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110-million Americans on Welfare

Click here: 109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded “means-tested programs” — also known as welfare
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Anti-gunners shoot guns for first time

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Study: SUN driving Climate Change

Click here: It’s not just humans that are to blame for global warming – natural activity from the sun also has an impact on climate change.

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22-Iowa Jails to release Illegals

Click here: 22 Iowa jails refusing immigration detainers
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Teachers lounge vending machines exempt from new federal snack rules

Click here: Teachers lounge vending machines exempt from new federal snack rules
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Hospital Data Hacked

Click here: Community Health Systems says data stolen in cyber attack from China resulted in the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal data belonging to 4.5 million patients.
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Obituaries this week

April Dawn Love Petty Templeton Walker, 42, Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Robert “Bob” Marshall, 53, Burlington died Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Robert L. Martin, 71, Burlington died Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Jane Lewis, 92, Burlington, died Friday, August 22, 2014

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What is Social Justice?

“Social Justice” is a term you hear almost every day. But did you ever hear anybody define what it actually means?

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How the sun sees you

We show people what they look like in ultraviolet light

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The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen

In every society throughout human history the following relationship has held true: as government grows, human freedom and happiness shrinks.