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What’s your State of the Union wishlist?

The President's annual State of the Union address is meant to be a sort of check-in. The Commander-in-Chief takes a limo ride down to the Capitol Building and lets the legislative branch know what his branch has been up to. In practice it's become an opportunity for the President to lay out a laundry list of an agenda which gets insta-polled by lawmakers standing-or-not-standing-up-to-clap.

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Apple announces, wait for it….. the iPad

“So, gonna give you a little overview. It's very thin — you can change the homescreen to whatever you want. What this device does is extraordinary

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Oregon progressives win on tax measure

,0,3341290.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed2Fmostviewed+29 Oregon voters ask wealthier citizens and corporations to help balance the state's budget. Please click on the following link: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-oregon-tax27-2010jan27,0,3341… added by: Progresshiv 9 comments

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China to ban eating dogs, cats

FIRST ANIMAL ABUSE LAW WILL TAKE DOGS, CATS OFF THE MENU China plans to end thousands of years of culinary tradition by taking dogs and cat meat off its menu. A law being drafted against animal abuse—China's first—calls for the country's thousands of dog butchers and dog meat restaurants to be closed down. Stiff fines will be imposed on anybody caught eating dog or cat meat, the Times of London reports

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South Carolina Lt. Governor compares state’s poor to "stray animals"

The office of the South Carolina governor has not been particularly distinguished of late – but Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer, who is currently running for that position on the Republican ticket, made some comments on Friday that made Mark Sanford look positively respectable. During a town hall meeting that included 115 South Carolina citizens and several state lawmakers, Bauer compared government assistance to the poor to “feeding stray animals.” Yes, you heard me correctly

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Woman falls and tears a Picasso

A significant Pablo Picasso painting was damaged after a woman attending art class lost her balance, fell into “The Actor” and tore it, The Metropolitan Museum of Art said. The unusually large canvas, measuring 77.25 by 45.38 inches (196 by 115cm), sustained a vertical tear of about six inches (15cm) in the lower right-hand corner in the accident on Friday

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Colorado teen kills parents in fit of anger over chores

Angry Over Chores, Colo. Teen, 14, Kills Parents Chores are never a teenager's favorite way to spend a fall afternoon, but for 14-year-old John Caudle it was a motive for murder, Colorado police say. In an arrest affidavit, Caudle told investigators that on Oct.

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‘Piracy isn’t killing music’ Radiohead’s guitarist says

Last year, Radiohead expressed their growing discomfort with record labels that abuse copyrights for their own benefit, while harassing their fans. In a recent interview, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien said that he doesn’t believe piracy is killing the music industry, but that the industry will kill itself if it doesn’t adapt to the digital age

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USGS claims Venezuela sits on Earth’s largest oil reserves

Venezuela may have just become the center of an energy-starved world. The Orinoco Belt, situated squarely underneath the South American nation, may hold some 513 billion barrels of crude oil, according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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Teenage barista sues Starbucks over ‘sex demands’

Starbucks using the sadly common defense: the girls' sexual history. 16 Year Old Starbucks Barista sues over 'sex demand's at work

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