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Does Britannia Rule the Waves in the S. Atlantic? Argentina Thinks So.

Evelyn Leopold | Posted February 11, 2012 | World

Read More: Falkland Islands, Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Chile, Hector Timerman, Las Malvinas, UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, Argentina Falkland Islands, Timerman Falkland Islands, Uruguay

Argentina's foreign minister wants the United Nations to mediate with Britain over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and accused London of militarizing the south Atlantic. "Rubbish," responded Britain's ambassador.

Just when you thought the world had enough problems, there was a bit of a time warp. Foreign Minister

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Keystone XL: Time for the Senate to Show Some Courage

Bill McKibben | Posted February 11, 2012 | Green

Read More: Bill Mckibben, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, Keystone XL Protests, Keystone-Xl-Senate-Bill, Obama Keystone Xl, Tar Sands

At least for now, the battle over the Keystone Pipeline -- the most visible environmental cause in many years -- has moved from the scarred boreal forest of Alberta and the Sand Hills of Nebraska to the halls of Congress. Or rather, it's moved to send button on your email...

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A 75th Anniversary for the American Dream, a 25-Year Anniversary for Me

Michael Moore | Posted February 11, 2012 | Politics

Read More: Flint Sit-Down Strike, General Motors, Roger And Me, Flint, Flint-Sit-Down-Strike-75th-Anniversary, Future Of General Motors, Michael Moore, Occupy Wall Street

On this day 25 years ago, in 1987, I became a filmmaker. It was around 10 in the morning and the first-ever roll of Kodak 16mm film for my first-ever movie was loaded into my friend's camera to shoot the very first scene of Roger & Me. I had no...

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Why I Still Like Ike

William Astore | Posted February 11, 2012 | Politics

The ongoing controversy over the national memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower provides us with an opportunity to recall Ike's legacy and his deeper meaning to America. Ike was of course a national hero, the supreme allied commander who led the assault at D-Day on June...

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Facebook's Top 10 Cities For Romance (PHOTOS)

Yen Lee | Posted February 11, 2012 | Travel

Read More: Holiday Travel, Romantic Destinations, Destinations, Romance, Slidepollajax, Travel Technology, Us Destinations, Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, and, for most of us, romance is on the brain. Uptake has analyzed millions of status updates, photo captions and album covers on Facebook in order to bring you a list of the most smooch-worthy spots in the U.S. that people are talking...

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10 Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality

Hanne Blank | Posted February 11, 2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Heterosexuality, Heterosexuality Facts, Heterosexuality Myths, Heterosexuality Surprising Facts, Slidepollajax, Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality

When I began work on my book Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality, I often got teased by friends who wondered whether, in working on the history of something so commonplace, I was going to come across anything that wasn't already common knowledge. Surely, they thought, it...

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U.S.-Egypt Relations on the Rocks

James Zogby | Posted February 11, 2012 | World

Read More: Arab Spring, Arab World, Egypt Public Opinion, Middle East, US Egypt Relations, US Foreign Policy, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, International Relations, Muslim Brotherhood

The U.S.-Egypt relationship is on the rocks. If it is to be salvaged, both sides will need to change course and pay attention to the concerns of their respective publics, both of whom now hold negative views of each other.

In the year that has passed...

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FDIC Shutters Banks in Illinois and Indiana

Dennis Santiago | Posted February 11, 2012 | Business

Read More: Bank Failures, FDIC Bank Failures, FDIC Banks, Fdic

On Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 the FDIC shifted bank closure activity from the south to the center of the country this week failing Charter National Bank and Trust in Hoffman Estates, Ill. and SCB Bank of Shelbyville, Ind. SCB at $200B assets was the larger of the two and began...

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Awkward Family Photos: Valentines 2012 Edition

Mike Bender | Posted February 10, 2012 | Weddings

Read More: Awkward Family Photos, Valentines Day, Family Portraits, Funny Photos, Funny Valentines Day Portraits, Slidepollajax

The best medicine for a marital spat is often a healthy dose of laughter. Clicking through these photos from AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com -- a site dedicated to showcasing uncomfortably hilarious snaps -- will bring a smile to both of your faces this Valentine's Day, and ensure you won't go to bed angry...

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Religious But Not Spiritual

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted February 10, 2012 | Religion

Read More: Jefferson Bethke, Reform Judaism, Heartfelt Prayer, Judaism, Organized Religion, Religious Institutions, Spiritual But Not Religious, Spiritual Seeking, Spirituality

Jefferson Bethke's YouTube video, "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus," has been viewed by more than 18 million people. Bethke raises questions about the intentions of Jesus and the nature of the Christianity, and these questions are properly dealt with by Christian thinkers. But the video and its incredible...

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Still Hungry in America

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted February 10, 2012 | Politics

“There were some times where, you know, we wouldn't have that much food, and I would tell my mom, ‘I'm not hungry, don't worry about it,’ and I lost a lot of weight. I remember I used to be a size five, and I went from a size five to...

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Spilled Milk: Prop 8: The Color of Pee-Pee

William Lucas Walker | Posted February 10, 2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Prop 8, Proposition 8, Yes On 8, Gay Dads, Gay Marriage, Gay Parents, Yes On 8 Signs

Our son was 3 years old when Prop 8 passed, too young to understand what was going on but just the right age to articulate his thoughts on those yellow "Yes on 8" signs he saw everywhere. They were, he announced, "the color of pee-pee."

On some level, he...

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Grammy Preview: The Best Albums of 2011 From Top to Bottom

Michael Giltz | Posted February 11, 2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Best Of 2011, Grammy Award Predictions, Grammy Awards, Grammy Awards 2012, Grammy Predictions 2012, Grammys, Video

I've traveled to the future and can reassure you that Adele will have a fun night at the Grammys on Sunday. Her album is one of those inevitable triumphs at an awards show that feels right. Adele has dominated the charts and the radio and critics; if she'd been able...

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New Reactors Signal U.S. Nuclear Energy Resurgence

Christine Todd Whitman | Posted February 10, 2012 | Politics

The United States has taken an important step toward efficiently meeting the country's rising electricity demand by ensuring a greater supply of clean, safe nuclear power.

With plans in place in Georgia for the construction of the next generation of nuclear energy facilities, this industry expansion will promote economic...

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A Tone-Deaf Tin-Eared Borg

Will Durst | Posted February 10, 2012 | Comedy

Read More: Donald Trump, Gordon Gekko, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Redroom

There's something about Mitt. And whatever it is, a few folks are definitely allergic. Maybe they sense he has the same connection to humanity that a drive shaft has to bouillabaisse. Could be he's worth more than most small Balkan nations. Might be the Mormon thing or perhaps he just...

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America's Darwin Problem

Kenneth R. Miller | Posted February 11, 2012 | Science

Read More: Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Creationism, Darwin, Darwinian Evolution, Evolution

America's got a Darwin problem -- and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they "believe in evolution." When another study asked if humans had developed from earlier...

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A Celebrity Divorce Outbreak?

Robert Wallack, Esq. | Posted February 10, 2012 | Divorce

Read More: Celebrity Divorce, Divorce

J. Lo and Marc Anthony. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. Katy Perry and Russell Brand. Seal and Heidi Klum. The list lately of celebrities who are divorcing, or who've separated and appear headed for divorce, seems to be growing every week. And, with news of each new celebrity break-up, one...

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Closer Than I'd Like to Admit

Joseph Erbentraut | Posted February 10, 2012 | Chicago

Read More: LGBT Youth, Ian Parker, It Gets Better, Rape, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Suicide, Tyler Clementi

In a moment of journalistic synchronicity, Rolling Stone and The New Yorker recently published in-depth stories digging deep into a handful of the spate of suicides of LGBT youth that, in the fall of 2010, served as a stern reminder of a very serious problem that persists in the shadows...

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Mixing It Up in the Bible Belt

Pamela Kripke | Posted February 10, 2012 | Politics

Read More: GOP Candidates, Rick Santorum, Anti-Abortion, Baptists, Bible Belt, Church v. State

Soon after moving to the Bible Belt from Boston, my daughters asked me what Christmas was. They were four and five. I felt ill-equipped to provide a comprehensive answer, so I suggested that we go and do a little field research, as it was holiday time. I looked in the...

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"Half-Time in America" Highlights Our Political Dysfunctionality

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted February 11, 2012 | Business

Read More: Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Commercial, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, U.S. Economy, Economy

Viewed as a standalone, the controversy generated by the Clint Eastwood Superbowl commercial is really silly. Yet it points to something profound that has and, if left unaddressed, will continue to undermine America's ability to regain economic dynamism, create ample jobs, and deal with growing inequalities.

In the...

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