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Headlines matching 'U.S.'
Wed April 10, 2013
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
Cuba pulls a reverse Janet Reno
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(170)
 
(Yahoo)
 
 
 
U.S. Employers have more job openings than at any other time in nearly five years, they are in no hurry to fill them. We're living in a fear-based environment right now, thanks Obama
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(172)
 


Tue April 09, 2013
(USA Today)
 
 
 
" U.S. special forces face the serious danger of being bogged down in a permanent game of global whack-a-mole"
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(61)
 


Mon April 08, 2013
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
Bootstrappy Red States want to swap out the US Dollar with gold coins. Unfortunately, all their debts are in US Dollars. Good luck with that, boys
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Thu April 04, 2013
(Apple Insider)
 
 
 
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency openly frustrated that they cannot crack Apple's iMessage encryption to listen in on suspects
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(140)
 
(NPR)
 
 
 
From the you're not helping file: US Embassy in Egypt tweets Jon Stewart's rant about Egypt, causes diplomatic incident
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(184)
 


Tue April 02, 2013
(Fox News)
 
 
 
Not news: Shots fired at U.S. Border Patrol agents. News: In Washington State. Fark: One suspect escaped INTO Canada
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(58)
 
(WTKR)
 
 
 
Dear God: We found your golf ball in the water hazard. Sincerely, The U.S. Navy
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(125)
 


Mon April 01, 2013
(Truthout)
 
 
 
Iraq and Afghanistan wars will eventually cost the U.S. $4-6 trillion. Sadly, in 2003 we could have just bought both countries for half that amount
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(223)
 


Thu March 28, 2013
(WPTV)
 
 
 
You just finished serving overseas for the U.S. Marine Corps. How does your hometown thank you? By sending you a citation to remove the American flag outside your home
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(145)
 


Wed March 27, 2013
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
$155M, highest price ever paid for an artwork by a U.S. collector paid for Picasso's "Fat Chick With a Penis Growing Out of Her Chin Playing With Herself"
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(103)
 
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
I Can't Drive 55 ..... Miles: Abolishing the U.S. gasoline tax and replacing it with a levy based on miles driven could happen "tomorrow" regardless of hurdles
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(372)
 


Mon March 25, 2013
(Washington Post)
 
 
 
Conventional wisdom: US manufacturing is coming back. Reality: no, it isn't
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(84)
 
(Portland Press Herald)
 
 
 
John Kerry Can't believe that Iraq is allowing Iran to fly weapons to Syria through its airspace "after all the American People have done to liberate" Iraq from Hussein. Also wants to know why Iraq keeps hitting itself
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(80)
 
(JSOnline)
 
 
 
Undocumented immigrant uses video game account to gain citizenship. This is not a repeat from The Last Starfighter
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(141)
 


Sun March 24, 2013
(NPR)
 
 
 
For the past 15 years, a group of George Washington enthusiasts have used the "Where's George" website to track where dollar bills have been going across the US
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(83)
 
(Opposing Views)
 
 
 
Michael Moore claims that 90% of the guns in the U.S. are owned by scared white people
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(874)
 
(ABC)
 
 
 
Drivers now paying record high gasoline prices despite a U.S. oil boom. Or as oil company executives call it, a win win situation
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(110)
 
(Washington Post)
 
 
 
U.S. Senate shows some support for allowing states to collect sales tax on internet sales
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(96)
 


Sat March 23, 2013
(AccuWeather)
 
 
 
Large meteor spotted over eastern US, unconfirmed reports of an impact near Maryland/Delaware state line
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Fri March 22, 2013
(Marketwatch)
 
 
 
US jobless claims at five-year low. Thanks Obama
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(81)
 


Thu March 21, 2013
(Yahoo)
 
 
 
A 47-year-old Michigan woman has developed a bone disease rarely seen in the U.S. after she drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily for 17 years
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(173)
 


Wed March 20, 2013
(Forbes)
 
 
 
Only 50 US companies are hoarding close to 6% of the GDP which amounts to $889B
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(51)
 
(Reuters)
 
 
 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are going to repay the U.S. sooner than previously expected
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(8)
 


Tue March 19, 2013
(MassLive)
 
 
 
How long does war keep costing America? The government is still paying benefits for service in the Civil War
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(105)
 
(Reuters)
 
 
 
10 years ago today, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began and answers once and for all the age old question of "What could possibly go wrong?"
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Sat March 16, 2013
(CBS DC)
 
 
 
A top U.S. government spy agency is seeking a bunch of Matthew Brodericks from "War Games." Now let's play Global Thermonuclear War
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(25)
 
(Slicing Up Eyeballs)
 
 
 
Morrissey cancels his current U.S. tour for the third time. This time he's serious
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(40)
 


Fri March 15, 2013
(The Big Story)
 
 
 
U.S. last week: "We're not concerned about a nuclear threat from North Korea." U.S. this week: "Uhh, let's add some interceptors along the west coast. You know, just in case"
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(199)
 
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
U.S factory employees averaged a record 41.9 hours a week in February, or as six-year-old Nike workers call it: the swing shift
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(58)
 
(Chicago Trib)
 
 
 
Justice Scalia will have another opportunity to show his originalist side beginning Monday
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(15)
 


Thu March 14, 2013
(Above the Law)
 
 
 
Harvard and Stanford are chosen as the top rated U.S. business schools after having the lowest ratio of CEOs vs. prison inmates
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(16)
 


Mon March 11, 2013
(Buzzfeed)
 
 
 
The monthly U.S. jobs report is wrong ... every month
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(59)
 


Thu March 07, 2013
(Mega 949)
 
 
 
To honor the passing of Hugo Chavez, Citgo lowers flags to half-mast. The U.S. flag. Some people have a problem with this
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(301)
 
(Opposing Views)
 
 
 
Did you know that the interior of the U.S. Supreme Court is a "First Amendment-free zone?" Wearing a jacket with words on it will get you arrested
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(56)
 


Wed March 06, 2013
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
You may now kiss the bride........Via Skype
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(29)
 


Tue March 05, 2013
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
No longer banned by the TSA: Pocket knives and golf clubs. Still banned by the TSA: Respect for passengers, Fourth Amendment
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(159)
 


Mon March 04, 2013
(Slate)
 
 
 
Have you heard about Agenda 21? Bonus: Glenn Beck warned you it is coming
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(62)
 
(The Australian)
 
 
 
China says it is "fully prepared" for a currency war with the rest of the world. U.S. immediately complains about going into battle unarmed
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Sun March 03, 2013
(The Hill)
 
 
 
U.S. special envoy to North Korea has message from Kim to Obama: Call me maybe
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(58)
 


Sat March 02, 2013
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
After-tax pay drops to lowest level since 1959. That change you voted for? Better check the couch cushions
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Fri March 01, 2013
(Politicker)
 
 
 
The U.S. has an infinite amount of money? So does Zimbabwe, you farking moron
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(299)
 
(The Raw Story)
 
 
 
Yet another superbug is slowly spreading through US. And by "another", they mean 15 different strains of superbug
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(116)
 
(Inquisitr)
 
 
 
50% of pets in the U.S. are obese. Your dog wants some nice grilled fish and a salad
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(81)
 


Wed February 27, 2013
(Talking Points Memo)
 
 
 
Strict constitutionalist Judge Scalia: Voting rights "are not the kind of question you leave to Congress". Amendment 14, U.S. Constitution: Voting rights can only be determined by Congress
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(264)
 
(SanDiegoUnionTribune)
 
 
 
Survey of travelers finds America's top ten beaches are in the states of Hawaii, Florida, Florida, Florida, Hawaii, Hawaii, OMG Ponies, California, California, and Hawaii. Wait, what?
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Tue February 26, 2013
(Talking Points Memo)
 
 
 
Sotomayor puts the smackdown on a U.S. attorney whose remarks were "an affront to the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws"
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(54)
 
(CNN)
 
 
 
Blizzard batters U.S. heartland, spreads snowy mess into the Midwest, yawns, gets dressed, promises to call sometime
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(35)
 
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
A report that lists the U.S. states with the highest rate of teen pregnancy clearly shows that the South has RISEN again
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(92)
 


Mon February 25, 2013
(The Week)
 
 
 
"Kyrzakhstan"? Secretary of State John Kerry begins his tenure by following a time-honored American tradition of mangling the name of foreign countries
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(89)
 
(LA Times)
 
 
 
Foreign tourists in the U.S. spend $168 billion on inexpensive souvenirs of their trip ...like key chains, T shirts, houses
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(26)
 
(Global Post)
 
 
 
U.S. government offers to let BP pay a $16 billion settlement . Company execs brace for having to drink only domestic champagne for an entire month
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(34)
 


Sat February 23, 2013
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
Abercrombie & Fitch to close up to 50 stores in the U.S. following weak sales during the holiday season
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(10)
 
(NPR)
 
 
 
The U.S. Air Force is about to start bombing. Guam. With dead mice. Fueled by Tylenol. To save Hawaii. Michael Bay on standby
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Wed February 20, 2013
(Topless Robot)
 
 
 
Come for Jedi Obama, and stay for Lincolnstein. The five nerdiest toys based on U.S. Presidents
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(15)
 


Tue February 19, 2013
(Examiner)
 
 
 
The U.S. Presidents and their wealth (net worth of all 43 Presidents)
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(67)
 
(Yahoo)
 
 
 
Raytheon's new ballistic missile detection system performs perfectly during testing according to...Raytheon... Sounds legit
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(17)
 


Sun February 17, 2013
(Washington Times)
 
 
 
U.S. Marines get their new mascot. Bulldog. 9 weeks old. Some attitude. Magnificent. Photo to make you go OO-RAH. And Aw
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(200)
 
(Some Guy)
 
 
 
Manny Pacquiao KO'd by IRS, refuses to fight in U.S. because of new 40% tax rate
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(47)
 
(USGS)
 
 
 
Pffft. You call those meteorite strikes? How about this one from 35 million years ago in the former Native lands, now called the U.S.A
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(74)
 
(Marketwatch)
 
 
 
Covenant Bank come on down. You're the next contestant on the U.S. bank failure list
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(11)
 


Sat February 16, 2013
(Mirror.co.uk)
 
 
 
U.S. presidents as horror action figures, featuring Baracula: History's greatest monster
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(95)
 
(NBC News)
 
 
 
Russian bombers probed U.S. defenses around Guam at the same time as the president gave his State of the Union Speech. Military officials refused to speculate about the timing, but Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan
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(121)
 


Fri February 15, 2013
(The New York Times)
 
 
 
U.S. Soccer player shows some balls
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(32)
 
(Fox News)
 
 
 
Chrysler's Ram division is set to build the only light duty diesel pickup for sale in U.S
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(48)
 


Wed February 13, 2013
(Huffington Post)
 
 
 
Amidst all the doom and gloom over "out-of-control" government spending, the Treasury Department notes that in January, the U.S. had a $3 billion surplus. No, that is not a typo
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Tue February 12, 2013
(Boulder Daily Camera)
 
 
 
It never looks good when the cops see you driving your car on the sidewalk with two flat tires
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(19)
 
(The Hollywood Reporter)
 
 
 
All US middle and high schools will be receiving copies of the Lincoln DVD. Just how they will play those DVDs on the outdated VHS and Laser Disc equipment they have is anyone's guess
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(60)
 


Mon February 11, 2013
(CBS News)
 
 
 
Teen birthrates in the U.S. fall to record lows. When asked if this was due to abstinence programs or increased sex education, researchers bravely turned their tails and fled, brave brave sex researchers (link fixed)
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(143)
 


Fri February 08, 2013
(LA Times)
 
 
 
New study says that traffic congestion in the U.S. remains steady, except for the 405 in Los Angeles which hasn't actually moved since 2011
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(55)
 
(CBS News)
 
 
 
US productivity shrank by two percent as workers asked for a bathroom break and a drink of water on the same shift
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(26)
 


Mon February 04, 2013
(US News)
 
 
 
It's Rosa Parks' 100th birthday. Here's how U.S. News & World Report covered the bus boycott in 1956
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(98)
 


Sun February 03, 2013
(CBC)
 
 
 
Awesome: Winning all expense paid trip to the Superbowl. Not so awesome: Denied entry to the US because of a drug conviction. 2 grams of marijuana. 32 years ago
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(195)
 
(IT World)
 
 
 
Old-time dotcom Buy.com swallowed whole by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, who rebrand it as "Rakuten" and relaunch it in U.S. as Amazon competitor
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(67)
 
(WFAA Fort Worth)
 
 
 
Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. history, shot and killed at rifle range
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(877)
 


Sat February 02, 2013
(Mercury News)
 
 
 
Department of Energy reaffirms that the U.S. is still dedicated to getting a million electric cars on the road, Difficulty: Finding a million people who live their entire life in a five mile radius
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(72)
 


Fri February 01, 2013
(The New York Times)
 
 
 
Ian Fleming's true successor has written 196 books, has friends in U.S. and Russian intelligence, and predicted Sadat's assassination and fall of Benghazi CIA outpost. He's also a 83-year old womanizing Frenchman who writes good sex scenes
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(9)
 


Tue January 29, 2013
(Science Magazine)
 
 
 
Trouble with Tribbles?
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(41)
 
(Marketwatch)
 
 
 
Pizzas 4 Patriots sending 21,000 Chicago-style pizzas to U.S. servicemen and women overseas for the Super Bowl. Didn't send New York-style since they figured they've suffered enough already
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(158)
 


Mon January 28, 2013
(Time)
 
 
 
As if the flu epidemic wasn't bad enough, get ready for a new strain of norovirus
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(46)
 


Tue January 22, 2013
(CBS News)
 
 
 
France: "Hey US, come help us with this little conflict. What's the worst that could happen?"
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Mon January 21, 2013
(Gallup)
 
 
 
Gallup poll says that 38% of Americans want stricter gun control. The other 62% wouldn't come out from their bunkers to be questioned
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(432)
 


Sat January 19, 2013
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
Canadian man arrested after trying to sneak into the U.S. using a stolen canoe and a shovel.... YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG
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(55)
 
(LA Times)
 
 
 
Seemingly in response to Dunkin' Donuts, Krispy Kreme plans to grow from 740 to 1,300 stores by 2017. Average U.S. waist size to grow proportionally from 38 to 42
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(98)
 


Fri January 18, 2013
(Gizmodo)
 
 
 
United Airlines becomes the first U.S. carrier to offer Wi-Fi on long flights, finally giving passengers something to do for the four hours they sit on the tarmac
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(30)
 
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
"Naked" body scanners to be removed from airports, transferred to other government agencies. Have fun taking your kids to the Smithsonian museums, suckers
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(130)
 


Thu January 17, 2013
(National Geographic)
 
 
 
Thanks to global warming December showers bring January flowers
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(79)
 
(ABC)
 
 
 
Wal-Mart says it will boost U.S. made products in all stores. Company execs immediately begin nationwide search for a product made in the U.S
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(158)
 


Wed January 16, 2013
(Yahoo)
 
 
 
They cited Admiralty Law? The Sovereign Citizens must be wetting themselves
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(67)
 
(The Raw Story)
 
 
 
America doesn't have a gun-debate problem, it has an Ann Coulter problem
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(199)
 
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
Good news everyone: The mother of all 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs is new, improved and ready for action in 2013
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(55)
 
(Yahoo)
 
 
 
Maybe it's time to take a new look at the 29-year-old U.S. computer security laws
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(37)
 


Tue January 15, 2013
(Boston Herald)
 
 
 
Internet demands that Obama replace Carmen Ortiz with prosecutor who doesn't put people in prison for computer crimes
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(189)
 


Wed January 09, 2013
(StratFor)
 
 
 
The most balanced, insightful article on the declining middle class and U.S. power. So, what's it doing on Fark?
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(52)
 


Tue January 08, 2013
(Yahoo)
 
 
 
"Europe Will Re-Emerge as a U.S. Concern Says Kenny" though I don't know how they understand him through his hood
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(10)
 
(The Tennessean)
 
 
 
Seven months after a dam was demolished to make a river free-flowing for first time in 49 years, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommend building several new dams along the same river's route. BRILLIANT
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(44)
 


Sun January 06, 2013
(Gallup)
 
 
 
Americans are unsure if the best times are past us or still yet to come. Apparently that depends on whether or not you are a Cubs fan
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(30)
 


Sat January 05, 2013
(24/7 Wall Street)
 
 
 
Net-connected gadgets outnumber people in the US. This is how it starts
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(19)
 
(UPI)
 
 
 
Clash will occur if US troops stay in Afghanistan after 2014, Taliban militants warn. If we go, there will be trouble, and if we stay, it will be double. Sharif don't like it. We fought the law, and the law won. Excuse me, London's calling
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(73)
 


Fri January 04, 2013
(Jalopnik)
 
 
 
Auto Men Empire: 2012's U.S. car sales visualized as Game Of Thrones-style atlas
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(20)
 
(Charlotte Observer)
 
 
 
Lincolnton Furniture Company, hailed by President Obama as an example of the recovering U.S. economy goes the way of Solyndra, a company hailed by Obama as an example of the recovering U.S. economy
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(46)
 
(Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
 
 
 
This chart should be featured in every budget story discussion: U.S. spends 50% more on its military than the top-10 next highest spenders combined. And only two of those ten are not allies and one of the two left loans us the money to spend
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(167)
 


Sat December 29, 2012
(YouTube)
 
 
 
FARK's favorite Taiwanese animators try and make some cents out of the U.S. fiscal cliff
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(6)
 


Fri December 28, 2012
(CNN)
 
 
 
US official: North Korea likely deceived U.S. before launching rocket. Obvious tag goes tumbling through low earth orbit
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(61)
 
(The Consumerist)
 
 
 
The U.S. landline telephone is now down to just a few remaining rollover minutes
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(64)
 


Thu December 27, 2012
(Japan Times)
 
 
 
Japan encounters the power of the fully operational and litigious nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
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(65)
 
(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
Consumer confidence in U.S. decreases more than forecast until it looks in the mirror and says: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people *like* me"
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(22)
 
(BusinessWeek)
 
 
 
US stocks fall on word that TNT canceled "Leverage"
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(8)
 
(Globe and Mail)
 
 
 
Expensive bicycles are becoming a status symbol for wealthy Chinese executives. Top status symbol for U.S. executives is still having enough money to afford a lawyer to keep them out of jail
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(6)
 


Sat December 22, 2012
(USA Today)
 
 
 
North Dakota is the nation's fastest growing state, prompting huge demand for housing, schools, Lawrence Welk tribute bands
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(55)
 


Fri December 21, 2012
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
Dreams come true for a 10-year-old boy with terminal cancer as he is made an honorary serviceman in the United States Army. The dust is wonderfully thick in this story
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(74)
 
(Fox Business)
 
 
 
U.S. building permits are at a four year high. Now, the only tricky part is getting a loan, finding a buyer and locating any contractors who actually still do construction
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(36)
 


Thu December 20, 2012
(CNN)
 
 
 
Fareed Zakaria: The left needs to pull their collective heads out of their arses if they think the U.S. can sustain these entitlements without reform, because the people aren't getting any younger
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(Bloomberg)
 
 
 
Pfizer fires 20% of its sales force. Once again, Viagra workers get the shaft
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(19)
 
(SacBee)
 
 
 
Three leading U.S. senators are shocked to discover that Hollywood movies are often historically inaccurate
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(72)
 


Wed December 19, 2012
(LA Times)
 
 
 
U.S. government stops relocating otters away from fishing areas after discovering that otters can swim
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(33)
 


Tue December 18, 2012
(The Hill)
 
 
 
Ben Affleck to testify on Capital Hill on Wednesday on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its implications for U.S. security. Here comes the political science
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(23)
 
(Calgary Herald)
 
 
 
While the U.S. wrestles to balance liberty and security in the wake of a horrible firearms massacre, Alberta is banning string to make its schools safer
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(95)
 


Mon December 17, 2012
(Fox News)
 
 
 
You have arrested a U.S. marine, you have destroyed his spirit, you cuff him to a bed. All that we could forgive. But Mexico... crocs?
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(164)
 
(National Review)
 
 
 
Except for the attack on Gabrielle Giffords, every public shooting since at least 1950 in the U.S., in which more than three people have been killed, has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry guns
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(Right Wing Watch)
 
 
 
David Barton tells his followers the U.S. Constitution is filled with direct Bible quotes. Subby will buy a six-pack of beer to first on the right to give an exact quote found in both with four words including a noun and a verb. Subby's money is safe
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Thu December 13, 2012
(Zero Hedge)
 
 
 
Explaining the U.S. economy via Star Wars
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(34)
 
(Daily Mail)
 
 
 
US government has figured out the cause of those attacks on troops in Afghanistan; It because soldiers aren't sensitive to the local culture and they should ignore the abuse of womens rights and pedophilia there
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Tue December 11, 2012
(The New York Times)
 
 
 
What ever happened to the Libyans wanting to help the U.S. with the Benghazi murders? You know,THOSE three month old Benghazi murders. Anyone? Bueller?
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(173)
 
(LA Times)
 
 
 
U.S. is cutting its losses and selling off its remaining shares of AIG at a $15.1 billion... profit?
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(64)
 

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