Report: Athletes test scores lag behind class

Seeded on Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:20 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Football and men's basketball players are averaging hundreds of points less on their college entrance exams than their classmates, according to a newspaper's study of 54 public universities.

football, education, university, admissions, average, college-athletics, msnbci

Arrest details on mom of Bristol Palin boyfriend

Seeded on Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:45 PM EST (msnbc.com)

The mother of Bristol Palin's boyfriend sent text messages to two police informants discussing drug transactions before her arrest on felony drug charges, authorities say.

us-news, crime-courts, msnbci

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In outcry over siege, two Indias emerge

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 1:27 AM EST (msnbc.com)

The siege by gunmen of prominent symbols of wealth in Mumbai provokes unprecedented raw outrage, but the city's poor, also hit hard by past disaster, see an attention gap.

washington-post, world-news, msnbci

Big Three automakers' woes affect NASCAR

Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:44 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Big Three automakers and other sponsors scale back financial involvement in auto racing.

business, washington-post, msnbci

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Automakers greet Congress with hands out

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 2:39 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and build more fuel-efficient vehicles.

business, washington, autos, msnbci

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Check out the research by John Lott. Every year firearms owned by law abiding citizens are used over 2 million times in self defense. How does that contrast with the ~10,000 suicides each year with a firearm? Now don't get me wrong, each suicide is a trajedy that is avoidable, but not by denying me my God given right to self defense. Firearms are illegal in England and they have a murder rate with firearms greater than here. Ditto Australia. Now Switzerland which requires every military aged male possess a fully-automatic rifle has one of the lowest murder rates. It's a society thing, not a tool thing.
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