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Pew Poll: Newspaper declines accelerate

Click here: Newspaper industry lost 7 percent of daily circulation in 2015 and 8 percent of ad revenues.
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Black Fathers Matter

Which poses a bigger threat to black communities: Racism? Or the absence of fathers? Drawing on a sea of official data and his own upbringing, talk-show host Larry Elder shows just how important black fathers are in turning boys into responsible and happy men–and how their absence has had a tragic impact on millions of black Americans.

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Don’t Follow Your Passion

Should you follow your passion, wherever it may take you? Should you do only what you love…or learn to love what you do? How can you identify which path to take? How about which paths to avoid? TV personality Mike Rowe, star of “Dirty Jobs” and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It,” shares the dirty truth in PragerU’s 2016 commencement address.

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Obama’s Jobs Report Worst in 6 Years

Despite forecasting 160,000 new jobs, Obama’s Department of Labor announced that job creation in May plunged to only 38,000, the worst performance in 6 years.
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Record 94,708,000 Americans Not in Labor Force

“A record 94,708,000 Americans were not in the labor force in May — 664,000 more than in April — and the labor force participation rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 62.6 percent, near its 38-year low.”
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CDC: 80% of public swimming pools failed health inspections

Click here: 80 Percent Of Public Swimming Pools Fail Health Inspections
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Why Did America Fight the Korean War?

What was the Korean War? And why was America involved in such a faraway conflict? Was the United States’ sacrifice–35,000 killed, over 100,000 wounded–worth it? Historian Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, shares the fascinating story of a transformative war that many have forgotten.

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Obama’s Economy: Living with parents now MOST common arrangement for Adults ages 18 to 34

Living with parents now the single MOST common arrangement for Americans ages 18 to 34

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How socialism turned Venezuela into debt and hyperinflation hell

Venezuela: how the socialist paradise turned into debt and hyperinflation hell
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World’s Largest Solar Plant Torches Itself

Click here: It’s yet another setback for the Solar facility. For the past few months, the plant has been unable to meet the output levels stipulated in its power purchase agreement. Also a recent test of the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada resulted in some 130 birds catching fire.