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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Protests Pose Foreign Policy Challenge For White House

Protests in Egypt, Yemen and Libya over a film that mocks Islam present major challenges for the Obama administration. All three countries underwent “Arab Spring” protest movements and in Libya, the U.S. played a role in helping Libyans overthrow Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

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  • Helene Cooper, White House correspondent, New York Times

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  • Schnezana

    These  primative, barbaric idiots should be wiped from the face of the earth.  Then the rest of us could finally have some peace! 

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama, second from right, hands out diplomas at the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

A professor from Howard University has some advice on what African American high school graduates need to hear when they receive diplomas over the next few weeks.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Foam peanuts. (HidingInABunker/Flickr)

What if you could replace styrofoam with something that biodegrades and doesn’t contain petroleum? That’s what one start-up is trying to do — with mushrooms.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1989 photo of singer, musician and entertainer, "Prince." (AP)

Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.

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