Government & Civics
Colonists in 1776 (Per 4)
Submitted by John McLaughlin on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 07:27.1775 DEBATE
You have been divided into teams. You have two parts to this assignment. read more »
Colonists in 1776 (per 3)
Submitted by John McLaughlin on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 07:10.1775 DEBATE
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Colonists in 1776 (Per 8)
Submitted by John McLaughlin on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 11:00.1775 DEBATE
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In North Korea, young Kim Jong Eun will test age-old reliance on maturity
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 16:03.At 28 or 29, Kim Jong Eun, the new leader of North Korea, will be the youngest person ever to have authority over a nuclear arsenal. read more »
Wisconsin Union-Busting Drive Feeds Off Towns That Are Shrinking
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 13:16.The loss of power and people in rural and small town Wisconsin is helping fuel a showdown over government union rights and benefits. read more »
Pro-Government Source Says Brega “Cleared of “Armed Gangs
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:56.Libyan state television Sunday reported a regime army source claiming that the Libyan armed forces have cleared “armed gangs” from the key oil town of Brega in the east of the capital, Tripoli. read more »
Reactor meltdown feared / Quake disabled Fukushima N-plants' cooling systems
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:32.The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday afternoon that a nuclear meltdown was suspected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. read more »
GOP-led House votes to repeal health care law
Submitted by newscaster on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 22:32.WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal last year's health care law, the first major rebuke of the White House by the House since Republicans took control of it this mont read more »
Japan and South Korea hold first military talks in nearly two years
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 09:21.TOKYO - Defense leaders from Japan and South Korea held talks Monday in Seoul about possible intelligence- and equipment-sharing agreements that would boost military ties between the East Asian neighb read more »
Feds charge Jared Lee Loughner with Saturday's mass shooting
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 17:53.PHOENIX (KGUN9-TV) - Federal prosecutors have finally filed charges against the man arrested for Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson. A press release issued Sunday afternoon said that the U.S. read more »
Clinton Reaches Out to Several Countries about Wikileaks
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 19:44.U.S. read more »
Ireland bailout protest draws 100,000 to Dublin streets
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 19:15.One of the largest demonstrations in the Irish Republic's history brought more than 100,000 people on to Dublin's streets in protest over the international bailout and four years of austerity ahead. read more »
Michelle Obama shakes it up in India with dance moves, big push for girls' education
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 13:30.NEW DELHI - When President Obama and his wife, Michelle, get into an argument, she makes her husband apologize first, the first lady told a group of low-income Indian schoolgirls, causing them to chee read more »
Awarding Liu Xiaobo Nobel peace prize may harm China-Norway relations, says FM spokesman
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:41.Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to China's Liu Xiaobo desecrated the prize and could harm China-Norway ties, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu on Friday. read more »
NYC to Food Stamp Recipients: No Soda for You
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:23.New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with the encouragement of both city and state health commissioners, is seeking to bar the use of food stamps for buying soda and other sweetened drinks. read more »
Afghanistan's Election: A Look at the Diversity of Headlines
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 12:32.Afghans have voted in a key parliamentary election. There are a number of articles from various sources around the globe. Here is a list of some of the headlines and what agency they come from: read more »
U.S. recession declared over, but do Americans know it?
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 10:27.U.S. recession declared over read more »
Student caught in middle: Dream of college awakes to the reality graduates face when here illegally
Submitted by bmidwinter on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 13:26.To advocates on both sides of the immigration debate, Miriam Torres is emblematic of the problems facing this country. read more »
Report Says Many Youths Are ‘Too Fat to Fight’
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 04/26/2010 - 11:08.A panel of retired military leaders has joined the fight against childhood obesity, saying that unhealthy school lunches are making America's youth unfit for military service and therefore pose a thre read more »
U.S. and Russia Sign Nuclear Arms Pact
Submitted by newscaster on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 08:04.PRAGUE — With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. read more »
Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity: study
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 19:31.Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study published on Sunday. read more »
Health Care Reform Bill Summary: A Look At What's in the Bill
Submitted by newscaster on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 10:05.Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 22:51.WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. read more »
The Colonies on the eve of Revolution
Submitted by John McLaughlin on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 14:14.There are four teams. They each have a different perspective. The four Teams are as follows:
1. Restore the Ties of Loyalty
2. Create A More perfect Union
3. Defend Our Rights as Englishmen read more »
Eight Health Leaders Respond to Obama's Healthcare Summit
Submitted by Newsbyte on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 09:51.As he launched his healthcare summit Wednesday, President Obama said he hoped his televised effort to garner consensus for reform "isn't political theater, where we're just playing to the cameras and read more »
