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Jihad Jane
Submitted by mr. d on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 11:08.After viewing the video clip below:
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'
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 22:51.WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. read more »
The future of medicine has arrived
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 22:38.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
Submitted by John McLaughlin on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 14:14.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 12:09.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 11:57.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 09:51.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'
Submitted by jtavares on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 17:35.Read the following article and respond to the following questions:
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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:33.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 »
Pennsylvania School Accused of Cyberspying on Students
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:22.Pennsylvania School Accused of Cyberspying on Students read more »
New Study Supports Abstinence-focused Sexual Education
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 22:51.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 22:39.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 »
How Scott Brown's Social-Media Juggernaut Won Massachusetts
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 21:53.Scott Brown of Massachusetts was sworn into the U.S. read more »
Obama Details Small Business Lending Initiatives
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 21:41.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...)
Submitted by kfleischmann on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 14:36.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 01:49.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 01:40.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 01:32.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 23:16.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)
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 22:58.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
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 22:01.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 »
Newshour Extra Video: How Technology Will Shape the Next Decade
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 20:30.International Travel
Submitted by scottatwall on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 10:06.Read this article and respond:
1) Will/Have your travel plans been affected by the recent airport events? read more »
Danish cartoonist defiant despite threats
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 01/02/2010 - 17:10.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 »
