Is technology a better way to keep us from talking and driving? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says it could be, while it also cautions that talking-and-driving laws aren’t always as effective or durable as legislators think. In a release issued today, the IIHS says it’s studied how drivers …
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So, Barack Obama is finally living up to his middle name. In front of the Turkish parliament last April, he stressed how he’s lived among Muslims, while also saying the West must “educate ourselves more effectively on Islam.” Silly me, I thought I was well-schooled already. But hey, I totally …
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LOS ANGELES – David Carradine Was Desperate For Money | Adrian Grenier Struggling With Eco-Friendly Changes On “Entourage” Set | Dana Carvey Trots Out The Political Humor David Carradine Was Desperate For Money David Carradine was found hanging in his Bangkok Hotel room on Wednesday. With his death still under …
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As you may know, last week in Cairo, President Obama did not mention the word terrorism in his speech to the Muslim world. In fact, some inside the Democratic Party no longer refer to the War on Terror at all. It is now an overseas contingency operation or some dopey …
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Many people are truly worried about the future of our nation and I understand their concerns. The huge deficit and growing debt are staggering, yet Congress wants to spend more. Locked-door deals to create 2,000-page health care bills that no one in Congress reads or understands, but most of us …
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New government guidelines for mammograms released Monday by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force have left women feeling confused and the medical community divided. The task force contradicted the American Cancer Society’s guidelines that say all women should get a base mammogram done by the age of 40 – some …
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The Mars Science Laboratory mission, a jumbo rover originally slated to launch for the red planet next year, has been delayed until 2011, NASA announced Thursday. “We will not be ready to launch by the hoped-for date next year,” said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin at a briefing. A major review …
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As lawmakers debate the extent and nature of a financial aid package to the big three U.S. automakers, Americans seem skeptical and generally negative toward the whole process, according to the latest FOX News poll. Nearly six in ten Americans (58 percent) disapprove of the federal government giving U.S. automakers …
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The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister in Boston who was prominent in the Christian Socialist movement of the time. Bellamy was also an official in the National Education Association, the teachers’ union, and he created the Pledge as part of a school …
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And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Republican Shift?Remember those two late polls that showed a sudden, sharp shift in sentiment toward the Republicans when people were asked which party they planned to support for the House of Representatives? A New York …
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