Dan Keegan Current Event 4-29-05 Lately‚ there has been a surge of bills throughout the nation regarding homosexual rights. In Texas and Alabama‚ either the House or the Senate decided to "narrow their rights." On the same day‚ Connecticut became the first state to approve "marriage-like civil unions" without a court order. Vermont and Washington State remain relatively torn‚ but the pending bill in Washington regarding equality for gays in housing‚ insurance‚ and employment was rejected
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Erin Powers Mrs. Runkle Economics- E Period February 26th‚ 2013 Current Event #1: International 1.) Source money.cnn.com‚ http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/27/news/economy/minimum-wage/ index.html 2.) Summary of Article According to CNN news tabs‚ Americans in the United States who possess the ability to work for minimum wage has dropped in the past year. From 2012 to now in 2013‚ the estimated amount of people who have minimum wage paying jobs has lowered from 3.8 million to 3.6 million. In some states
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Abigail Hernandez has been especially interesting to the media because of the specific facts and details of the case. At first it was a case that was considered a run-away case that turned into a missing child case that seemed very suspicious. Events in the case have been told and then stated as wrong‚ but the details are always attention grabbing. News reporters and articles have focused on the mothers first time speaking since her daughter’s disappearance‚ and how odd it seemed. Abigail’s mother
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threw his weight behind the super-commissioner idea‚ but nevertheless recalled that‚ in 2003‚ Germany has been one of the first countries to break EU deficit rules. "It doesn’t sound very good‚" he added. "Markets could take this as a sign that current instruments do not work." Both prime ministers claimed their recession-hit countries did not currently need a soft bailout that would allow the ECB to start buying bonds to bring down borrowing rates‚ though Rajoy was prepared to admit a request
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Current Event Summary- 2012 US Presidential Elections Whether it is about taxes‚ spending‚ the bailouts‚ the debt ceiling or entitlements‚ a fundamental source of disagreement between Republicans and Democrats is whether the federal government should be a support system for the country or play an extremely limited role in business‚ social and day-to-day life. The tea party wing of the Republican party has used reducing the size of government as a rallying cry while progressive Democrats
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Why is America involved in the Egypt peace protests? America first became involved in January when President Obama made a speech addressing the current issues in Egypt. He stated that “If Egypt falls‚ the Middle East falls. Egypt isn’t the only nation revolting. It is wide spread throughout the Arab areas.” America has also been allies with Egypt for many years‚ so now they are just helping out a “friend”. America is strong enough
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Article: Facebook Reveals Vulnerability in Mobile Name of Publication: The Wall Street Journal Date of Publication: May 10‚ 2012 The article talks about the ad trends and growth with Facebook mobile. The issues raised in the article are the fact that people use Facebook on their phones rather than computers and it is negatively affecting Facebook’s financial results because there are no ads on the Facebook mobile app. They have seen a trend of user growth but a flat line in ad business.
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Kevin Medina Period 4 2/27/2013 Section 1 1. Yahoo.com 2. Colo. kids stranded at school overnight by snow 3. 2/27/2013 4. COLLEEN SLEVIN Section 2 Snowstorm - A heavy fall of snow‚ esp. with a high wind. Disrupt - Causing or tending to cause disruption. Whiteout - A dense blizzard‚ esp. in Polar Regions. Section 3 Main Idea A snowstorm moving across the Midwest forced about 60 students to spend the night at their Colorado school Details On the plains in the eastern
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Glenn Espinoza 01/09/14 ENC 1101 11 A.M. Illustration Essay The Internet has resulted in a generation of lazy young people. The Internet is a source used by everyone from the ages of 5 to 80; they use this source for entertainment‚ research and even to find a significant other‚ but due to the limitless possibilities of the Internet it has caused people to become lazy. For example when I was younger and I use to have to do math homework and I would just copy the whole problem from the Internet
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Research: Status quo in Syria Directions: Via a combination of information from the Upfront article and internet research‚ complete the following research guide to develop an understanding of what is happening in Syria. Upfront Magazine (page 14-15): 1. What sparked Syria’s uprising? What role do you think uprisings in other Arab countries played in Syria’s revolution? Protests of the torture of students who put up anti government graffiti sparked the uprising in Syria. Government troops
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