Official symbols of America have long been considered sacred and untouchable. In 1969, Jimi Hendrix enraged U.S.politicians by performing a distorted, fragmented version of the American anthem. Florida student...
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“Peer-pressure,” depicted by high-school counselors as a cause of smoking, may also help people to quit, claims a new study." The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of...
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This is good news: by putting a new hybrid on the market, Honda will pressure Toyota and other car companies to innovate, cut costs, and improve the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. " A new Honda hybrid...
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They were "new" in the 1990s, but the Kids now look like they've been hanging around the block for a while. On Friday, however, they treated fans to a performance that left no one disappointed....
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15-year-old Jennifer Sharpe is financing a trip to Europe with the profits from her sale of 17, 328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. Her feat astonished Girl Scout officials and wowed local cookie bakers."Jennifer...
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The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate voted today to stop increasing America's oil reserves. The decision breaks from the prevailing wisdom, advocated by President Bush, that U.S. oil reserves should...
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Craigslist and eBay -- the giants of internet shopping -- get set to duke it out in court"It’s war, then. Two weeks after eBay sued Craigslist, the classified ad site, for violating its rights as a minority...
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Rapper Remy Ma, convicted for assault on March 27 , has been sentenced to 8 years in prison." NEW YORK - A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman...
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"HAGATNA, Guam — Barack Obama was leading Hillary Rodham Clinton by just 203 votes out of more than 3,500 cast in Democratic presidential caucuses on Guam as counting continued early Sunday.Obama-pledged...
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