... and said that Lincoln was wrong in thinking that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." He went on to say that "The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech." It's often said that it's not what ... you say, it's how you say it. Barack Obama pointed out during his campaign that saying that a speech, any speech, is "just words" is ... Independence, it defined the Civil War as "a new birth of freedom" and equality for all of the citizens of the country. In his speech, Lincoln was ...

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To add to the growing tension between Iran and the United States, members of the Iranian Parliament's human rights committee have taken a strong, public stand against the planned execution of a woman in Virginia. According to a British newspaper, "the parliamentary human rights committee said her case reflected ...

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... wild polio cases, the kind that most often results in paralysis, has decreased from hundreds in 2009 to just one case in 2011, none of which were in Uttar Pradesh. Furthermore, places such as ... , while high risk areas such as Uttar Pradesh distribute the vaccine ten times annually (Magnier). "It's a little premature to take out the champagne," said Lieven Desomer, UNICEF's chief polio manager. "But we're extremely encouraged" (Magnier). Many ... including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, Rotary International, and foreign governments vow to ...

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... carbon monoxide. This can be converted into fuel. The other byproduct is something that looks like molten black glass, which can be ground up and used to make asphalt. Sounds, wonderful, doesn't it? All our garbage, going into a space age converter, that is energy negative, and produces usable byproducts. ... it seems that the disadvantages to this technology may outweigh the advantages. First, even the companies touting this technology admit that although the process eliminates all VOC's, the resultant sludge (the black glass) could be full of toxic heavy metals, such as mercury. Propo...

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... 's unemployment rate remains painstakingly high. He announced that companies, such as General Electric, United Airlines, and Walgreens, among others, agreed to hire more than 3,000 people since his administration began. He also said the city will focus on filling existing positions to really bring down the unemployment rate (Schneiderman). "There are 120,000 job openings in Chicago," said Emanuel, who served as ... House senior staffer. "Yet we have 9 percent unemployment. Those two facts should not go together" (Schneiderman). Emanuel also targeted the city's community college and job t...

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The Notre Dame campus is still in shock over the sudden death of Declan Sullivan, a junior studying film marketing and television and theater (Gay). Sullivan was filming a football practice atop a scissor lift, a portable hydraulic lift that allows people to videotape team drills from as high as 40 feet above practice field, when the lift collapsed from high winds (Auman). The afternoon that Sullivan died winds reached up to 51 mph in South Bend, according to the National Weather Service. Students even struggled to walk to class (Hall). Hours before his death, Sullivan tweeted about his predic...

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... the general population itself" (Huffington Post). However, many are skeptical of the group actually leaving the Internet. They are known for their sarcasm and have continually promised to continue their work (Bilton). "It's time to say bon voyage," they posted on their website. "Our planned 50-day cruise has expired and we must now sail into the distance." The group typically used nautical ... " (Huffington Post). The press release read, "Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back,...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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... an emailed statement he reportedly wrote that the university "strongly condemns the anti-Semitic remarks made by Helen Thomas" (Collins). As a daughter of Lebanese immigrants in Detroit, Thomas is believed to have had problems with Jews. She was the first female officer of the National Press Club and the first female member of the White House Correspondents Association. After reporting on ... the Society of Professional Journalists, as well as receiving over thirty honorary degrees. The Helen Thomas award was given out each year by Wayne State's Journalism Institute for Media Diversity t...

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... for basic functions like feeding, mating and giving birth. American and Canadian scientists reviewed three examples of polar bears preying on each other from January to April 2004, in northern Alaska and western Canada. In one incident, a bear killed a female of the species in her den shortly after ... she had given birth. In the wild, polar bears do kill each other for population regulation, to exert their dominance, and to gain reproductive advantage. But killing one another for food is much less common. Steven Amstrup, of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, ... incidents...

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Believing himself to be a victim of a smear campaign, presidential candidate Herman Cain suddenly recalled the financial settlement he was a part of years before. In the late 1990's, as ... Cain told Politico that he did not recall such an instance, but when pressed later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain suddenly remembered the instance. "The word settlement suggested to me some sort of legal settlement," he explained about the mix-up, "and later as I thought about it and thought about it and I did recall an agreement ... with the lady that left who made the false accusation. So that's wh...

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... released after serving only eight years of a life sentence because of his ill health. He was diagnosed with prostrate cancer and given three months to live. However, the US and other Western governments have grown increasingly aggravated that he has outlived his sentence and demanded his return following the ... al Sagheer, a member of the National Transitional Council and a legal expert, agree, "Libya has never extradited or handed over its citizens to a foreign country. We shall continue with this principle" (Fox News). A senior judge who originally joined in the uprising against Qadda...

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... colleague and friend, Agustin Carstens," she said (Rooney). The global financial institution desperately needed a new leader because of their involvement with the European Union and the European Central Bank to provide financial support to Greece and other troubled European economies who need immediate help (Rooney). Lagarde is already involved in these affairs. While in Paris, she advised the Greek government ... to come to terms with the political differences that exist and approve the austerity measures that are currently preventing the country from receiving their next installment l...

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Google, the world's powerhouse search engine, is launching its newest initiative to attempt to break into the social media industry once again. Although the company has already failed several times with Google Buzz, Orkut, and Google Wave ... tweeks that will hopefully prove this new initiative to be successful (Miller). The Google+ project that launched on June 28th is only available to a select group of Google users who will test the product and then invite others to join. Like Facebook, the social networking site allows people to share and discuss status updates, photos and ... sharing with...

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... ? He believes that actions speak louder than his words, is blessed with the right genetics, and he sure knows how to eat. Practice Makes Perfect Michael Phelps sticks to a training regimen that has him working on his swimming six days every week while working out five hours each of those days. This is ... actions speak louder than words and his actions have been seen, and heard, by the world. The Right Stuff Michael Phelps was born to swim. His propensity toward swimming seems built into his genes. He stands a good six feet four inches which is a good start. Add ... to that the fact that...

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... received great backlash from the angered customers. In fact, Bank of America, which is the largest bank in America by deposits, saw its stock plummet 2 percent on Friday morning, adding to the 56 percent decrease the bank's stock has experienced this year. Shares are down 44 percent for the quarter. Additionally, the bank faces multibillion-dollar lawsuits and financial losses from ... well as on cable news channels. Gerri Willis from the Fox Business Network personal shredded her own Bank of America debit card on air, claiming, "Right here, right now, I'm going to show Bank of America ...

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... in the special election scheduled for September 13th. Weprin is a current New York Assemblyman who formerly served as a member of the New York City council. Last year, he was elected to the state Assembly but failed in his campaign for city comptroller in 2009 (Carnia). "It is expected that David Weprin will be unanimously supported by the Democratic parties of Brooklyn ... York's 9th Congressional District, which Weiner represented for the past 13 years, covers Brooklyn and Queens. However, the New York lawmakers are trying to eliminate the district during their redistricting process t...

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... checkpoint and held for days while officials bound, beat, poured alcohol in her eyes, and gang raped her repeatedly. The accused men plan to sue her, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (The Huffington Post). Al-Obeidy fled from Libya into Tunisia aided by a defecting military officer and his family. ... Apparently, she left in a military car and was able to make it through several checkpoints disguised "in the local manner" and using a refugee document (The Huffington Post). Despite the original relief al-Obeidy's ... status, but they procured a court order and noted that ...

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... street demonstrations and strikes, which will affect travel. One third of the flights at Charles de Gaulle, Paris' main airport, are expected to be closed on Thursday, and half the flights at Orly airport will be shut down, according to France's civil aviation authority. A two-week train strike has already been underway. Because the nationwide protest day is catching the end of ... years for females and 78 years for men. With this increase, the pension program is in jeopardy without the reform (Doland). According to President Sarkozy, the bill is a crucial step in getting hold of the pe...

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... non-potable water. Land that has never been able to be used for anything can now be used to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. How much does algae based oil cost to produce? No one is saying, but they will say that it is competitive with drilling or producing other biofuels ... oils and other food products. Ethanol reduces the efficiency of gasoline, and causes problems in some vehicles. It is not the long term solution to our dependence on foreign oil. Algae farming might well be. While the most productive biofuel crop, oil palm, only produces 6,000 litres per hectare ... of land, ...

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... her murder trial until April 2010. The defense accused him of being a "self-aggrandizing media hound," and Strickland recused himself (CNN). "From my reading of this, she should be reporting to probation in Orlando probably within 72 hours," said Strickland as he signed the new document with the added words "the defendant is ... to report to Probation upon release" and "nunc pro tunc," which allowed the amendment to work retroactively (Boston.com). Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, is currently working to dismiss the amended order that he says falsely claims that he and Anthony were both at ...

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... Homeland Security Department, agreed, "A vigilant public and informed local law enforcement make it much more complicated for people wishing to carry out attacks to do so" (Stengle). In fact, authorities are increasingly relying on citizens to help recognize potential threats. Law enforcement agencies are installing programs to inform the public on how to recognize and report suspicious activity. A tip given by Circuit City employees allowed police ... -way Freight (Stengle). The FBI targeted top businesses in its "Operation Tripwire," where it trains businesses and groups, such as airli...

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... Payroll tax on investment income (Jackson). The health care laws passed last year will grant an additional 30 million Americans coverage, which will only add to the existing shortage. "These newly insured Americans will need to seek out new primary care physicians, further exacerbating the already growing problem of P.C.P. shortages in the United States," said the Department of Health and Human ... Raymond Scalettar, an internist in Washington. "It's a pernicious practice - Big Brother tactics, which should be opposed" (Pear). Dr. George J. Petruncio, a family doctor in Turnersville, NJ...

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... open for everyone. The cost for an individualized domain name will be at least $185,000 per domain application and $25,000 in annual fees, more for those who want to keep the name exclusively for themselves (Gross). The application money will help cover the cost incurred by Icann in implementing the new policy. A smaller portion will also go ... at the new opportunity for branding. A personalized web domain essentially marks a companies' legitimacy on the web. The difficult application process reinforces the idea that only powerhouse companies will be able to spend the money on their ow...

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... did not surface for weeks but eventually came forth in an Amnesty International report (Amin). Female protestors were beaten, given electric shocks, strip-searched, threatened with prostitution charges, and forced to submit to "virginity checks." At that time, Major Amr Imam admitted that 17 women had been arrested but denied that torture or "virginity checks" were ever conducted. However, a senior general has ... who had camped out in tents with male protestors in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and drugs. We didn't want them to say we had sexually assaulted ...

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