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Autistic people need many things – a new test is not high on the list - The Guardian (blog)

27 Jan 12, 05:01:25

The Guardian (blog)

Autistic people need many things – a new test is not high on the list
The Guardian (blog)
I have never thought of any of the young people I've worked and played with to be disordered or needing treatment. What Izzy wanted was to get outside and climb trees, or be chased by me, lumbering around with a duvet over my head, as the tickle ...
Narrowing the Definition of AutismNew York Times
Discovering autism: An unsettling boomVancouver Sun
Autism Roundtable: Cross-Disability Solidarity, Goals for the Future, and What ...Huffington Post (blog)

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Need for court sketch artists fades away, with cameras taking their place, as ... - Washington Post

27 Jan 12, 10:01:41

Need for court sketch artists fades away, with cameras taking their place, as ...
Washington Post
Sketch artists have been the public's eyes at high-profile trials for decades — a remnant of an age when drawings in broadsheet papers, school books or travel chronicles were how people glimpsed the world beyond their own.

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The Oscars Have a Sloppy, Silly Week - Reuters

27 Jan 12, 09:01:54

Telegraph.co.uk

The Oscars Have a Sloppy, Silly Week
Reuters
In 17 years of attending nominations announcements, I had never seen people stand in the aisle without immediately being bounced. It just seemed so un-Academy like. Disorderly, which is something you could never have said about a major Academy event in ...
Nominated Movies Need Publicity, MarketingMediaPost Communications
Oscar Predictions — the Early HandicappingSFGate.com (blog)
What The Artist Has in Common With Mitt RomneyBaltimore Magazine

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Obama: 'Nobody envies rich people' - CNN (blog)

27 Jan 12, 11:01:21

Los Angeles Times

Obama: 'Nobody envies rich people'
CNN (blog)
Once people lose all hope, they have nothing to lose. And money aside, 99 out numbers 100 anyday. The Greedy Old Pigs have declared class war on US! Actually, President Obama is incorrect. Many of the extreme rightwing hatemonkeys envy the rich and ...
Why is investment income taxed less than wages?CBS News
Mitt Romney and the 1%Huffington Post

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Freedom, privacy of ordinary people under attack online, activist Rebecca ... - Toronto Star

27 Jan 12, 11:01:41

Freedom, privacy of ordinary people under attack online, activist Rebecca ...
Toronto Star
In France you have HADOPI, the three-strikes law that would cut off people's Internet access after three instances of being found to have committed file sharing. For the broader public, the SOPA and PIPA protest was the first time that a lot of average ...

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Why New Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won't Vote - NPR

28 Jan 12, 11:01:58

Why New Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won't Vote
NPR
Many people have multiple forms of identification, including those that display their pictures – like employee badges or credit and debit cards. But states with strict voter ID laws require people to have certain photo IDs issued by governments.

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South Sudan: Aid Reaching Those in Need - Reuters AlertNet

27 Jan 12, 01:01:00

ABC News

South Sudan: Aid Reaching Those in Need
Reuters AlertNet
Since December, cattle raids in Jonglei State have become increasingly violent and prolific. On 13 January, according to a local Member of Parliament at least 55 people were reported to have died, 52 were injured and 40 children were abducted in Wek ...
120000 need aid in South SudanSTLtoday.com
Oil fields in dispute along South North border must halt their operationsSudan Tribune
Witnesses give graphic accounts of South Sudan ethnic violenceLos Angeles Times
AllAfrica.com -Catholic News Service
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Teen Impact: Finalist #7 - Huffington Post (blog)

28 Jan 12, 07:01:39

Teen Impact: Finalist #7
Huffington Post (blog)
I find it disturbing that in a country as rich and developed as the United States, we still have a vast number of people living in miserable conditions due to lack of affordable housing. I've always known that poverty and bad housing are a problem, ...

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Newt Gingrich on Immigration, Marco Rubio & Latino Voters - Fox News

27 Jan 12, 11:01:02

Sydney Morning Herald

Newt Gingrich on Immigration, Marco Rubio & Latino Voters
Fox News
I've said I would take up to half of the 23000 people in the department of Homeland Security in Washington and transfer them to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico if that's what's needed to have enough man power to control the border.
Does the greatest debater in the world have a glass jaw?Examiner.com
Florida See-Saw Tipping In Mitt Romney's Direction (The Note)ABC News (blog)
Audience stacked for Florida debate? Not so, says state GOPmsnbc.com
Kansas City Star -Tucson Citizen
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People will still pirate if George Clooney says not to - Macleans.ca

27 Jan 12, 09:01:56

People will still pirate if George Clooney says not to
Macleans.ca
What the producers are doing is what people often do when they're on the losing side of an issue: they assume that they could have made it popular if they had just had the right framing. But some messages aren't popular. Quite apart from the potential ...

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