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Jihad Jane

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1) What is your response?

2) Search Fox News, CNN and Msnbc to see what their reactions are.  read more »

Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and U.S.  read more »

The future of medicine has arrived

For the first time, the genetic cause of a disease has been revealed by sequencing the patient's genome. The consequences, says Jeremy Laurance, could be enormous.  read more »

The Colonies on the eve of Revolution

There are four teams. They each have a different perspective. The four Teams are as follows:

1. Restore the Ties of Loyalty

2. Create A More perfect Union

3. Defend Our Rights as Englishmen  read more »

Enormous Icebergs Could Affect Ocean Currents

A mammoth iceberg that struck a glacier off Antarctica, dislodged a newer chunk of ice that could affect ocean currents and also lower the levels of oxygen in the world’s oceans, according to Austra  read more »

Cars pollute even when engines are switched off

LEAVING the car at home and catching a train to work may not be as good for the environment as you think.  read more »

Eight Health Leaders Respond to Obama's Healthcare Summit

As he launched his healthcare summit Wednesday, President Obama said he hoped his televised effort to garner consensus for reform "isn't political theater, where we're just playing to the cameras and  read more »

Mentally disabled 'self-advocates' oppose use of word 'retarded'

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1. Do you think that banning the term mental retardation will actually increase the use of the title in a derogatory manner?  read more »

China Lodges Protest of Dalai Lama's White House Meeting With US Ambassador

Officials in Beijing have summoned the U.S. ambassador to China to protest President Barack Obama's meeting Thursday with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.  read more »

New Study Supports Abstinence-focused Sexual Education

A new study shows that abstinence-focused sexual education programs encourage a significant number of people to delay sexual activity, perhaps preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted  read more »

Mussolini iPhone application is withdrawn

An iPhone application that allows users to download speeches by the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has been withdrawn.

Its developer says he is removing it after legal threats.  read more »

Obama Details Small Business Lending Initiatives

President Obama, who has declared creating jobs one of his top priorities for 2010, has finally unveiled details of his $30 billion plan to increase small-business lending through community banks.  read more »

Higher Education Takes a Dive (or a dump...)

Welcome to your first SEEdebate assignment. As you know, the state of Nevada has some HUGE budget problems.  read more »

Haiti Tent City Residents Cope With Shortages

Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and relief supplies still make life difficult  read more »

Obama vows 'much tougher' stance on US-China trade

President Barack Obama says he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its markets to trade with the US.  read more »

French citizenship denied to man with veiled wife

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the Moroccan man, who had married a French woman, failed to respect the “values of the [French] republic” by forcing his wife to wear a burqa.  read more »

India loses 'substantial land' in 20-25 years along LAC to China

NEW DELHI: Government officials may have so far denied claims of violations committed by China across its borders with India, but it has been confirmed now that the latter has lost “substantial” a  read more »

Concerns that Robinson affair may threaten powersharing (N. Ireland)

THE BRITISH and Irish governments are maintaining high-level contacts to ensure the personal and political crisis affecting the Robinson family and the DUP [Democratic Unionist Party] does not collaps  read more »

Same-sex marriage set for big day in federal court

LOS ANGELES -- After a run of setbacks at the state level, gay rights advocates will take the campaign for same-sex marriage into a federal courtroom on Monday, starting down a treacherous avenue that  read more »

International Travel

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1) Will/Have your travel plans been affected by the recent airport events?  read more »

Danish cartoonist defiant despite threats

Copenhagen: Kurt Westergaard has remained defiant in the face of repeated death threats following his controversial drawing of the prophet Mohammed, AFP reports.  read more »