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Top 10 richest US presidents
Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.
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In Pictures: It's Mardi Gras time all over the world!
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Walter Payton: 10 things I learned from his new biography
From the new biography 'Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton' by Jeff Pearlman, here are 10 memorable stories about the football star.
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Four ways to relieve overcrowded prisons
America’s addiction to incarceration as a curb on crime must end. The evidence is staggering. Prison overcrowding is ubiquitous and shows few signs of abating: Between 1970 and 2005, the nation’s inmate population grew by 700 percent.
In California, 54 prisoners may share a single toilet and 200 prisoners may live in a single gymnasium. As a result, the Supreme Court ruled in May 2011 that California prisons were in violation of the Eighth Amendment and its prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Here, attorney Arjun Sethi offers four solutions to improve the overcrowded US prison system.
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Quadrantid meteors and 11 other big skywatching events of 2012
What lies ahead sky-wise for 2012? Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist, selected what he considers to be the top 12 "skylights" for this coming year,
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John Glenn and Earth orbit anniversary: America needs manned flight in space
This week's 50-year anniversary of astronaut John Glenn and his Earth orbit should remind America that it needs manned flight in space. Some say the space race is over. But America is in a new space race for jobs, skills, and knowledge for the future.
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How Supreme Court ruling on Texas could reduce affirmative action across US
The Supreme Court, which has shifted to the right, may use the Texas case to overturn the 2003 decision that achieving classroom diversity could justify the use of race-based affirmative action.
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Surge, sag, repeat: Why the Republicans are so volatile.
Super PACs, the tea party, a surging and sagging field, and a party rule requiring proportional awarding of delegates in early-voting states are contributing to an unusually unsettled GOP race.
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Eisenhower in War and Peace
Jean Edward's Smith's new biography obliterates earlier arguments that Eisenhower’s was a dull, torpid presidency.
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Affirmative action in college admissions goes back before Supreme Court
US Supreme Court is taking an affirmative action case about the University of Texas admissions policy, which permits race to be a factor in deciding which applicants are admitted.
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Top 10 richest US presidents
Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.
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At least 40 die in Mexico prison riot
The deadly prison riot in northern Mexico started early Sunday morning in a high-security cell block.
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Romney vs. Santorum: Class warfare in the GOP
Rick Santorum has become a wealthy man since he left the US Senate, but his family background is a lot more working-class than Mitt Romney's. That could help him in Michigan and Ohio primaries.
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The Vote
Why Michigan could be Mitt Romney's make-or-break moment (+video)
Mitt Romney trails Rick Santorum in Michigan. Has any presidential aspirant lost their home state primary, yet gone on to win a major party nomination? Since 1972, the answer is no.
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Barrett-Browning love letters go digital
On February 14, the famous love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning were made available online.
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In Pictures: It's Mardi Gras time all over the world!
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Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter remembered for smile, love of game (+video)
Gary Carter, who backstopped the New York Mets to a World Series championship in 1986, passed away Thursday. Former managers, teammates, and young players remembered his passion.
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What would happen if Iran had the bomb? (+video)
Even as Tehran signals an interest in nuclear talks, many experts have already envisioned what the world would look like if the country got nuclear weapons. It wouldn't be as dire as many fear, but it would unleash new uncertainties - and perhaps a regional arms race.
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Mises Economics
Why the food stamp program is a fraud
The federal government vastly overstates the benefits the food stamp program provides low income families – which isn't worth the cost to the taxpayer.
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The Daily Reckoning
Could you ride out a Great Depression?
When the Great Depression hit, many Americans were able to live off the land and wait it out. In today's sour economy, that's less of an option.
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Getting to know Xi: White House prepares to meet China's new man
President Obama and Xi Jinping, China's likely next president, meet today at the White House. Many are hoping for a good rapport that will bolster a strained US-China relationship.
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US, China face 'trust deficit' as China's heir apparent visits
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, China's likely leader for the next decade, will meet President Obama this week, as well as make trips to Iowa and California.
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Maine caucus win gives Romney new momentum
Winning the Maine caucuses gives Mitt Romney a burst of momentum he hopes will carry him until the next major primaries in Arizona and Michigan, then Super Tuesday when 10 states hold elections.
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Miramonte sex abuse: Schools facing Catholic Church-like wave of scandal?
The Miramonte School scandal could be a wakeup call about the prevalence of sexual abuse in schools nationwide, experts say – adding that scandals could sweep though education world the way they did though the Catholic Church.
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Red Planet meets red ink: budget ax could chop two NASA Mars missions
The budget to be released by President Obama Monday is expected to include a one-third cut in NASA's Mars program, in part to pay for other cost overruns within the agency.
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Top Picks: New works by da Vinci, the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, and more
Dion releases new songs, StoryCorps tells the tale of a couple who met because of a wrong e-mail address, filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman explains why Black History Month should be a relic of the past, and more top picks.
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The Vote
Ron Paul's secret ninja strategy for Maine caucuses
Ron Paul has a strategy for winning more delegates than caucus results in Maine, Colorado, and elsewhere suggest he would. Patience, grasshopper, and we will explain it to you.
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No Child Left Behind loosens grasp as 10 states freed from requirements
No Child Left Behind has been a contentious law ever since it was passed in 2002. Now ten states have been released of some of the toughest legal requirements of the law.
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Who is to blame for LA school sex abuse? Push for answers poised to escalate. (+video)
Three suits involving 23 students have been filed in an L.A. court in the wake of the Miramonte school sex abuse scandal, but the those numbers are expected to rise dramatically in a push for accountability.
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Creator of Revolution Muslim website, inspiration to US jihadis, pleads guilty
Jesse Curtis Morton, who ran RevolutionMuslim.com, admitted to influencing would-be American militants including 'Jihad Jane' and the Pentagon model-plane bomber.
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