Government & Civics

Colonists in 1776 (Per 4)

1775 DEBATE

You have been divided into teams. You have two parts to this assignment.  read more »

Colonists in 1776 (per 3)

1775 DEBATE

You have been divided into teams. You have two parts to this assignment.  read more »

Colonists in 1776 (Per 8)

1775 DEBATE

You have been divided into teams. You have two parts to this assignment.  read more »

In North Korea, young Kim Jong Eun will test age-old reliance on maturity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

Ireland bailout protest draws 100,000 to Dublin streets

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

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

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

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

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 »

Student caught in middle: Dream of college awakes to the reality graduates face when here illegally

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’

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 »

Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity: study

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 »

Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and U.S.  read more »

The Colonies on the eve of Revolution

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

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 »

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