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Monday, April 29, 2013

Republican Lawmaker Plans Steep Cuts To Food Stamps

Republican Lawmaker Plans Steep Cuts To Food Stamps
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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The House is about to begin debating this year's farm bill, as House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) has ... Read more

For the unemployed, no reprieve on budget cuts

For the unemployed, no reprieve on budget cuts
CNN MONEY | APRIL 29, 2013
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Here's a first: Fish using sign language

Here's a first: Fish using sign language
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | APRIL 29, 2013
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LiveScience Two types of fish have been shown to use gestures, or sign language, to help one another hunt. This is the first time these types of gest... Read more

Frequency of miracles. (source:Nirmukta)

Frequency of miracles. (source:Nirmukta)
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 29, 2013
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Washington Lawmaker’s Office: If Gay People Face Discrimination, They ‘Can Just Grow Their Own Food’

Washington Lawmaker's Office: If Gay People Face Discrimination, They 'Can Just Grow Their Own Food'
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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A bill introduced in Washington state last week would allow people to use their "sincerely held religious beliefs" ... Read more

States Cut Back Dramatically On Preschool Spending

States Cut Back Dramatically On Preschool Spending
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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The benefits of preschool for children, their families, and the economy have been well documented, but states are decreasing, ... Read more

After Her Poll Numbers Plummet, NRA Runs Ads Thanking Senator For Killing Background Checks Bill

After Her Poll Numbers Plummet, NRA Runs Ads Thanking Senator For Killing Background Checks Bill
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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Earlier this month, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) voted against a bipartisan measure to expand background checks for gun purchases ... Read more

Two-For-One: A New Solar Dish Delivers Low-Cost Electricity Along With Fresh Water

Two-For-One: A New Solar Dish Delivers Low-Cost Electricity Along With Fresh Water
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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One challenge that continues to hound solar power is the efficiency with which it converts sunlight into electrical power. ... Read more

Video: Nightline Does The Climate Math With Bill McKibben

Video: Nightline Does The Climate Math With Bill McKibben
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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Climate hawk Bill McKibben wrote an important and influence Rolling Stone piece last July, "Global Warming's Terrifying New ... Read more

Two Critics Of Government Spending Are Forcing The Army To Build Tanks It Doesn’t Want

Two Critics Of Government Spending Are Forcing The Army To Build Tanks It Doesn't Want
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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Congress is forcing the Army to spend nearly half a billion dollars building tanks that Army officials insist they don't ... Read more

GOP Senator: Lawmakers Are Powerless To Prevent Terrorists From Buying Guns

GOP Senator: Lawmakers Are Powerless To Prevent Terrorists From Buying Guns
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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A top Republican senator said that lawmakers shouldn't act to prevent terrorists from obtaining guns, arguing that ... Read more

Sorry, FRC, But Peter, Paul, And Mary Are Not Anti-Gay Bigots

Sorry, FRC, But Peter, Paul, And Mary Are Not Anti-Gay Bigots
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 29, 2013
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Family Research Council Senior Fellow Bob Morrison published a new blog post today posing the question, "Are Peter, Paul, ... Read more

EU bans some pesticides to save its bees

EU bans some pesticides to save its bees
CNN MONEY | APRIL 29, 2013
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Does Fox News Have an Alliance with Al Qaeda?

Get money out of politics: Cenk's Speech at The Conference to Restore the Republic

That awkward moment...

That awkward moment...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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The new chairman of the House science committee has drafted a bill that would replace peer review at the NSF with a set of funding criteria chosen by Congress.

The new chairman of the House science committee has drafted a bill that would replace peer review at the NSF with a set of funding criteria chosen by Congress.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Judge sentenced to 28 years incarceration for "selling" juvenile offenders to private prison over minor infractions

Judge sentenced to 28 years incarceration for "selling" juvenile offenders to private prison over minor infractions
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 29, 2013
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Disney World Fights Against Paid Sick Days For Florida Employees

Disney World Fights Against Paid Sick Days For Florida Employees
BUSINESS NEWS ON HUFFINGTON POST | APRIL 27, 2013
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Pressure from Disney World has influenced the Florida Senate to take a big step back in guaranteeing paid sick days for workers. The Florida Senate v... Read more

Paul Krugman Responds To Critics: 'Maybe I Actually Am Right'

Paul Krugman Responds To Critics: 'Maybe I Actually Am Right'
BUSINESS NEWS ON HUFFINGTON POST | APRIL 28, 2013
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Paul Krugman's got it right when it comes to the economic crisis, says Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist r... Read more

Skip dvd previews

Skip dvd previews
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Army Says No To More Tanks, But Congress Insists

Army Says No To More Tanks, But Congress Insists
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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I always liked how Jon Stewart puts religion back in it's place

I always liked how Jon Stewart puts religion back in it's place
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Has anybody else seen this? Published 4/18/13, linking Roundup weed killer to autism, Alzheimer's, ALS, and more...

Has anybody else seen this? Published 4/18/13, linking Roundup weed killer to autism, Alzheimer's, ALS, and more...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Bush’s Shrinking World: George W. Bush Cancels Europe Trip as Human Rights Lawyers Threaten Legal Action over Torture

Bush's Shrinking World: George W. Bush Cancels Europe Trip as Human Rights Lawyers Threaten Legal Action over Torture
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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A Shocking but open secret: "19,000 service men and women are sexually assaulted while serving in the United States military every year" According to DoD estimates

A Shocking but open secret: "19,000 service men and women are sexually assaulted while serving in the United States military every year" According to DoD estimates
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Vermont Telephone Co uses $94 million in stimulus money to provide 17,500 customers with gigabit internet for $35 a month

Vermont Telephone Co uses $94 million in stimulus money to provide 17,500 customers with gigabit internet for $35 a month
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Krugman: George W. Bush "was a terrible president, arguably the worst ever, and not just for the reasons many others are pointing out. Bush brought an unprecedented level of systematic dishonesty to American political life, and we may never recover."

Krugman: George W. Bush "was a terrible president, arguably the worst ever, and not just for the reasons many others are pointing out. Bush brought an unprecedented level of systematic dishonesty to American political life, and we may never recover."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Moreover there simply aren’t many arms for Obama to twist: especially since the 2010 elections he has faced the most negative, intractable, and obstructionist Congress in modern history (or maybe ever).

Moreover there simply aren't many arms for Obama to twist: especially since the 2010 elections he has faced the most negative, intractable, and obstructionist Congress in modern history (or maybe ever).
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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TIL that since 2009, Iceland had a financial crisis: through the power if referendum, they ousted the local gov't, declared they were not going to repay the banker's loans, jailed those responsible, and wrote a new constitution without an political parties. (Democracy, you're doing it right)

TIL that since 2009, Iceland had a financial crisis: through the power if referendum, they ousted the local gov't, declared they were not going to repay the banker's loans, jailed those responsible, and wrote a new constitution without an political parties. (Democracy, you're doing it right)
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees - Last-ditch lobbying to sway vote in Brussels to halt use of killer nerve agents

Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees - Last-ditch lobbying to sway vote in Brussels to halt use of killer nerve agents
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Bill would force super PACs to reveal their donors : Legislation sponsored by Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska would require so-called super PACs to reveal their sources of money, just as federal candidates must do.

Bill would force super PACs to reveal their donors : Legislation sponsored by Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska would require so-called super PACs to reveal their sources of money, just as federal candidates must do.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 28, 2013
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Cancer Clinics: Congress Should Have Restored Our Sequester Cuts Before Addressing Airport Delays

Cancer Clinics: Congress Should Have Restored Our Sequester Cuts Before Addressing Airport Delays
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 28, 2013
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This past week, Congress approved a measure to restore funding to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after sequester ... Read more

Solar Jobs Beat Out Ranchers In Texas, Actors In California, And Coal Miners Nationally

Solar Jobs Beat Out Ranchers In Texas, Actors In California, And Coal Miners Nationally
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 28, 2013
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California, the state that the Hollywood film industry calls home, can boast 43,700 paying jobs in the solar industry in 2012, ... Read more

Gun Group Holds Rally With AR-15s To Congratulate Congress For Blocking Background Checks

Gun Group Holds Rally With AR-15s To Congratulate Congress For Blocking Background Checks
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 28, 2013
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A group of gun activists armed with AR-15s and handguns held a rally at the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Indiana on Saturday ... Read more

TIL Navy SEALs used to be waterboarded as a part of their training but the process was stopped when no SEAL could pass it, leading to bad morale.

TIL Navy SEALs used to be waterboarded as a part of their training but the process was stopped when no SEAL could pass it, leading to bad morale.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Robert Downey Jr certainly doesn't lack confidence.

Robert Downey Jr certainly doesn't lack confidence.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Rick Perry tries to sell TX as low regulation. Fertilizer plant explodes, cartoonist points out regulation's role, Perry furious.

Rick Perry tries to sell TX as low regulation. Fertilizer plant explodes, cartoonist points out regulation's role, Perry furious.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Gun Group Raffles Off Assault Rifle Model Used In Newtown Shooting To ‘Resist Barack Obama’

Gun Group Raffles Off Assault Rifle Model Used In Newtown Shooting To 'Resist Barack Obama'
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 27, 2013
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The Tennessee Firearms Association is raffling off one AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, the same weapon used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 ... Read more

Tea Party Congressman: Muslim Brotherhood Is Guiding Obama In Boston Bombings Investigation

Tea Party Congressman: Muslim Brotherhood Is Guiding Obama In Boston Bombings Investigation
THINKPROGRESS | APRIL 27, 2013
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told a conservative radio program this week that the Obama administration "bungled" the ... Read more

GOP Lawmakers Embrace The Crazy

GOP Lawmakers Embrace The Crazy
THEDAILYBEAST | APRIL 27, 2013
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A few days after the Boston bombings, Stella Tremblay went to Glenn Beck's Facebook page to express her conviction that the terror attack was, in fact... Read more

Which Workers Actually Use Math in Their Jobs?

Which Workers Actually Use Math in Their Jobs?
THE ATLANTIC | APRIL 24, 2013
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Remember sitting through high school math class while the teacher droned on about polynomial equations and thinking there wasn't a chance you'd ever u... Read more

Why I Support the Common Core

Why I Support the Common Core
THE ATLANTIC | APRIL 24, 2013
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The text of the Gettysburg Address on the wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Common Core proposes having students study the structur... Read more

Politicians Will Only Roll Back Parts of the Sequester That Hurt Them

Politicians Will Only Roll Back Parts of the Sequester That Hurt Them
THE ATLANTIC | APRIL 25, 2013
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Make yourselves comfortable. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Updated, 9:02 a.m. When the sequester returned to the news at the beginning of the week, it was su... Read more

Bush's Other Legacy: Detainees the Administration Knew Were Innocent

Bush's Other Legacy: Detainees the Administration Knew Were Innocent
THE ATLANTIC | APRIL 26, 2013
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Reuters With the Bush Administration's legacy being revisited, it's worth taking another look at a story that surfaced a couple of years ago and was,... Read more

Republicans Lash Out At Brewer

Republicans Lash Out At Brewer
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | APRIL 26, 2013
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's own party is turning against her. Right-wing Arizona lawmakers mounted a protest Thursday of ... Read more

Koch Brothers Form Shadowy New Group

Koch Brothers Form Shadowy New Group
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | APRIL 26, 2013
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WASHINGTON -- The sprawling conservative network backed by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is being overhauled, ... Read more

Jon Stewart Calls Bush Library 'The Hard Rock Cafe Of Catastrophic Policy Decisions'

Jon Stewart Calls Bush Library 'The Hard Rock Cafe Of Catastrophic Policy Decisions'
TPMDC | APRIL 26, 2013
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Jon Stewart got into a tizzy on Thursday over the opening of George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas. With Bill Clinton ... Read more

Bill Nye Asks You to Write to Congress for Planetary Science

Bill Nye Asks You to Write to Congress for Planetary Science
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 25, 2013
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Krugman: "The austerity agenda looks a lot like a simple expression of upper-class preferences, wrapped in a facade of academic rigor."

Krugman: "The austerity agenda looks a lot like a simple expression of upper-class preferences, wrapped in a facade of academic rigor."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | APRIL 26, 2013
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