Tea Party Spawns New Effort Against Voter Fraud
As part of a new campaign, dozens of citizen groups around the country are searching voter registration lists, looking for …
Adult Filmmakers Question Condom Requirement
Los Angeles has become the nation’s first city to require male adult film actors to wear condoms. The city council’s …
North Dakota Food Writer Shows Why It’s OK To Like The Olive Garden
Restaurant reviewing all too often seems like it’s all about how edgy and connected the reviewer is. The food’s a …
Connecticut Considers Letting Health Aides Give Medicines To Homebound
Connecticut, like every state trying to reduce health care spending, is looking closely at how it cares for people with …
Factories ‘Reshore’ Some Work From Overseas
Part of a series During the worst of the Great Recession, U.S. factory jobs were disappearing at a furious pace. …
Spanking Lives On In Rural Florida Schools
Spanking in school may seem like a relic of the past, but every day hundreds of students — from preschoolers …
Tornado Tech: What If Dorothy Had A Smartphone?
Last year was the deadliest tornado season in the United States since 1917 — 550 people died. And even though …
What’s In A Word? A ‘Dictionary’ Of Americanisms
One of the joys of reading books set in another time or another place is the foreignness of the language, …
Santorum Gets A Lift From Anti-Abortion Group
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been getting help from anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List as he campaigns this …
Five Things You Absolutely, Positively Have To Know About March Madness
Summer vacation? It’s for slackers. Those first gorgeously colored leaves of fall? They’ll have to be raked into soggy piles …
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