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U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Most Americans believe the nation's founders wrote Christianity into the Constitution, and people are less likely to say freedom to worship covers religious groups they consider extreme, a poll out today finds. The survey mea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

Washington Post -- Fueled by an explosion of jobs attracting immigrants to the nation's suburbs, the percentage of minorities has dramatically increased in six local counties -- including Prince William, where the share of minorities grew from 35 percent in 2000 to 48 perce.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 12:48am neoform

CNN -- Nearly a quarter of the nation's roughly 600,000 major bridges carry more traffic than they were designed to bear, according to reports based on federal government data. Experts said Thursday that the problem stems from a lack of money and leadership... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 11:26am neoform

USA Today -- An exploding steam pipe under a busy street in Midtown Manhattan this week dramatizes potentially dangerous decay in aging public works systems across the nation that will require tens of billions of dollars to fix. From New York to Atlanta, cities off.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

Washington Post -- The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation's largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 9:59am neoform

SF Gate -- California took its final step toward weaning itself off coal last week, while the rest of the nation -- and the world -- continued going resolutely in the opposite direction, one that environmentalists say bodes ill for the fight against global warming... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue May 22, 2007 @ 8:00am neoform

Alter Net -- The United States is a proud nation of firsts -- among them: weapon sales, military expenditure, oil consumption, CO2 emissions, external debt, private military personnel and more. An introduction by Tom Engelhardt: Hey, aren't we the most exception.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 4:27pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- GRIEF, HORROR, sorrow and sympathy — after a tragedy like Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech, these are the appropriate first responses from not only typical Americans but the nation's political leaders. Part of any president's job is helping the natio.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

CNN -- Representing America's anguish, President Bush said Tuesday that he prays for comfort for those victimized by the "dark turn" of the day at Virginia Tech that turned into the nation's deadliest shooting spree. "Laura and I have come to Blacksburg today.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 16, 2007 @ 4:54pm neoform

CNN -- President Bush said Monday that the mass shooting at Virginia Tech, the deadliest campus violence ever in this country, affects every student across the nation. "Schools should be places of safety, sanctuary and learning," Bush said in reaction to the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 13, 2007 @ 9:53pm neoform

New York Times -- SOMETHING interesting is happening in California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to have grasped the essential truth that no nation — not even the United States — can be managed successfully from the center once it reaches a certain scale. Moreover,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 1:01pm mrmdc

FOX News -- North Dakota issued the nation's first licenses to grow industrial hemp Tuesday to two farmers who still must meet federal requirements before they can plant the crop... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 13, 2006 @ 8:14am neoform

Alter Net -- On Sept. 11, 2006, the fifth anniversary of the terror attacks that devastated our nation, a man crashed his car into a building in Davenport, Iowa, hoping to blow it up and kill himself in the fire... Read More