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- China bans Twitter http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/06/02/twitter-silenced-in-china-ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary/ 18 comments
- So you've got Google Wave. Now what? (CS Monitor asks a question that many of us can echo.) http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/11/24/so-youve-got-google-wave-now-what/ 72 comments technology
- Michigan really is broke as a joke: They sold the 80,300-seat Silverdome for $583,000 Wednesday. The former home of the Detroit Lions cost $55.7 million to build back in 1975 http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/11/18/new-tale-of-detroits-woe-silverdome-sold-for-583000/ 7 comments reddit.com
- New tale of Detroit’s woe: 80,300-seat Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions, sold for $583,000 - the cost of a home in many US cities http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/11/18/new-tale-of-detroits-woe-silverdome-sold-for-583000/ 24 comments business
- These anti-Obama slogans are VERY sinister. I am a progressive pastor who has been physically intimidated by ultra-conservatives who see me as an extension of the president's agenda. The anger and hate seem to be finding the nearest accessible target. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/16/biblical-anti-obama-slogan-use-of-psalm-1098-funny-or-sinister/? 8 comments politics
- Palin's poll numbers plummet since she quit being Alaska's governor. Now 70% think she is unqualified to be president, including 57% of Republicans. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/17/sarah-palin-going-rogue-to-the-white-house-polls-say-no/ 36 comments politics
- This is what patriotic Christians pray for their President? "Let his days be few ... his children be fatherless" These twisted Christians are who the GOP and Blue Dog Dems are BOWING to! http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/16/biblical-anti-obama-slogan-use-of-psalm-1098-funny-or-sinister/ 13 comments politics
- Sesame Street is again under attack by the rightwing, this time for Oscar the Grouch saying the imaginary news station "Pox News" is 'trashy' http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/04/sesame-street-40-years-of-laughs-joy-and-communism/ 256 comments politics
- Fox News Lies - Makes up a Negative story about Obama - Propaganda at it's worst - Fox News has now become the New Nazi Party Propaganda machine. The modern Goebbels Nazi Press is at work in America. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/04/obama-watched-documentary-last-night-nope-fox-botched-this-one/ 14 comments reddit.com
- Healthcare reform adds to troubles of Senators Reid and Dodd - Sens. Harry Reid and Christopher Dodd are leading the charge for a healthcare reform bill. But that makes it hard for them to run as moderates in 2010, when both will face tough reelection campaigns. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/10/15/healthcare-reform-adds-to-troubles-of-senators-reid-and-dodd/ 5 comments politics
- Health Care industry zerg: Six health-care lobbyists for every member of Congress. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/09/28/how-washington-lobbyists-peddle-power/ 3 comments politics
- When his hometown paper, the Orlando Sentinel, suggested that “some say” his style “may quickly rub his new colleagues the wrong way.” He responded in a fund raising e-mail: “Well, ’some say’ that the Sentinel is a trashy tabloid that dresses up bias and gossip as news.” http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/09/30/for-alan-grayson-a-liberal-rebel-die-quickly-was-tame/ 24 comments reddit.com
- The (african-american) head of the GOP has insinuated that (african-american) President of the United States has asked the (african-american) Governor of New York not to run for re-election because... http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/09/21/gop-chief-hints-racism-involved-in-obama-paterson-controversy/ 13 comments politics
- Don't just complain about Rep. Joe Wilson;s outburst. Support his opponent Rob Miller. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/09/10/joe-wilson-outburst-a-windfall-for-sc-dem-rob-miller/ 4 comments politics
- For unemployed Americans, where will jobs come? http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/09/04/for-unemployed-americans-where-will-jobs-come/ 5 comments politics
- Elliot Spitzer going to teach at my college!- course in political science at CCNY for undergrads. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/09/02/spitzer-lands-teaching-gig-at-new-york-city-college/ 5 comments reddit.com
- For more hard-pressed Americans, a campsite is home http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/08/31/for-more-hard-pressed-americans-a-campsite-is-home/ 3 comments economy
- Are climate change deniers like creationists? http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/08/28/are-climate-change-deniers-like-creationists/ 34 comments politics
- "Cheney shrugs off CIA-torture investigation" | csmonitor.com -- He shrugged off 911 warnings, too. http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/08/31/cheney-shrugs-off-cia-torture-investigation/ 3 comments politics
- Football coach Lou Holtz, longtime friend of Jesse Helms who cut commercials backing him while he called MLK a communist on the Senate floor, may run for Congress. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/08/04/lou-holtz-for-congress-what-about-that-hitler-comment-though/ 3 comments politics
- Why is the Christian Science Monitor the only news outlet to point out how sketchy the information from Xinjiang really is? http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/07/06/sources-in-urumqi-theyre-very-hard-to-come-by/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Amazon takes one more step toward in-book advertisements for the Kindle | csmonitor.com http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/07/06/amazon-takes-one-more-step-toward-in-book-advertisements-for-the-kindle/ 15 comments technology
- Congress calls for “time-out” on NASA’s human space flight funding http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/06/08/congress-calls-for-time-out-on-nasas-human-space-flight-funding 9 comments space
- Will Joe the Plubmer just go away... Ohhhh look at that "oh yeaaah" look on Meghan McCain's face... I'm done. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/05/07/gop-disaster-first-specter-and-now-joe-the-plumber/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Somali pirates try to take on the French Navy (ok, it was by accident but still... how stupid can you get?) http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/05/03/somali-pirates-nabbed-trying-to-attack-french-navy-by-accident/ 17 comments worldnews
- Rush Limbaugh to Put on His Christmas Lights to Protest Earth Hour http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/03/28/earth-hour-limbaugh-to-turn-on-christmas-lights-to-celebrate/ 17 comments politics
- Obama makes a Special Olympics joke http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/03/19/president-obama-makes-a-special-olympics-joke-staffer-apologizes/ 14 comments reddit.com
- Job losses hit black men hardest and black women hardly at all. http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/03/15/job-losses-hit-black-men-hardest/ 3 comments business
- So much for Bristol Palin's shotgun wedding. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/03/11/omg-bristol-and-levi-are-dunzo/ 8 comments reddit.com
- Some things never change: On his last day in office, George W. Bush called the president of Israel. On his first day in office, Obama called the prime minister of Israel. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/01/21/obama-calls-middle-eastern-leaders-and-engages-on-gaza/ 4 comments worldnews
- DTV update: Obama asks Congress to delay digital switch http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/01/08/dtv-troubles-consumer-group-pushes-to-delay-digital-transition/ 5 comments technology
- Obama urges Bush, Congress to pass a stimulus package for the working class http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/11/07/obama-urges-bush-congress-to-pass-a-stimulus-package/ 4 comments politics
- The origin of the "lemmings commit mass suicide" myth http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/06/climate-change-threatening-lemmings/ 13 comments science
- Joe the Plumber is now Joe the foreign policy advisor? | csmonitor.com http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/29/joe-the-plumber-is-now-joe-the-foreign-policy-advisor/ 3 comments politics
- Writer decries the 'villification' of Palin. Asks readers if Obama ad targeting Palin is fair or not. Doesn't get expected answer. (See comments.) http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/29/obama-rips-sarah-palin-in-new-campaign-ad/ 6 comments politics
- Hey - it’s 30 minutes nonstop of Barack Obama tonight! http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/29/hey-its-30-minutes-non-stop-of-barack-obama-tonight/ 5 comments politics
- Media annoyed with Palin talk http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/05/media-annoyed-with-palin-talk/ 3 comments politics
- Scientists challenge General Relativity. And Mr. Einstein wins again. http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/08/scientists-challenge-general-relativity-and-mr-einstein-wins-again/ 3 comments science
- Sonar enters the third dimension http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/03/sonar-enters-the-third-dimension/ 28 comments science
- Finally, an ELECTRIC CAR with a useful range and speed! Thanks to ultracapacitors. http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/04/16/ultracapacitors-the-future-of-electric-cars-or-the-cold-fusion-of-autovation/ 189 comments technology