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Entries by Hunter Stuart from 02/2011

At Fountain House, Mentally-Ill Find Solace Through Hydroponic Gardening (VIDEO)

Publication 02.01.2011
Suivre: Fountain House Hydroponics, Fountain House, Video, Original Video, Mental Health, Mental Hospital Garden, Mental Hospital, Boswyck Farms Hydroponics, Boswyck Farms, Lee Mandell, L'actualité

The Fountain House, a working community for people with mental illness in New York City, has developed a program for its members to grow their own foo...

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Skins Is the Most Powerful Show About Adolescence in the History of Television

| Publication 02.02.2011
Suivre: Skins, Parents Television Council Skins, Elsley Skins, Skins Chris, Skins US Version, Skins Advertisers, Skins Season One, Skins Taco Bell, Mtv Skins, Parents Television Council, Jesse Carere Skins, Skins Child Pornography, Television, L'actualité

Not only is the exploration of sex, drinking, and drugs on Skins a good thing, the show's writers haven't gone nearly far enough.

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Walmart Protest At City Council: Fervor, But Few Facts (VIDEO)

Publication 02.03.2011
Suivre: Walmart Bloomberg, Walmart East New York, Walmart, Walmart Nyc, Walmart City Council, Walmart Christine Quinn, Walmart Brownsville, Walmart Benefits, Walmart Illegal Immigrants, Walmart Brooklyn, Walmart Jobs, Walmart Wages, NY Around Town, Walmart New York City, Walmart Small Business, Walmart Racist, Small Business America, L'actualité

Sometimes you feel something so strongly that you just can't explain it. The New York City Council held a public hearing Thursday about the possib...

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Palin: America Is Out Of Step With Reagan's Values

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Sarah Palin Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Sotu, Sarah Palin State of the Union, Sarah Palin Obama, Sarah Palin Reagan, L'actualité

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — America is on a "road to ruin" because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values...

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Obama: U.S. Businesses Have Responsibility To Hire American Workers, Pay Decent Wages

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Obama Jobs, Obama Unemployment, Obama Business, Obama Weekly Address, Obama State of the Union, Obama Economy, Obama Government, Video, L'actualité

WASHINGTON (AP) - Government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to ...

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Bangladeshi Girl Lashed To Death After Being Raped By Cousin

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Hena Bangladesh, Shariatpur Rape, Hena Rape, Shariatpur Fatwa, Shariatpur Bangladesh, High Court Fatwa, Shariatpur, Hena Fatwa, L'actualité

The High Court yesterday ordered district officials in Shariatpur to explain why they failed to protect 14-year-old rape victim Hena from being whippe...

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Bank of America Creates New Unit For Foreclosures

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Bank of America Foreclosure, Bank of American Foreclosure Unit, Bofa Foreclosure Unit, Terry Laughlin Bofa, Terry Laughlin Foreclosure, Legacy Asset Servicing, Bank of America, Brian Moynihan Bofa, Brian Moynihan Foreclosure, L'actualité

NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. on Thursday said it is splitting its mortgage business into two units, with a new division created specifically to ...

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Brooklyn Teen Arrested On Assault Charges For Throwing Snowballs At Mailman

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Brooklyn Mailman, Walter Ward, Walter Ward Mailman, Brooklyn Snowballs, Snowballs Weapon, Walter Ward Snowballs, Snowball Mailman Assault, L'actualité

A snowball attack on a Brooklyn mailman got a teenager arrested when the horseplay turned violent, cops said Thursday. ...

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Merkel: Egypt Uprising Reminds Me Of Communist Fall

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Merkel Egypt, Germany Merkel Egypt, Merkel Cairo, Egypt Revolution, Egypt Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, Cairo Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel Cairo, Egypt Democracy, Angela Merkel Egypt, L'actualité

MUNICH — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's leadership remains crucial for now as the country heads into a transition to democracy, a U.S. envoy...

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House Republicans Slash Domestic Agencies, Cut Themselves

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Republican Budget, GOP Budget, IRS Republicans, Congress Budget, Gop Domestic Agencies, Congressional Budget, Gop Budget Slashing, Republican Party, Gop Agencies, House Republicans, L'actualité

WASHINGTON — Republicans now running the House are barely touching Congress' own generous budget even as they take a cleaver to many domestic ag...

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Regulators May Force Wall Street To Defer Half Of Executives' Bonuses, Wall Street Journal Reports

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Dodd Frank Law Bonuses, Federal Reserve Bonuses, Jpmorgan Bonuses, Dodd Frank Wall Street, Federal Reserve Wall Street, Regulators Defer Bonuses, Executive Bonuses, Big Government, Wall St Journal Bonuses, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Bonuses Deferred, Wall Street Bonuses Deferred, Bank of America Bonuses, Dodd Frank Law, Wall Street Bonuses, Morgan Stanley Bonuses, Executive Bonuses Deferred, L'actualité

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators will propose that major financial firms defer at least half of bonuses paid to top executives for at least three years...

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Jon Meacham On The Egypt Crisis And Liberty (VIDEO)

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Egypt, Meacham Mubarak, Meacham Perspective Egypt, Meacham Egypt, Meacham Cairo, Meacham Obama, Meacham Suleiman, Meacham on Egypt, Pbs Perspective Egypt, L'actualité

Precisely 18 months ago, on June 4, 2009, President Obama traveled to Cairo -- that "timeless city," as he called it -- to address the Islamic world. ...

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START Nuclear Arms Treaty In Effect Between US And Russia

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Russia US Start Treaty, Nuclear Weapons, Russia Nukes, Nuclear Arms, Start Treaty Putin, Russia Nuclear Weapons, Start Treaty, Nuclear Arms Obama, Start Treaty Hillary Clinton, Nuclear Arms Putin, US Russia, L'actualité

MUNICH — A new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and r...

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Iraqi PM Says He Will Not Seek 3rd Term

Publication 02.05.2011
Suivre: Egypt Protests, Maliki Cairo, Maliki Egypt, Iraq Egypt, Maliki Third Term, Egypt, Maliki Mubarak, Iraq Prime Minister Egypt, Mubarak Iraq, Maliki 3rd Term Egypt, Maliki 3rd Term, Iraq Pm Egypt, Nouri Al Maliki, L'actualité

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will not run for a third term in 2014, an adviser said Saturday, limiting himself in the name of ...

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Sprint's New Dual-Screen Smartphone: Dud Or Double The Fun? (VIDEO)

Publication 02.08.2011
Suivre: Video, Echo Sprint, Sprint Dual Screen, Android, Sprint Kyocera, Sprint Echo, Kyocera Echo, Echo, L'actualité

The latest smartphone from mobile giant Sprint doubles down on the touchscreen and adds an extra hinge not seen in the latest crop of Android devices....

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Verizon iPhone Release Is Anti-Climactic (VIDEO)

Publication 02.10.2011
Suivre: Video, Verizon Store Iphone, Verizon Iphone, New York City Verizon Iphone, Where Can I Get Verizon Iphone, Verizon Iphone Release, Verizon Iphone Anticlimax, Iphone Verizon Contract, L'actualité

NEW YORK--There were balloons, police barricades, security, and a full staff on hand early this morning at the Verizon Wireless store on Broadway in d...

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Adam Lambert Learns The Dangers Of Drunk Tweeting

Publication 02.11.2011
Suivre: Drunk Tweeting, Social Media, Adam Lambert Twitter, Adam Lambert Social Media, Adam Lambert Drunk Tweeting, Adam Lambert, American Idol, Adam Lambert Facebook, Lambert Tweeting, Adam Lambert American Idol, L'actualité

LOS ANGELES — Adam Lambert has learned the dangers of TUI: Tweeting under the influence. At the Grammy Social Media Rock Stars Summit, the pop si...

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Hilarious Bieber Fan Interviews At 'Never Say Never' Release (VIDEO)

Publication 02.11.2011
Suivre: Video, Never Say Never New York City, Never Say Never, Bieber for President, Bieber Fans, Biebermania, Bieber, Bieber Never Say Never, Bieber New York City, Justin Bieber, Bieber Fever, Funny Videos, Never Say Never Movie, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel, What Is Never Say Never About, L'actualité

NEW YORK -- The bald-cap he wore Thursday on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' clearly hasn't discouraged Bieber's impassioned fan base at all. The official relea...

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Cell Phone Towers To Be Replaced By Tiny Antennas

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: No Cell Phone Towers, Light Radio Cube, Tiny Antennas, At, Alcatel-Lucent, Cell Phone Towers, Mobile Phones, L'actualité

NEW YORK — As cell phones have spread, so have large cell towers – those unsightly stalks of steel topped by transmitters and other electronics th...

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Gas Prices Highest Ever In February After Cold Winter, Egypt Uprising

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: Gas Prices, Gas Prices 2011, Oil Prices, Price Per Barrel, Gas Prices Mubarak, Natural Gas, Gas Prices Egypt, Gas Prices February, Gas Prices Winter, Middle East Protests, L'actualité

NEW YORK — U.S. gasoline prices have jumped to the highest levels ever for the middle of February. The national average hit $3.127 per gallon on...

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Recruiting In China Pays Off For U.S. Colleges

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: Grinnell College, Recruiting in China, China SAT Scores, China Grinnell, Grinnell College China, US College China Recruiting, China College, China Economy, China, L'actualité

GRINNELL, Iowa -- The glossy color brochures, each crammed with photos depicting a Chinese student's high-achieving life from birth to young adulthood...

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Asia's Arms Race Escalates To Keep Pace With China

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: Asia's Arms Race, China Arms Race, China India, Japan Military, South Korea Military, India Arms Race, China India Relations, People's Liberation Army, China Military, Asia Arms Race, China, China Japan, L'actualité

At Mazagon Dock near the southern tip of Mumbai, hidden behind high concrete walls, hundreds of Indian workers are putting the finishing touches on th...

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Iraq Suicide Bomber Strikes Shiite Pilgrims, At Least 26 Dead

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: Shiite Pilgrim Suicide Attack, Al Qaeda Suicide Attack, Shiite Pilgrims Iraq, Shiite Suicide Attack, Shiite Mosque Bombing, Iraq Suicide Attack, Bombing Samarra, Al-Askari Mosque, Suicide Bomber Iraq, Iraq, Al Qaeda, L'actualité

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims, officials said, killing 26 people headed back from a reve...

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PA Teen Admits To Trying To Hire Hitman On Facebook

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: Facebook Hitman, Facebook Hitman Rape, Corey Adams Rape, Corey Christian Adams Rape, Corey Adams Facebook, Corey Christian Adams Facebook, Pennsylvania Facebook Hitman, Corey Christian Adams, Facebook, Chester County Facebook, L'actualité

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — A Chester County teenager faces 11 to 22 years in prison after agreeing to a plea agreement on charges he used Facebook to try t...

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The Tea Party And Civil Liberties

Publication 02.12.2011
Suivre: Tea Party Civil Liberties, Tea Party Small Government, Tea Party Patriot Act, Glenn Greenwald Tea Party, Glenn Greenwald Civil Liberties, Glenn Greenwald Patriot Act, Small Government, Glenn Greenwald Salon, Big Government, Tea Party, L'actualité

It's long been clear that the best (and perhaps only) political hope for civil liberties in the U.S. is an alliance that transcends the standard Democ...

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