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Australia scraps plan to filter Internet
SYDNEY — Australia on Friday scrapped a controversial plan to filter the Internet, saying it will instead block hundreds of websites identified by Interpol as among the worst child abuse sites. The...
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Obama to make economy statement Friday
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will make Friday his major first post-election intervention in the looming showdown with Republicans over debt and spending, with an on-camera White House...
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Collapse of Maya civilization tied to drought: study
WASHINGTON — A long catastrophic drought led to the collapse of Maya culture, a new study said Thursday, confirming a controversial hypothesis linking its demise to climate change. The study,...
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Hispanic ‘Dreamers’ celebrate Obama victory
WASHINGTON — Hispanics smuggled into the United States as children who grew up as Americans on Thursday celebrated Democrat Barack Obama’s re-election, and urged rival Republicans to focus on...
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Obama urged to fulfill Guantanamo closure pledge
WASHINGTON — Rights groups challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to use his second term to close Guantanamo and end drone attacks, warrantless surveillance and extrajudicial killings. Shortly...
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Iranian jets fired on U.S. drone in Gulf: Pentagon
WASHINGTON — Two Iranian fighter jets fired on an unarmed US Predator drone in the Gulf last week but the aircraft was not hit, the Pentagon said Thursday, warning that the United States stood ready...
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Kudlow: Is the left ‘trying to weaken America’ with legal pot?
On his show Thursday night, CNBC host Larry Kudlow wondered if the left was “trying to weaken America” by legalizing marijuana. “So Colorado and Washington state made history on Tuesday, becoming the...
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Climate change ‘likely to be more severe than some models predict’
Climate change is likely to be more severe than some models have implied, according to a new study which ratchets up the possible temperature rises and subsequent climatic impacts. The analysis by the...
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Jon Stewart mocks Fox New host’s ‘potted up on weed’ remark
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart reflected on the ballot initiatives that passed on Election Day. Stewart noted that California appeared to be growing up, approving a...
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Robert Reich: GOP’s supply-side mythology is going to work
University of California professor Robert Reich said Thursday that Republican proposals to raise revenues without raising taxes were impossible. “There does have to be an increase in the marginal rate...
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Moyers guest: ‘We should just let the Bush tax cuts expire’
Columnists and thinkers from both sides of the political aisle went back and forth on Bill Moyers on Nov. 9 regarding the reelection of Barack Obama and how best to help working families in America....
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Anchor apologizes for anti-gay Facebook status after GLAAD outrage
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) called on a Cincinnati Fox station to apologize after news anchor Tricia Macke called MSNBC host Rachel Maddow an “Angry Young Man” on Facebook...
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Florida Secretary of State: long lines show ‘people liked the voting hours’
Despite early voting lines reportedly up to six hours long, Florida’s Republican Secretary of State would not apologize for shortening the state’s early voting period from 14 to eight days, reported...
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Tammy Baldwin confident she can evaluate federal budget without GOP help
Wisconsin’s senator-elect Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D, is quite confident that she does not need fellow Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., to explain the federal budget to her, reported the Huffington Post, after...
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Ohio anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ bill sees action in lame duck session
An Ohio bill aimed at restricting abortion access will get another shot in the legislature this upcoming lame duck session, reported the Community Press and Recorder, thanks to new cooperation among...
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Number of uncounted ballots in Arizona rises as deadline nears
While the presidential election is now over, the state of Arizona has hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots that could determine a number of races, including that of infamous Maricopa County...
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Gun sales spike after election
In the days after the election, gun sales apparently spiked, according to WITN in North Carolina. Fears of strengthened gun control laws apparently instigated the buying frenzy. “They’re worried about...
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Sixteen dead in largest Sri Lankan prison riot in decades
The number of people killed in Sri Lanka’s worst prison riot in nearly three decades rose to 16 while another 43 escaped with injuries, officials said Saturday. The toll rose as three more people...
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Climate change threatens coffee supply
Climate change apparently poses a threat to the caffeinated beverage of choice for many Americans, as a number of wild varieties of coffee beans to go extinct before the end of the century, reported...
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Maher: Republicans are ‘vaginaphobes,’ should probably ‘shut up’ about rape
Bill Maher started off Real Time on Nov. 9 by conducting a quick recap of the elections, noting that there will now be six openly gay men in Congress, a bisexual woman and an openly gay female...
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