Dan Margolis
LATEST ARTICLES BY Dan Margolis
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U.S.
Atheism grows among youth, high school students
February 18, 2011The Secular Student Alliance, which has chapters on 200 college campuses nationwide, announced that it would work to help high school-aged free thinkers express themselves.
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U.S.
Florida tea party governor rejects Obama’s rail funds
February 17, 2011Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott is refusing billions of dollars from the Obama administration for what Scott's critics say would be an economic boom for the state: a high speed rail project connecting Tampa and Orlando.
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U.S.
Cop found not guilty in slaying of African American youth
February 16, 2011A grand jury ruled that the police killing of Danroy "D.J." Henry, Jr., the African American Pace University football player cops shot outside of a bar in suburban New York, was not a crime.
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Opinion
Too many teachers reject or ignore evolution
February 10, 2011These problem teachers - who openly flout the law - aren't discussed by Fox News or right-wing politicians.
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Peace
Nuclear treaty makes fresh START for peace
February 4, 2011The New START Treaty aimed at reducing U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles, signed by President Obama Feb. 2, will come into effect on Saturday.
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U.S.
Cuomo budget axe chops health care, education
February 3, 2011NEW YORK - Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo presented his proposed state budget yesterday, Feb. 1, unveiling huge spending cuts to social services, especially education and health care.
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World
Demonstrations, nationwide strike rock Egypt, world labor voices solidarity
February 1, 2011A general strike, to continue until Mubarak's government falls, has been called by the newly formed Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions.
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U.S.
New York show of solidarity with Egypt
February 1, 2011Several thousand people - Egyptians, Egyptian Americans and other New Yorkers - showed up here Jan. 29 in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Egypt.
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