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Newt Gingrich demonstrates strong potential for GOP
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- December 9, 2011
The GOP race for the Oval Office is continually plunging into ambiguity as the Republican National Convention (RNC) approaches. Currently, the GOP is in the midst of dealing with Herman Cain’s recent withdrawal, as well as a growing Occupy movement sweeping the nation. However, among these circumstances, a new leader emerged. Newt Gingrich, former speaker
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Police interference raises ethics questions
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- December 9, 2011
The slogan “We are the 99 percent” has come a long way since it originated with The Occupy Wall Street movement. From Wall Street to downtown Lancaster, Occupy protestors claim to be a part of the 99 percent not included in the wealthiest portion of the U.S. population. Each week since the Occupy Wall Street
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Child obesity rates increase, schools slow to react
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- December 9, 2011
Recent studies published by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) have provided a new statistical insight into the growing number of American children and early adolescents who are overweight or obese. To date, the NCES has conducted two studies as part of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS). The U.S. Department of Education provided
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Hershey Med. isolates cancer-killing virus
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- December 9, 2011
In a fifth-floor laboratory at Hershey Medical Center, scientists have discovered a virus which they believe may facilitate the destruction of cancerous cells in the human body. Dr. Craig Meyers and his team brought to surface the fact that Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) does not cause disease in humans but liquefies certain cancer cells
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Occupy Wall St. sends strong message throughout U.S.
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement is completely unorganized, but that does not mean their purpose for coming out onto the streets of New York in Zuccotti Park and rioting is completely meaningless. Citizens are frustrated and angry due to the economic state in the United States. Not only are American citizens angry at the government,
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Obama’s new student loan plan: who’s paying?
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
It’s something most students do not want to think about. It’s something most students do not enjoy paying back. It’s something called student loans, the focus of Obama’s new plan to assist college students that are in debt. The plan calls for a cap on student loan payments, starting July 1, 2014. It is 10
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Federal drug prohibition hinders economy
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- November 13, 2011
Drug prohibition has failed in the U.S. and will someday end just as alcohol prohibition did in 1933. Despite the legal consequences of illicit drug use, some 22 million Americans use illegal drugs. And support for legalization of marijuana, the most widely used illegal drug, has been growing in past years with Gallup Polls reporting
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Lancaster metropolitan bridges second worst on national level
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- November 4, 2011
Recent reports from local newspapers state that the Lancaster County metropolitan area has the second worst bridges in the nation within the category of towns with 500,000 to one million residents. The worst bridges can be found in the Tulsa, Okla. metropolitan area. These structurally-deficient bridges can be found not only in the Lancaster County
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Local resident implements service initiative
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- November 4, 2011
Michelle McIntrye-Brewer was one of 13 recipients to receive the 2011 Presidential Citizenship Medal. McIntyre-Brewer is a 2001 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pa. who now lives in Maryland. McIntyre-Brewer created a program called Soldier’s List in 2003, just after the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The program was
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