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America’s Heartland 89% Pay Cut

Amid the rugged cattle farms that dot the hills of southern Kentucky, in a clearing just beyond the Smoke Shack BBQ joint and the Faith Baptist Church, lie the remains of the A.O. Smith electric-motor factory. It’s been eight years since the doors were shuttered. The...

Supreme Court Justice Judge Judy

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A recent survey showed that nearly ten percent of recent college graduates say that television star Judith Sheindlin is on the Supreme Court. Parents your child’s B.A. may in fact be a bunch of B.S. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni said their survey...

How High-Tech Passport Security Is Backfiring

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Using a stolen identity to get a genuine passport involves the use of relatively easy-to-obtain “breeder documents” — also called “foundational documents” — which are then used to get other pieces of identification. The breakdown of internal...

Mini Ice Age Within 15 Years

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River Thames could freeze over in 2030s when Northern Hemisphere faces bitterly cold winters, scientists say The earth is 15 years from a “mini ice-age” that will cause bitterly cold winters during which rivers such as the Thames freeze over, scientists...

A Drought of Common Sense

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Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent proclamation that Californians must cut water usage by 25 percent certainly caught the attention of Californians and pundits nationwide. Featuring threats of fines of up to $500 per day, and even restrictions on personal shower habits,...

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