| MISCELLANEOUS |
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Bush Attends Mardi Gras
Observes raucous celebrations
from Air Force One. |
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| SPORTS |
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Course of Iditarod Changed
Due to Global Warming
Also: dogs replaced by camels. |
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Blood Doping Approved for
2010 Winter Olympics
Move made to improve performances,
ratings, says IOC. |
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| KIDZ KORNER |
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Write
Your Own News Story: Fill
in the blanks on this Reusable
News Template!
It has come to light that
top Republican leaders
____ and ____ added a
last-minute provision to
the omnibus ____bill,
without the knowledge or
approval of the House-Senate
Conference Committee, granting the
______ industry exemption
from the long-standing
requirement that they
refrain from ______ and
protecting them against
lawsuits holding
companies liable for
_____ caused by their
_____. The provision also
nullifies all state laws
passed to protect the
public from ____. The GOP
leaders had recently
collected $__,___,___ in
campaign gifts from the
industry at a party held
on a ___ off the coast of
_____. |
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| FEATURE |
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| The Army has
decided to pay
Halliburton nearly all of
the $2.41 billion no-bid
contract to deliver oil
and rebuild Iraq's oil
industry despite the fact
that the Army's own audit
has identified how much
in potentially excessive
or unjustified charges? |
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| A ) | $2.5 million |
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| B ) | $25 million |
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| C ) | $250 million |
| Hint: What's $250
million between friends? |
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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Microsoft Will Have New
Version of Windows Available by Next
Christmas
Patch to fix problem which will let
hackers destroy all your files available
by Easter. |
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| MILESTONES |
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Wikipedia Adds One Millionth
Article
Entry, titled “Skippy Johnson is a
Jerk,” can be edited by anyone with
Internet access. |
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| MEDIA |
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Answer to
Last Week's Fox News
Challenge (Left):
No. |
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