January 2012
20 posts
Return of the 'Welfare Queen' - CNN.com →
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Yet few people have examined the story behind the birth of the Welfare Queen. Did she really exist? Why do people still talk about her when welfare ended 15 years ago? Can her story still swing voters at a time when the great recession has forced more whites to rely on government assistance?
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“Students at a new Utah high school are facing disappointment after their choice for a new school mascot was rejected for one of the strangest reasons possible: Board members deemed it might be seen as offensive to middle-aged women.”
—New school can’t be Cougars because middle-aged women might be offended | Prep Rally - Yahoo! Sports
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“All textbooks sold through the free app, which is available only to Apple’s i-devices, will be priced at $14.99 or less — a stark contrast to the high-priced paper books that fill college bookstores.”
—the game-changing sentence. LATimes article on Apple’s move into the textbook market.
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