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Palin deals with daughter's pregnancy
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The media frenzy that has been surrounding vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin's pregnant teenage daughter is absolutely ludicrous - not only because teenage pregnancy isn't even close to being the social faux pas it was 10 years ago, but also because it surprisingly highlights Palin's values.
Travelin' the Globe:
Packing the essentials; books and snow pants
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WARREN, Ohio - The pieces of my European preparation puzzle are starting to fit together. I have free housing for the days I'll be in Salzburg before I can access my dorm room. I have a bicycle. My flight hasn't been canceled yet, and I don't have to pay extra for my first or second bag (unless they are overweight), since I booked my flight prior to the new fees and because I'm flying to Europe.
I fought authority, authority won
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Two clashing forces have descended on the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. this week. One, of course, is the agenda of the 2,380 Republican delegates, assembled to anoint John McCain as their new leader. In most respects, they are a homogenous bunch: Few are non-white, working-class or underprivileged in any way, and their world views are united by an embrace of hierarchy, perpetual violence and demonization of the "other.
