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Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Heads to the Heat of Texas

Bayo Olukotun | Posted 05.24.2012

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Last weekend, the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships kicked off the 2012 series at Hangtown near Sacramento, CA and the racing delivered in a big way.

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Rescuers Save Family Buried In Snow For 2 Days

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 12.23.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Rescuers on Wednesday pulled a Texas family from an SUV that had been buried in a snowdrift on a rural New Mexico highway for nea...

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Gaddafi Killed: Libyan Dictator's Demise A Major Step For Peaceful Transition

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.20.2011

The reported death of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who has been in hiding since rebels seized his government headquarters in Tripoli in Aug...

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New Collar: Detroit's Working Class Youth

Turnstyle | Posted 10.19.2011

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Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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People Sound Off on Debt Ceiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 09.20.2011

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Last week, as part of a HuffPost and Patch collaboration, dozens of local Patch editors went out to talk to their neighbors about the debt ceiling. Th...

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A Guide to Europe's National Drinks

The Daily Meal | Posted 09.11.2011

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Consider yourself a savvy international imbiber? Have you toasted your way through Europe, can you say "cheers" in five different languages? (Santé...

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2011: The Year of National Rape Kit Backlog Reform

Sarah Tofte | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the end of this year, I am predicting that 2011 will be a year of unprecedented reform of the backlog of untested rape kits in the United States.

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We're All Nerds Here

Taylor Nunley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Student Leadership Conference regardless of the place, regardless of the subject (law, medicine, theater, etc.), is the best experience any of us could've ever asked for.

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President Obama Should Have Fought This One

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama has again bent to the economic philosophy that rewards the casino gamblers on Wall Street and leaves the majority of the country standing outside the casino with a tin cup -- hoping that the gamblers are at least big tippers.

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US-Generic Ballot: 50% Republican, 42% Democrat (Zogby 10/27)

Huffington Post | Brad J Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zogby International 10/25-27/10; 2067 Likely voters, 2.2% margin of error Mode: Internet (Zogby article) National 2010 Congress: Generic Ballot 50%...

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The Great GOP Nat'l Debt Machine

Joe Vecchio | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama should get the Bush tax cuts back and pay down an enormous chunk of the national debt.

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US-Generic Ballot: 45% Republican, 37% Democrat (CBS 10/1-5)

Huffington Post | Brad J Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

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CBS News 10/1-5/10; 991 Likely voters, 3.1% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (CBS News release) National 2010 Congress: Generic Ballo...

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ATFP Policy Statement: Working Together for a Two-State Solution

Ziad J. Asali, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, my colleagues and I at the American Task Force on Palestine issued the following policy statement regarding our approach to working with ot...

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