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Robin Templeton: Baby Baiting
The anti-immigrant right is capitalizing on a concept with old nativist roots that is lending new potency to the assault on Latino immigrants, demonizing babies as the weapon of choice for armies of "illegals."
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The Minnesota Pop 50
We picked the moments that put us on the cultural map
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Ali Shaw's top 10 transformation stories
Tales of metamorphosis are not only ancient, says Ali Shaw, but tap into the deepest recesses of human consciousness. Here he picks ten of his favourite transformations, from Ted Hughes's Ovid to Roald Dahl's Royal Jelly Ali Shaw was born in 1982 and grew up in a small town in Dorset. Earlier this year he won the Desmond Elliott prize with his first novel, The Girl With Glass Feet, which he has ...
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Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: Tongue-digging.
"You tongue will dig your grave, Memnet." - Nina Foch to Dame Judith Anderson in DeMille's The Ten Commandments. Sunday This week, we rejoined the...
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Risk of Depression Low, Says Our Man in China
( Ricks Picks frequently runs guest commentaries expressing opinions that differ markedly from our own.
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Top 10 successful movie franchises
Find out which famous franchises movie-goers flocked to see, and what they had in common.
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Clarkfield, Minn. Every time MaryAnn Oakland sees a Monarch butterfly flutter from her hand into the blue sky yonder she says that it fills her with great joy.
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Puppy, Bean, Victory? Top 20 weird
A list of the decade's most unusual names reveals a selection guaranteed to get youngsters noticed. Rooney and Cobain have also been chosen by parents.
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Emanuel Steward: Wladimir is one of the most devastating one-punch boxers in heavyweight history
by Geoffrey Ciani - This weeks 83rd edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward who is currently involved in a lot of recent headlines throughout the boxing world.
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The Madness of March
By: Andrew Otovic This year's tournament has brought a lot of excitement, heartbreak, and confusion Millions of people, including the president, fill them out each and every year. It is during the week of St. Patricks day that people start becoming less-productive at work and start spending their time doing research on college basketball....
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