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MSNBC
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Americans have always been hearty drinkers. W.J. Rorabaugh—author of "The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition" and a history professor at the University of Washington—suggests that travel and immigration have influenced our beer-drinking habits..
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MSNBC
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New border crossing rules to take effect at the end of the month will initially mean longer lines for those entering the country, including returning Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday. But he said the rules are necessar..
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Reuters
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More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin's theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday.
It is the latest survey to highlight America's deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart..
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Washington Post
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A legion of the godless is rising up against the forces of religiosity in American society.
"People who were ashamed to say there is no God now say, 'Wow, there are others out there who think like me, and it feels damned good,' " said Margaret Downey,..
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FOX News
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Despite record fuel prices above $3 per gallon, more Americans will travel by car over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than a year ago, according to a survey by travel agency AAA.
In a sign that energy costs will affect behavior, however, AAA said tra..
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Technology Review
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The good news: America’s science literacy rate is up from a pathetic 10 percent in 1988. The bad news: it’s still only 28 percent. “Ignorance feeds on ignorance.” – Carl Sagan Let’s start by focusing on the positive. In just 17 years, ov..
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MSNBC
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While many families dream of idyllic suburban living, the booming urban housing market may be shifting money into the cities and out of the suburbs...
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www.prisonplanet.com
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The menace of global terrorism has been labeled the greatest threat to western civilization since communism and yet swimming pools, peanuts and lost deer kill more Americans every single year. Why are our governments facilitating the terrorist's agenda b..
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MSNBC
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More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past...
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MSNBC
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Staying healthy and happy is a struggle for about half of Americans, according to a massive survey that attempts to measure the nation’s general welfare, much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average portrays the health of the stock market.
The Gallup-H..
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MSNBC
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Harry's Bar, the famed Venice watering hole where Ernest Hemingway held court over hearty food and stiff martinis, is offering a discount to "poor" Americans suffering from a weak dollar and subprime blues.
The decision by the owner of the restaurant,..
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SF Gate
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There's one Thanksgiving tradition that is universally disliked but hard for millions of Americans to avoid: the holiday travel headache.
The nation's highways and skies will once again be packed with holiday travelers undeterred by high gasoline price..
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CNN
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Americans are always good at touting an issue as a state of emergency in order to bring to establish a sense of urgency. And there are any number that we could highlight -- HIV/AIDS, gun violence, drug addiction -- but one that should be added to the list..
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Yahoo News
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Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and one in three giving up friends and sex for the Web.
A survey asked 1,011 American adults how long th..
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Alter Net
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A new film designed to frighten Americans about pot, The Purple Brain, makes absurd and unsubstantiated claims of "brain damage."
More than 70 years in the making, the long-awaited sequel to the notorious 1936 film, Reefer Madness has arrived. It's cal..
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MSNBC
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Growing concerns about making sure the innocent aren’t sentenced to death has caused more Americans to support a moratorium on the death penalty.
Even though most Americans support the death penalty, there’s rising concern about how the state’s u..
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BBC News
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Muslim Americans are largely integrated in US society and moderate in their views, a nationwide survey suggests.
The study by the Pew Research Center says US Muslims - most of whom are immigrants - believe in the American work ethic and reject extremis..
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Alter Net
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Maxed Out director James Scurlock explains how without credit cards, millions of apparently middle-class Americans would live at the poverty level.
America is very wealthy country, but one has to wonder how much of our wealth is in fact a chimera, spun..
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NPR
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Last week, President Bush, for the first time, expressed concern about income inequality in the United States. It's a trend that has been with us for almost 30 years...
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ABC News
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Christmas is one of those times of the year when many Americans clean out our closets and donate some of our used clothing to a charity. Perhaps we hope that Santa Clause will replace them with shiny new shirts, jeans, blouses and shoes. Or maybe we just..
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