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Pakistan School Shooting
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7 Taliban militants killed 145 people (kids) at a school
Militants killed Most likely in response to the government trying to get rid of the Taliban |
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Cuba and US Relations
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Obama=plans to normalize diplomatic relations & ease economic restrictions on Cuba
Easier to travel to Cuba & US will reopen an embassy in Havana Cuba's released Alan Gross, an American, who has been a prison for the last 5 years |
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Sony Pictures
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"Gaurdians of Peace"=cyber attackers that brought Sony down in Nov. has started to share data they stole
FBI stated hackers=N. Korea Promised violence to anyone who sees "The Interview"=comedy mocking Kim Jung Un Sony's not releasing the movie Movies been released in limited theaters and available through online services=Netflix |
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NCAA National Football Championship
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Ohio State defeated Oregon 42-20
Urban Meyer (coach of OSU) has now won 2 championships w/ 2 separate schools (other one=Florida) |
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Nigeria
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Boko Haram, terrorist group, kidnapped 40 boys & young men from a village called Malari
They will b forced to join their army Shows there is no signs of ceasefire from terrorist group |
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France
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French paper=Charles Hebdo=printed satirical cartoons depicting Muhammad
12 people=gunned down by 3 radical Muslims Shooters killed in a standoff w/ police France=thinking about toughening security & debating whether to spy mor on their own people |
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Air Asia Flight
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Flight left Indonesia & went missing on its way to Singapore
Plane changed its flight path due to bad weather 162 people onboard Investigators started to find debris & even the black boxes |
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US Economy
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US added 252,000 jobs in Dec. making 2014 the best year since 1999 for job growth
Unemployment rate went down to 5.6% |
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Speaker of the House
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John Boehner (Republican-Ohio) received 216 votes of 408 cast & remains the SOTH for a 3rd term
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Golden Globes
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Host-Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Best Motion Picture Drama-Boyhood Best Actress-Julianne Moore (Still Alice) Best Actor-Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) |
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Super Bowl in Arizona
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Features the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks
Halftime Performance-Katy Perry |
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Stock Market
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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW) rose to an all time high of over 20,000 points in Dec.
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Yemen and Civil War
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The Houthi (Shia Muslims) militants & al-Qaeda r fighting each other & the government in Yemen
Country is supposed to b democratic but too much instability & corruption has led to uprisings |
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Oil Prices
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Oil prices continue to drop to some of the lowest prices in the last decade
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Explain what the Environmental Protection Agency announced in January that they are looking todo for the first time with methane emissions?
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Use a mix of regulatory and voluntary strategies to reduce methane emissions
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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On December 28, Obama announced what combat mission has come to an end
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Rise of life expectancy is their result in dramatic advances in health care
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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On December 28, Obama announced what combat mission has come to an end
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Rise of life expectancy is their result in dramatic advances in health care
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What did the US administration announce about expectations for open enrollment of Obamacare? Why did they make this decision
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Trying to get 12 million to sign up
Lowered their expectations 9.9 million bc they knew they would get 9.9 million to sign up |
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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On December 28, Obama announced what combat mission has come to an end
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Rise of life expectancy is their result in dramatic advances in health care
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What did the US administration announce about expectations for open enrollment of Obamacare? Why did they make this decision
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Trying to get 12 million to sign up
Lowered their expectations 9.9 million bc they knew they would get 9.9 million to sign up |
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What recently happened to an Adriatic ferry off the coast of Greece
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10 dead, 427 rescued after fire on ferry
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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On December 28, Obama announced what combat mission has come to an end
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Rise of life expectancy is their result in dramatic advances in health care
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What did the US administration announce about expectations for open enrollment of Obamacare? Why did they make this decision
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Trying to get 12 million to sign up
Lowered their expectations 9.9 million bc they knew they would get 9.9 million to sign up |
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What recently happened to an Adriatic ferry off the coast of Greece
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10 dead, 427 rescued after fire on ferry
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What did the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future survey state about teenagers and electronic cigarettes
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Teen use of electronic cigarettes passes the use of tobacco cigarettes
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American position of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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What is the Ukraine Freedom Support Act?
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It supports the independence soverenty territorial integrity of Ukraine
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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On December 28, Obama announced what combat mission has come to an end
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Rise of life expectancy is their result in dramatic advances in health care
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What did the US administration announce about expectations for open enrollment of Obamacare? Why did they make this decision
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Trying to get 12 million to sign up
Lowered their expectations 9.9 million bc they knew they would get 9.9 million to sign up |
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What recently happened to an Adriatic ferry off the coast of Greece
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10 dead, 427 rescued after fire on ferry
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What did the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future survey state about teenagers and electronic cigarettes
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Teen use of electronic cigarettes passes the use of tobacco cigarettes
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Explain what the European Court of Justice decided about the Palestinian group called Hamas
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Took them off the list of terrorists (they're not terrorists)
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Who is Mario Cuomo? What happened to him?
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American politician of Democratic Party
He died of heart failure |
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Summarize what the movie "Selma" is about. What president was in power during this time
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It's about a civil rights march in Selma
President=Lyndon B Johnson |
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Where did the Pope visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people to luxury resort to hide from the pope)
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Where did the Pipe visit in early January? What group may have been moved to hotels to hide from the Pope?
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Visited Phillipines (took 500 homeless people)
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Who was Joe Paterno? Explain what the NCAA decided to do recently regarding him.
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Used to b coach of Penn State
Gave him winds back |
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Describe the scandal surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. How did SOTH John Boehner react to this scandal
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He spoke to a white supermisis
John Bayner react supported him Steve Scalise |
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On December 28, Obama announced what combat mission has come to an end
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Rise of life expectancy is their result in dramatic advances in health care
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What did the US administration announce about expectations for open enrollment of Obamacare? Why did they make this decision
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Trying to get 12 million to sign up
Lowered their expectations 9.9 million bc they knew they would get 9.9 million to sign up |
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What recently happened to an Adriatic ferry off the coast of Greece
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10 dead, 427 rescued after fire on ferry
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What did the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future survey state about teenagers and electronic cigarettes
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Teen use of electronic cigarettes passes the use of tobacco cigarettes
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Explain what the European Court of Justice decided about the Palestinian group called Hamas
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Took them off the list of terrorists (they're not terrorists)
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