Phoenix, AZ – As has been the norm as of late, Arizona’s state legislature passed another law, that as usual, is highly controversial. The new law demands that all candidates running for President of the United States provide a long-form birth certificate in order to be on the state of Arizona’s ballots. However, there...
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WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, United State’s President Barack Obama placed a verbal deadline for Congress to rewrite the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Pres. Obama wants the law to be rewritten before the 2011 school year recommences in September. Pres. Obama stated, to the effect, that he wants every child to return to...
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Abidjan, COTE D’IVORE – The cost of purchasing cocoa has gone through the roof and is not expected to go down anytime soon however, the prices have gotten an extra unexpected and not so welcome boost today. Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized president of Cote D’ivore, a country which is the world’s largest producer...
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Washington D.C. – An immigration law known as the “DREAM Act” which was to have given untold numbers of illegal immigrants a clean playing field in the struggle to get citizenship status went down the drain. Yesterday, the Senate delivered a very important knock back to Democrats as well as Hispanic advocates. Despite the...
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Mexico City, Mexico – An oil line erupted into flames in the central Mexican town of San Martin Texmelucan about 55 mile east of Mexico City. Apparently the fire started, just before day break, because some criminals had been attempting to gain access to the oil by cutting the pipe. The flames killed no...
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Washington D.C. – The United States Congress has approved an $858 billion tax extension legislation, extending all Bush tax cuts for two years. The bill is going to get delivered to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature this afternoon at about 4:00 p.m EST. Prior to the House voting 277-148 to get ultimate...
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Washington D.C. – President Barack Obama talked today about what this tax cut extension offers, saying, “It has the potential to create millions of jobs.” This statement came just hours before House Dems voted to scrap the plan since the extensions additionally pertain to the country’s most prosperous individuals. This decision causes the tax...
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