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NFL 2012: a banner year for rookie quarterbacks
Encouraged by the success of Carolina’s Cam Newton and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton last season, five teams hand the offensive controls to five players fresh out of the college ranks.
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In Pictures: March Madness mascots
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Senate approves online sales tax. Is it fair, or a tax increase?
The Senate voted late Monday to require e-commerce businesses to collect sales taxes from buyers. The Marketplace Fairness Act may bring as much as $23 billion, by one estimate, in online sales tax revenue to states and cities. It faces an uncertain future in the House.
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Aaron Swartz and Motel Caswell: Book ends to prosecutorial reform?
A judge this week dismissed a drug forfeiture case involving a motel owner. The prosecutor, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, is also facing criticism for her role in the prosecution of Internet hacker Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide earlier this month.
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Gun control: Is David Gregory’s on-air stunt proof of media bias?
Washington police are investigating ‘Meet the Press’ host David Gregory for holding up a rifle clip on air. Gun control opponents see the incident as proof the media are biased against them.
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Sandy Hook school shooting: Few easy answers for a violent culture (+video)
Adam Lanza, a troubled 'genius,' reportedly shot and killed 20 elementary school pupils and seven adults, including his mother, before killing himself in Newtown, Conn., on Friday. The national tragedy has sparked a search for ways to stop a senseless streak of mass killings.
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Water on the moon? Maybe a lot more than we thought ... thanks to the sun.
A new study finds 'an unanticipated, abundant reservoir' of water on the moon, molecules formed on the surfaces of oxygen-bearing rocks bombarded by protons from the solar wind.
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Mysterious moon water: Did solar winds create lunar water?
These findings suggest that other airless bodies in the solar system may also possess water on their surfaces, investigators added.
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NFL 2012: a banner year for rookie quarterbacks
Encouraged by the success of Carolina’s Cam Newton and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton last season, five teams hand the offensive controls to five players fresh out of the college ranks.
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NASA mission confirms: Ex-asteroid Vesta is a planet that almost was
Data from the orbiter DAWN confirm theories about the history of Vesta, which dates to the early days of planet formation. The protoplanet is also home to the solar system's second largest mountain.
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Cover Story Gun nation: Inside America's gun-carry culture
Why Americans now carry handguns in so many public places, from parks to college campuses. Is it making the country safer or more dangerous?
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Super Bowl ad makes New York Mayor Bloomberg gun control king
The gun control movement has faltered in recent years. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to spend his own fortune to buck that trend, most notably with a Super Bowl ad.
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Under education reform, school principals swamped by teacher evaluations
School principals, including some who back more rigorous review of teachers, are balking at education reforms required by Race to the Top. New teacher evaluations are all-consuming, they say.
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In South Carolina, Romney, Gingrich brace for Super PAC attacks
The Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision opening up campaign ads to unlimited donations has launched Super Pac attacks against some Republicans in South Carolina.
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America's big shift right
Why the country's conservative drift, on a wide range of issues, has accelerated.
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Amazon pushes California toward referendum on online sales tax
A new California law forces online retailers to collect sales tax for purchases made in the state. Amazon is fighting back by pushing for a statewide referendum on the issue.
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Downtown need a makeover? More cities are razing urban highways
Removal of aging highways is a strategy some cities are using to try to boost their downtown districts.
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Ex-football pro Heath Shuler hopes to sack Nancy Pelosi
Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina is sounding out a challenge to Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader in the House. It's a long-shot effort, but reflects some party members' unease with Pelosi.
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Sarah Palin hacker: How much prison time should he get?
Sarah Palin has declined to comment on the prosecutors' latest request that the college student who hacked Palin's e-mail account should get 18 months in prison. A judge will sentence the hacker today.
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Moon actually kind of damp, studies find
The moon, long thought to be bone-dry, actually has a little water, new research shows.
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Summer reading gets plug from US officials to keep kids sharp
The ‘Let’s Read. Let’s Move’ campaign is designed to combat the learning loss that can occur during the summer. Two cabinet secretaries touted summer reading at an event in Washington Wednesday.
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Sarah Palin hacked email case: student gets sentencing date
Sarah Palin email case is one further step down the road. A sentencing date for the University of Tennessee student has been set.
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China supercomputer clocks in as world's second-fastest
US and European researchers have named the Nebulae system at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen in southern China the world's second-fastest machine, clocking in behind the US Department of Energy's Jaguar in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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Photographers and police: a First Amendment clash
Photographers have been arrested, had camera equipment seized, and seen memory cards deleted by police officers. Is it harassment or protecting public safety?
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In Pictures: March Madness mascots
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Opinion: At Super Bowl, bogus PR about players' college graduation
The half-truth show at Super Bowl: players' college degrees – or not.
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Contract from America: 'tea party' crafts its election manifesto
Taking a cue from the GOP's success in 1994, the 'tea party' movement is putting together a Contract from America – a platform for the 2010 elections culled from thousands of suggestions.
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