General Social Studies

Holiday Shopping Trends Reflect Income Inequality


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In North Korea, young Kim Jong Eun will test age-old reliance on maturity

At 28 or 29, Kim Jong Eun, the new leader of North Korea, will be the youngest person ever to have authority over a nuclear arsenal.  read more »

U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters

A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters.  read more »

Wisconsin Union-Busting Drive Feeds Off Towns That Are Shrinking

The loss of power and people in rural and small town Wisconsin is helping fuel a showdown over government union rights and benefits.  read more »

Pro-Government Source Says Brega “Cleared of “Armed Gangs

Libyan state television Sunday reported a regime army source claiming that the Libyan armed forces have cleared “armed gangs” from the key oil town of Brega in the east of the capital, Tripoli.  read more »

Reactor meltdown feared / Quake disabled Fukushima N-plants' cooling systems

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday afternoon that a nuclear meltdown was suspected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No.  read more »

Mexican Cession

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Gadsden Purchase

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Annexation of Texas

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Gold in California

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Oregon Territory

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Mexican War

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Alamo

A.)Who/what is it?
B.)Why is it important?

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Manifest Destiny

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B.)Why is it important?

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GOP-led House votes to repeal health care law

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal last year's health care law, the first major rebuke of the White House by the House since Republicans took control of it this mont  read more »

Japan and South Korea hold first military talks in nearly two years

TOKYO - Defense leaders from Japan and South Korea held talks Monday in Seoul about possible intelligence- and equipment-sharing agreements that would boost military ties between the East Asian neighb  read more »

Feds charge Jared Lee Loughner with Saturday's mass shooting

PHOENIX (KGUN9-TV) - Federal prosecutors have finally filed charges against the man arrested for Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson. A press release issued Sunday afternoon said that the U.S.  read more »

Solstice Lunar Eclipse

Dec. 17, 2010: Everyone knows that "the moon on the breast of new-fallen snow gives the luster of mid-day to objects below."

That is, except during a lunar eclipse.  read more »

Ireland bailout protest draws 100,000 to Dublin streets

One of the largest demonstrations in the Irish Republic's history brought more than 100,000 people on to Dublin's streets in protest over the international bailout and four years of austerity ahead.  read more »

Is Harry Potter Partly to Blame for India's Pet Owl Crisis?

India is currently weathering an endangered owl crisis, and Harry Potter may be partly to blame.  read more »

Michelle Obama shakes it up in India with dance moves, big push for girls' education

NEW DELHI - When President Obama and his wife, Michelle, get into an argument, she makes her husband apologize first, the first lady told a group of low-income Indian schoolgirls, causing them to chee  read more »

Steven Hayes Sentenced to Death for the Deadly Conn. Home Invasion

Steven Hayes was sentenced to death by a Connecticut jury today (11.8.2010) for his role in the deadly 2007 home invasion that killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters.  read more »

GOP: There'll be no compromise on tax cuts

WASHINGTON — Republicans leader in both the House and the Senate said Sunday there would be no compromise with Democrats on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest taxpayers.  read more »

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