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'Stop and frisk': 7 questions about New York's controversial policing tactic
A federal class-action lawsuit regarding the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program has raised questions about the controversial practice made legal under a 1968 US Supreme Court ruling. But what is it, and does it work?
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CSMonitor editors share their favorite people to follow on Twitter
Twitter turned 7 this week. In celebration of the social network's birthday, The Christian Science Monitor compiled a list of favorite Twitter accounts. Each is informative and useful in its own way. Find out what each section recommends for you.
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Opinion Five tough truths about US-China relations
The more American and Chinese officials proclaim their innocent intentions toward each other, the deeper the level of mistrust they generate. Official candor on five key truths about US-China relations will likely contribute to a more mature bilateral relationship and could help halt a potential slide to conflict.
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Who's who in Egypt's election
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What happens next in Libya? America's five greatest concerns.
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Defending Afghanistan: are Afghan forces ready?
An extended occupation and ever-shifting objectives could leave Afghanistan shakier in 2014 than when US-led forces arrived.
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Spike Lee and Geraldo: Why is a good apology so hard to find?
The number of reported public apologies has skyrocketed recently, yet the quality of those apologies is plummeting. The trend appears to have captured Spike Lee and Geraldo Rivera.
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Vox News New anti-Rush Limbaugh ad campaign: Waste of money or coup de grace? (+video)
Liberal watchdog group Media Matters are running anti-Rush Limbaugh ads in eight cities in an attempt to get stations to drop his show. This might be a battle Limbaugh is more comfortable fighting.
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Law school rankings: The results are out, but do they really matter?
US News & World Report released its annual law school rankings Tuesday, reviewing about 200 schools. The rankings can have a powerful impact on universities, experts say.
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Vox News Rush Limbaugh: Jane Fonda wants him kicked off air. Should FCC listen?
Feminist activists Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem are calling for the FCC to take action against Rush Limbaugh. Doing so, however, could create complications.
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Does Limbaugh belong on armed forces radio? Criticism mounts.
The Armed Forces Network broadcasts the 'Rush Limbaugh Show.' But Limbaugh's 'slut' comment only reinforces negative military stereotypes about women, leading some veterans to start a petition against the show.
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Vox News For Rush Limbaugh advertisers, backlash could hit hard in social media age
Rush Limbaugh advertisers, like most of the corporate world, need to carefully cultivate their image on social-media networks. That makes them more sensitive to social-media campaigns.
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Vox News Rush Limbaugh-Sandra Fluke flap: Is it time to move on?
As the controversy over Rush Limbaugh's insult enters its second week, comedian Bill Maher says it's time for liberals to accept his apology and move on. Of course that's really Sandra Fluke's call.
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Vox News Rush Limbaugh rips Obama 'hypocrisy' on Sandra Fluke (+video)
Rush Limbaugh didn't much like what Obama had to say Tuesday about the still-reverberating Sandra Fluke 'slut' controversy. Limbaugh said the president hasn't denounced crudeness from fellow Democrats.
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Obama: Rush Limbaugh slur disturbed me as a father
President Obama gave a wide-ranging press conference Tuesday, but his most heartfelt answer came in response to a question about the Rush Limbaugh controversy. He wouldn't want his daughters treated like that, he said.
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The New Economy Rush Limbaugh: If ad boycott expands, can he survive?
Rush Limbaugh's inappropriate comments about a law student has caused at least 19 companies to pull their ads from his show. But his on-air survival probably depends on whether his listeners leave.
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Vox News Rush Limbaugh: Do Democrats want uproar to continue?
Conservatives see 'media-generated histrionic' over vulgar comments Rush Limbaugh made about law school student Sandra Fluke. Liberals see a ripe opportunity to pin wings of GOP candidates to the wall.
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Where GOP candidates stand on Rush Limbaugh remarks
What did Mitt Romney and the GOP candidates say about Rush Limbaugh's remarks about law student Sandra Fluke?
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Vox News Rush Limbaugh: Rudeness aside, did he have a point?
Well, yes and no. In the case Rush Limbaugh raised, taxpayers would not have to pay for a college student's contraception. But in the future, Obama reforms mean taxpayer money could go subsidize insurance plans that include contraception.
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Vox News Has Rush Limbaugh permanently damaged his career?
Other edgy talk-show hosts have said stuff they were never really able to take back. Seven advertisers have now pulled spots from the Rush Limbaugh show.
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Vox News Does Rush Limbaugh’s apology put his ‘slut’ comment behind him? Not likely
Rush Limbaugh apologized for calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” because of her comments about contraception. But that unusual retreat by the sharp-tongued talk show host has not ended the matter as a political weapon.
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Vox News What?? Rush Limbaugh actually apologized!!
Controversial broadcaster Rush Limbaugh said he “sincerely” apologizes for calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” because she spoke out on birth control.
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Vox News Will Sandra Fluke sue Rush Limbaugh for calling her ‘a slut’?
When Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke 'a slut' and a 'prostitute,' he set off a firestorm of criticism. Some advertisers are leaving Limbaugh's show.
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Vox News Is Rush Limbaugh damaging the Republican Party?
Before Rush Limbaugh spoke up, the Republicans thought they had a winning issue on contraception in health-care plans. Now, everyone is on the same side: against Rush Limbaugh.
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Vox News Has Rush Limbaugh finally gone too far?
Radio host Rush Limbaugh created a furor for labeling a woman a 'slut' after she testified in favor of mandatory employer health coverage of contraception – and that was just the beginning. He may have hurt the Republican cause this time.
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America's big wealth gap: Is it good, bad, or irrelevant?
The gap between rich and poor is at its widest since the Roaring '20s. Obama complains that it's unfair, but a growing chorus of economists and sociologists say it's worse than that.
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Kidnapped US aid contractor reportedly held by militants in Pakistan
Some five months after Warren Weinstein was kidnapped, the US aid contractor is reported to be in the custody of a Pakistani Al Qaeda affiliate, McClatchy Newspapers reports.
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un not really in control, says brother
Kim Jong-un's brother reportedly wonders how long North Korea's Kim Jong-un can last – or how much say he will have over his own destiny, let alone that of his people.
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Cover Story In India, the challenge of building 50,000 colleges
To become an economic powerhouse, India needs to educate as many as 100 million young people over the next 10 years – something never done before.
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Growing Catholic divide over Mexico drug war
A bishop is among those alleging human rights abuses by state, but the church stands behind President Calderón's military-led crackdown on the Mexico drug war.
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