools Scandal
American spending on public education, adjusted for inflation, has more than doubled over the last three decades. What did taxpayers get for their money? Twice the money. Zero progress.
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Key Asian interest rates on hold
The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty.
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WTC steel columns to be installed at 9/11 museum
Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: JoniTx- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:08:09 GMT NEW YORK' Steel columns salvaged from the rubble of the World Trade Center are heading back to ground zero.Two 70'foot columns taken from the wreckage of the north tower are ...
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Ones + Zeros: Duke Nukem is Back, Fat People Delusional
Ones + Zeros aint scared of no hurricanes.
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Anti-mosque sentiment rages far from Ground Zero
A fire at a Tennessee Islamic community center is ruled an arson
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Weekly Podcast Roundup: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2010
Every Monday evening, WoW.com brings you a long list of WoW podcasts that were published the week (and weekend) before. If you don't see your favorite podcast listed, just let us know in the comments. Be sure to leave a link to it, and we'll pick it up ...
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Shaped by the World: William Gibson on 'Zero History'
William Gibson represents that rare example of famous, prolific, genre-bending author who's still casually conversational, despite the fact that he's no doubt been interrogated hundreds if not thousands of times about his work. The author of seminal ...
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Who will define ground zero? 9 years after 9/11, tug of war over 'sacred ground' grows heated
Source: AP (9-5-10) ...In recent weeks, as debate has raged over the placement of a planned Islamic cultural center and mosque a couple of blocks from the construction, Americans have been reminded of just how many people lay claim to this place, the ...
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Sellers invested with El-Gamal
The owners of the former Burlington Coat Factory near Ground Zero -- who sold the site for a song to the developer of the proposed mosque there -- wound up investing in a $45.7 million deal with him f...
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Why 'Islamophobia' is less thinly veiled in Europe
How anti-Muslim sentiment is different in European countries than in America.
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Do You Think He Knows What Hes Doing?
Once again, as he did with the Ground Zero Mosque( or non-Ground Zero non-Mosque, as its apologists are all now careful to put it) , President Obama continues to show what a political tin ear he has. Glenn Beck comes to town with hundreds of thousands ...
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Inquiry Zeroes In on Google
Plan to buy travel-search software firm ITA raises two competition issues for U.S. regulators.
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PREVIEW: Ground Zero mosque overshadows 9/11 anniversary
New York- The mosque project two blocks from the World Trade Center is too close for comfort for some who will attend Saturday's memorials for those killed in the September 11, 2001, Islamist terrorist attacks against the city. The somber annual rite ...
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NPR Compares Palin, Gingrich to Historic Anti-Semites, Sympathizes with Former CAIR Publicist
National Public Radio is strongly urging America to get overits apparently rabid case of Islamophobia. On Sunday night's All Things Considered newscast, anchor Guy Raz played audio clips of Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin opposing the Ground Zero ...
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Canadian Taxpayers on the Hook as Housing Cools
Martin Fluck submits: As a country that earns its living exporting commodities, elevated prices have so far saved Canada from the kind of credit crunch experienced south of the border. In fact, for the last two years easy money has created a housing ...
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Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip
NEW YORK (AP) - An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.
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As anniversary nears Ground Zero rises from the ashes
With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 a little over a year away the pace of progress at the controversial site is staggering.
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Japan central bank keeps key interest rate steady
Japan's central bank voted to keep interest rates near zero, holding off on further measures to tackle a strong yen that is undermining the country's fragile economic recovery. In an unanimous decision, the Bank of Japan's nine-member policy board ...
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Around Azeroth: The first circle
My son, you've seen the temporary fire and the eternal fire; you have reached the place past which my powers cannot see. I've brought you here through intellect and art; from now on, let your pleasure be your guide; you're past the steep and past ...
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Zero tolerance?
US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb
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Ground Zero Christian Center Kicks Off with Fire and Brimstone
Controversial Internet evangelist Bill Keller launched his "9/11 Christian Center" on Sunday in response to what he calls the Park51 "victory mosque" near Ground Zero. He assailed Imam Feisal Rauf, Glenn Beck, Gandhiand he condemned me to hell. But ...
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Farrakhan Endorsement Makes Ground Zero Mosque Backers Squirm
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is the latest to weigh in on the great Ground Zero mosque debate. Predictably, Farrakhan gave fulsome backing to building the mosque at the controversial spot. But Farrakhan took it a step further and just as ...
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5 Best Sunday Columns
The 'Brutal' Dem Plan for November The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse write ,"As Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control ofthe House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their ownmembers in hopes of ...
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Internet Evangelist Bill Keller Preaching Against Islam Near Ground Zero
NEW YORK An Internet evangelist from Florida has begun holding services near ground zero to preach against Islam as debate continues over plans for a nearby Muslim community center.Bill Keller has gained a following through his Liveprayer.com ...
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Labour focus shifts from private to public sector as governments slash deficits
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - While the private sector bore the brunt of the economic downturn, union leaders are turning their attention to the public sector this Labour Day as deficit-obsessed governments put the squeeze on their workers.
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Q+A: Lucy Walker, "Countdown to Zero" Director, Hasn't Learned to Stop Worrying About the Bomb
A chat with Lucy Walker about her new documentary.The math of nuclear weapons today isnt especially comforting. There are still over 23,500 nuclear warheads around the world. Forget about all the near-attacks by governments: highly enriched uranium ..
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Analysis: Zero-rate shared networks to speed up broadband access
The search is on to find a way for communications minister Ed Vaizey to save face after he reneged on an election promise to review the business rates regime with respect to optical fibre networks.
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Paris Video Shows the Future of Ground Zero
Let's cut to the chase, shall we? The mysterious Mideast patrons of the Ground Zero Mosque expect to get a lot of bang for their petrobucks -- $100 million's worth, in fact.
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Ones and Zeros: Cable TV Falls Into the Gap
Ones and Zeros understands that while the physical effects of bedbugs are negligible, their emotional and psychological impact can be devastating especially when victims develop delusional parasitosis. Thats right, a mental disorder caused by bed bugs.
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Caffeine Content of Diet Coke
Im one of those Diet Coke people, and neither Coke Zero nor even normal Coke really does it for me. Turns out the reason is plausibly just that Diet Coke contains a much higher dose of an addictive substance:And now you know.
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