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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.
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from ABC News (& affiliates)
Accessibility Symbol Could Get a Makeover
The New York state legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would replace the image of a seated figure in a wheelchair with a figure leaning forward in motion. The bill would also rid the signs of the word “handicapped” – a term disability rights advocates have called offensive and outdated.
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from About.com
Obvious ... But Wrong
37 Spanish Words That Don't Mean What You Think They Do
False friends are words in two languages that are similar in appearance and/or pronunciation but have different meanings.
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*from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
from The Atlantic
Senators to Dr. Oz: Stop Promising Weight-Loss Miracles
A Senate subcommittee told Dr. Mehmet Oz to quit making unfounded claims about "miracle" dietary supplements—because he is feeding a sordid, under-regulated industry and a misguided culture of shortcuts.
from BizPac Review
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from The Blaze
Carney vs. Cheney: Outgoing Press Secretary Takes Parting Shot at Bush Administration
Top Bloomberg Aide’s Surprising Confession on Gun Control Efforts
Mark Glaze, who resigned last week as executive director of the Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety, admitted that the gun control proposals the organization lobbied for wouldn’t have stopped mass shootings, such as Sandy Hook.
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from Breitbart
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
Jindal: 'We want Common Core out of our state'
Governor Bobby Jindal sent a letter Wednesday to the Partnership of Assessments for College and Career Readiness (PARCC) asking the organization to immediately withdraw from the State of Louisiana.
Supt. White: State to continue to implement Common Core, PARCC
The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Louisiana Department of Education today reaffirmed that the state will implement the Common Core State Standards, as well as grade 3-8 test forms and questions developed by states within the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) for the 2014-2015 school year.
Man says apartment complex called his US flag a ‘threat to Muslim community’
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Your Faith Might Cost You Your Next Job
How one experiment with 9,600 résumés showed that religious discrimination is alive and well.
from Christianity Today
Your Faith Might Cost You Your Next Job
How one experiment with 9,600 résumés showed that religious discrimination is alive and well.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Muslim Student Who Ignited Media Firestorm at Benghazi Panel a 'Family Friend' of Convicted Terrorist
Bill Maher Praises PETA, Tells Liam Neeson to 'Just Shut Up' Over Treatment of Horses
Cruz: Can't Defeat 'Radical Islamic Terrorism' If You Won't Utter Those Words
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from Conservative Post
In 57 Seconds This Navy Seal Completely Destroys Islam And The Koran
What Trey Gowdy Just Did Could Be A Defining Moment For America, I Was Stunned At 2:24
Trey Gowdy had a defining moment when he had to explain to Congress and Barack Obama exactly what their job titles are supposed to be.
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from The Daily Beast
Paging Rose Mary Woods: Obama’s Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails
The IRS scandal’s back, with Lois Lerner mislaying two years of communiqués—just like Nixon’s secretary and her erased tapes. But the presidential characters couldn’t be more different.
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from The Daily Caller
12 Trademarks Declared Less Offensive Than Redskins
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from Detroit Free Press
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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)
It’s Not Funny: Facebook Users Tricked into Bitcoin Mining
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from FactCheck.org
McConnell Misquotes EPA Administrator
Senate Minority Leader Mitchell McConnell misquoted EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy when he claimed in a floor speech that she conceded the administration’s new climate change plan is “a war on coal.” McCarthy said nothing of the kind. She said the EPA is “fighting against pollution and fighting for public health.”
No, Asa Didn’t
A Democratic ad in the Arkansas governor’s race falsely accuses GOP nominee Asa Hutchinson of allowing wasteful spending of taxpayer funds for employee bonuses and a lavish “birthday party.” In fact, Hutchinson wasn’t running the agency in question, and wasn’t cited by the report that brought the expenditures to light.
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from The Federalist Papers
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from The Fiscal Times
from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)
Muslim jihadists entered a resort in Kenya and butchered Christians for several hours, eventually killing forty eight people.
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
Local Vet Gives the True Story About Dogs and Ice Water After Post Goes Viral
‘Never Going to Bring Freedom There’: Beck Admits He Was Wrong on Iraq War
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from Greatist
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
How to Grow Your Own Sprouts at Home
What You Never Knew About Caffeine Consumption (Until Now)
Addicted to caffeine? So is most of the country. But that might be bad for our health.
How to Grow Your Own Sprouts at Home
What You Never Knew About Caffeine Consumption (Until Now)
Addicted to caffeine? So is most of the country. But that might be bad for our health.
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from Gulf News (Dubai)
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from The Heritage Foundation
Obamacare’s Risk-Management Programs Could Cost Billions, Experts Tell House
Marriage, Family, Faith Move Front and Center in Washington
Two major events centered on traditional values converge tomorrow in Washington: the Road to Majority conference and the March for Marriage.
from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
Quincy prohibits businesses from selling marijuana in city
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from International Business Times
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from LiveScience
3D-Print a Brain with Free Government Library
People can now download, share and edit files for use in 3D printers from a new government website. The site has files that can be used to create models of anything from a human brain to deadly viruses.
Fish-Eating Spiders Lurk on Every Continent Except Antarctica
Dr. Oz's 'Miracle' Diet Pills: 5 Controversial Supplements
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from Money Talks News
Savings Bonds Are Now as Popular as VCRs
The Cheapest and Most Expensive Cities to Visit
Skip San Fran and head to Las Vegas, Miami, or even Atlanta.
10 Worst States to Make a Living in 2014
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from Mother Nature Network
7 hacks to make food last longer
These tricks and tips will make the food you buy last longer and save you from throwing your money in the trash.
Chocolate Avocado Pudding (vegan)
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from National Geographic
Iraq Crisis: "Ancient Hatreds Turning Into Modern Realities"
A Middle East expert and former policy adviser explains the dangers ahead as ISIS militants press onward to Baghdad.
Fish-Eating Spiders Can Catch Prey 5 Times Their Size
These semiaquatic spiders are found on every continent except Antarctica.
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from National Journal
Capitol Police Diversity Officer Charged With Embezzlement
Deborah K. Lewis, formerly a manager at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will appear in federal court Tuesday.
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from National Review
The media focus should be on the administration’s behavior, not on Republicans’ reaction to it.
The Rot Runs Deep: Thousands of Bureaucrats Need to Go
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The Rot Runs Deep: Thousands of Bureaucrats Need to Go
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from NaturalNews.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
from Nature News and Comment
Scientific publishing: The inside track
Members of the US National Academy of Sciences have long enjoyed a privileged path to publication in the body's prominent house journal. Meet the scientists who use it most heavily.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)
Washington:
Marijuana-laced brownies send teen, dad to jail
Sea star epidemic hits Hood Canal
Man fatally shot by troopers on I-5 identified
A man fatally shot after authorities say he stopped his pickup in the middle of southbound Interstate 5 in Seattle and menaced state troopers with a knife has been identified as a 33-year-old man with ties to Marysville and Auburn. The King County Medical Examiner's office said the man fatally wounded Monday night was Jonathan K. Whitehead. He died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Foster child adoption halted over tribal ties
9/11 sculpture rejected by Washington, Kirkland
Seattle man arrested for Sea-Tac bomb threat
Man severely burned after cutting wire at substation
Amazon jumping into smartphones
Winds shift Selah 10,000-acre wildfire away from homes
Washington school changes Redskins mascot
Obama's Columbia salmon plan challenged
Redskins trademarks canceled by U.S. Patent Office
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Neighbors alarmed as home floats down Columbia
from The Oregonian
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from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)
Obama’s Partners: Hamas Leaders Glorify Kidnapping of Jewish Teens
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from PBS (& affiliates)
Here’s every presidential executive order going back to George Washington
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*from Personal Liberty
Liberty News:
Cruz: Obama Can’t Beat Radical Islamic Terrorism Until He’s Willing to Utter The Words ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’
Obama Says Congress Not Needed For Action In Iraq
Student Discovers School Filtering Out Conservative Web Results, Leaving Liberal Sites Untouched
Video: If Captured Benghazi Suspect Was Talking To Reporters, Why Not Capture Him Sooner By Posing As A Reporter?
EFF: Wants You To Help Defeat The NSA
[EFF = Electronic Frontier Foundation]
New Technique Could Heal Teeth Painlessly, Avoid Cavities
Iran Eases Key Demand In Nuclear Talks, Boosting Chances For A Deal
Suspect Extradited From Mexico To U.S. In Border Agent’s Slaying
Libya Demands Return Of Benghazi Suspect Seized By U.S. Forces
Iraq’s Largest Refinery Ablaze As Militants, Government Fight For Control
Ukrainian President’s Cease-Fire Proposal Rejected By Pro-Russian Separatists
IRS Knew Lerner Emails Were ‘Missing’ From Computers, So Where Are The Paper Copies?
Obama’s Immigration Policy Means Jihadi ‘Dreamers’ May Be Heading To U.S.
Insurgents Take Careful Control Of Iraq’s Largest Refinery
Americans Want Nothing To Do With Fresh War In Iraq
Conservative Politics:
Stay Out Of Iraq
The current conflict that has the Sunni terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) marching across Iraq, leaving a trail of beheaded Shiite bodies in its wake, is the result of tribal and religious differences that have percolated for thousands of years. No matter which “side” the U.S. chooses to back in the matter, it will be the wrong side. Neither side is truly “our friend.”
Truancy Shouldn’t Be A Life Sentence
Will We Ever Stand Up To The Likes Of Obama?
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from Reuters
Genealogy website Ancestry.com says hackers crashed servers
The Provo, Utah-based company said Ancestry.com and its sister site, Findagrave.com, were targeted on Monday in the attack that flooded servers with traffic and caused them to crash.
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from ScienceDaily
Evolution depends on rare chance events, 'molecular time travel' experiments show
Historians can only speculate on what might have been, but a team of evolutionary biologists studying ancient proteins has turned speculation into experiment. They resurrected an ancient ancestor of an important human protein as it existed hundreds of millions of years ago and then used biochemical methods to generate and characterize a huge number of alternative histories that could have ensued from that ancient starting point.
Breathalyzer test may detect deadliest cancer
Lung cancer causes more deaths in the US than the next three most common cancers combined. Now a new breathalyzer test, embedded with a 'NaNose' nanotech chip to literally 'sniff out' cancer tumors, has been developed by a team of international researchers. It may turn the tide by both accurately detecting lung cancer and identifying its stage of progression.
from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
from Think Progress
from The Wall Street Journal
Poll Shows Erosion in President's Support
Only 37% Back Obama's Handling of Foreign Policy, but Respondents Side With Him on Climate Change and Education
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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)
Conservatives Hold Their Breath After What Dr. Ben Carson Just Said In This Fox News Interview
Tequila, Booze, and Bats
Spiders Are Catching and Eating Fish on Every Continent Except Antarctica
NSA’s Data Center Back in the Shadows After Government Maneuver
Everything You Need to Know About Amazon’s New Fire Phone
Following Google’s Lead, Facebook Starts Building Its Own Networking Gear
A Taste of How 3-D Printing Could Transform High-Tech Architecture
Watch: Self-Assembling Robots Create Furniture on Demand
It’s Official, You Can Finally View GIFs on Twitter
Let’s Rename the Redskins After a Native Species
Adobe’s iPad Stylus and Ruler Bring Digital Design to the Physical World
(Western Journalism)
Conservatives Hold Their Breath After What Dr. Ben Carson Just Said In This Fox News Interview
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from WIRED
Tequila, Booze, and Bats
Spiders Are Catching and Eating Fish on Every Continent Except Antarctica
NSA’s Data Center Back in the Shadows After Government Maneuver
Everything You Need to Know About Amazon’s New Fire Phone
Following Google’s Lead, Facebook Starts Building Its Own Networking Gear
A Taste of How 3-D Printing Could Transform High-Tech Architecture
Watch: Self-Assembling Robots Create Furniture on Demand
It’s Official, You Can Finally View GIFs on Twitter
Let’s Rename the Redskins After a Native Species
Adobe’s iPad Stylus and Ruler Bring Digital Design to the Physical World
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from WND (World Net Daily)
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from 100 Percent FED Up
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