Pennies May Soon Be a Thing of the Past

In this village settled by thrifty Pilgrims, you can still buy penny candy for a penny, but tourist Alan Ferguson doubts he'll be able to dig any 1-cent pieces out of his pockets.

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5 School Districts Drop Out of N.C. Suit

Five urban school districts told a judge Thursday they were dropping out of a long-running lawsuit filed to force the state to spend more money on education.

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Elite Colleges Focus on Community Colleges

The signs are everywhere, from the BMWs parked on campus, to the students' designer cell phones, to the number of families paying full price even as tuition and fees climb past $40,000. The most prestigious colleges are overwhelmingly attended by the wealthy.

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Bono Pushes U.S. to Increase Aid to Poor

Quoting from Islamic, Jewish and Christian texts, rock star Bono called Thursday for the U.S. government to give an additional 1 percent of the federal budget to the world's poor.

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No comments makes paradox a sad boy

Sorry, this is just a rant Poor me, the guy who is featured with almost every article he writes, yet gets very few comments, and has no profile comments. Just feeling lonely now.

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Americans in Poverty is good business for Congress..

The American Nightmare lives on....

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Get Rich or Die Tryin'- Why the rich are getting richer and the poor getting pooer in Bush's US

"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in America, and nowhere else.

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Aggressive Begging for Money

This is my second summer working in Washington, DC. I'm currently working in Northwest DC, which is the nicer part of town for those who don't know.

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Preserving the Liberal Vision - Part II

Dr. Sowell illustrates how the liberal media distort economic facts. From the article: For decades, the liberal media and the intelligentsia have had to struggle mightily against good economic news. Their whole vision of the world -- and of themselves -- is at stake.

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Homeless man without a license is Clipper season ticket holder

But Cook, 46, nevertheless is unflagging in his support of the Clippers, who return to Staples Center tonight for Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the Phoenix Suns.

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Bush Backs Monday Deadline For Seniors

I gotta give it to the Shrub, he does run true to form. He hates all the non-rich. Thank God he's not god like he thinks.

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Grim Effects of Zimbabwe's Slum Purge

The effects of Operation "Drive Out the Filth' are still being felt by the Zimbabwean poor.More than 700,000 were left homeless when Zimbabwe's elite chose to push the poor out of sight but not out of squalor.

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Unwanted Pregnancies Rise for Poor Women

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America's rags-to-riches dream an illusion: study

America may still think of itself as the land of opportunity, but the chances of living a rags-to-riches life are a lot lower than elsewhere in the world, according to a new study published on Wednesday.

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America's Priorities: Pro-War and War on the Poor?

Americans have voted to make America the greatest War Machine in History. Our War capacity is not an overnight accident. American Voters and leaders have systematically and persistently developed our World Class War machine.

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Minimum Wage Myths Shattered

From the article:It's tempting to think of higher minimum wages as an anti-poverty weapon, but such an idea doesn't even pass the smell test.

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New Orleans Hip-Hop Is the Home of Gangsta Gumbo

Maybe New Orleans rappers don't mind being left out. No doubt most of them prefer popularity — and its rewards — to respect. But why should they have to choose?

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Retiree flushes 30,000 Marks down the toilet. REAL MONEY.

BERLIN (AP) - A retiree in northern Germany flushed some 30,000 marks (about $21,500 Cdn) down the toilet, believing the old bank notes were worthless, police said.

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Deadline to gut homes in New Orleans is set

Concerned that thousands of residents are doing nothing to fix up their flooded homes, the New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to set Aug.

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CEOs say how you treat a waiter can predict a lot about character

I totally agree with this article. How one treats one's employees or people that serve one perfectly reflects one's true face.

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Change the world...start here part 2

Why would anyone think that beginning with Equatorial Guinea, one could change the world?

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Townhall.com :: Columns :: Who pays the taxes by Bruce Bartlett - Dec 6, 2005

Most of this is opinion, but I post this for the sake of the facts stated. It's a bit dated, but timely nonetheless. My comments on my blog at blepo.org.

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Wet Bank Guide: We Are Not OK

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Mexico prefers to export its poor, not uplift them - Yahoo! News

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. - At the parleys this week with his US and Canadian counterparts in Cancún, Mexican President Vicente Fox will press for more opportunities for his countrymen north of the Rio Grande.

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As Life Returns to New Orleans, So Does Crime

Living here in New Orleans, I just want to vouch that while I will never say this is the safest city in the U.S., I have never once been the victim of any sort of crime in the three years I have lived here.

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America Has a Warrior Class

How do you know when you face a warrior? Money is how you assign people their social rank. What kind of car does a man drive, what kind of clothes is he wears. But when you face a warrior, none of that matters.

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Is Whole Foods Wholesome? - The dark secrets of the organic-food movement.

The organic-food movement is in danger of exacerbating the growing gap between rich and poor in this country by contributing to a two-tiered national food supply, with healthy food for the rich.

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The earnings of college graduates declined 5.2 percent

The real annual earnings of college graduates actually declined 5.2 percent, while those of high school graduates, strangely enough, rose 1.6 percent.

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A Sharp Debate Erupts in China Over Ideologies - New York Times

The classic capitalist dilemma and the sort of fertile soil plowed by Mao.

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