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Jodi Arias penalty phase jury is hung: 8 - 4 in favor of death (video)
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The Tesla Story Spreading Around the World
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
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Leonard Marsh, legendary Snapple co-founder, dead at 80
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Obama's Morehouse speech sparks backlash on race
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IRS abuse confirms Americans fears
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EXCLUSIVE: Todashev neighbors discuss FBI surveillance, shooting
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D.C. United desperate for win against Portland at RFK
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Male victims of domestic abuse: Beyond belief
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TV tonight: Sarah Palin is just one of Alaska's popular exports
Talking Sense
Talking Sense examines truths we don’t recognize and fallacies we accept, realizing that politics and economics are opposites. That’s what makes politics interesting: people are always trying to convince us to do the wrong things for what they say are the right reasons.
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Gun control president goes after pressure cookers?
The President wants to control everything; how long before gun control arguments are leveled against ... pressure cookers? Published 1:58 p.m. May 20, 2013 - Comments
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IRS promotes bipartisanship?
The IRS does not initiate rogue policies without some inspiration. Let's see who could have inspired them. Published 5:12 p.m. May 14, 2013 - Comments
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Obama: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Almost.
President Obama's press conference revealed what he really thinks of himself: He is the holder of all solutions. Published 5:40 p.m. April 30, 2013 - Comments
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Marketplace Fairness Tax on Internet: Not fairness, just more tax
S.336, the Marketplace Fairness Act, will tax Internet sales nationwide. It isn't about "fairness." Published 8:45 p.m. April 28, 2013 - Comments
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Patriot's Day: Not just a holiday, Mr. President, but history
President Obama jumped into the spotlight, not letting the Marathon tragedy go to waste, but making another error of history. Published 10:20 p.m. April 18, 2013 - Comments
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A tale of two ladies, Thatcher and Funicello: R.I.P.
The world lost two great ladies on April 8 - Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello. The post mortem treatment of each was quite different. Published 12:36 a.m. April 9, 2013 - Comments
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Choosing Chavez over Christianity? Google shows its true colors - mud
It's not because this is his 86th birthday. Cesar Chavez's picture greets Google visitors because this is Easter Sunday. Published 10:15 a.m. March 31, 2013 - Comments
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Cyprus bailout deal reached. What now?
Cyprus's banks are far larger than its 850,000 population indicates. They also threaten the increasingly shaky euro. Published 11:41 p.m. March 24, 2013 - Comments
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The weather is right outside - and it's snowing: A lot
Why interrupt programming with inferior weather reports that we aren't asking for? Published 10:49 p.m. March 24, 2013 - Comments
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Government borrowing: A new word for FRAUD?
Sometimes, there are no words to describe a horrible crime. What word describes what our government insists on calling, "borrowing?" Published 1:27 p.m. March 14, 2013 - Comments
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Tim Kern
Tim Kern taught economics for fifteen years, and discovered that understanding life is easy; it’s recognizing reality that takes practice. He holds a music degree, and later earned an MBA in finance from Northwestern University. He has lived across ...
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Jodi Arias penalty phase jury is hung: 8 - 4 in favor of death (video)
The jury comes back 8 to 4 in favor of the death penalty; the judge declares a mistrial.
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Moore, Oklahoma tornado: Search and rescue continues, (Video)
Moore, Oklahoma responders reunite loved ones and begin the massive clean up after the third powerful storm in 14 years devastates the area.
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Monsters everywhere: Gosnell guilty of 1st-Degree murder
Doctor could face execution in the deaths of three babies delivered alive, then killed with scissors at the "house of horrors."
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Reporters have limited source protection: AP phone records subpoenaed
Journalists, past and present, have had their phone records subpoenaed by the Department of Justice
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Jodi Arias penalty phase jury is hung: 8 - 4 in favor of death (video)
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Haydon's Soccer and Sports Pitch
Covering the world of soccer, including the World Cup, Major League Soccer, D.C. United and the English Premier League and other interesting sporting events.
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Steps to Authentic Happiness via Positive Psychology
Happiness is attainable. Morning to night. I love to teach, deal with folks that have an issue and really wish to tackle it and write.
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The Reader: Crib Sheets for Conservatives
Tim Kern taught economics for fifteen years, and discovered that understanding life is easy; it’s recognizing reality that takes practice. He holds a music degree, and later earned an MBA in finance from Northwestern University. He has lived across the US, and now makes his home in Anderson, Indiana.
