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We’re in a Bubble. It’s Not the Internet. It’s Higher Education.

http://techcrunch.com

Instead, for Thiel, the bubble that has taken the place of housing is the higher education bubble. “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” he says. “Education may be the only thing people still believe in in the United States. To question education is really dangerous. It is the absolute taboo. It’s like telling the world there’s no Santa Claus.”

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School Bans Students From Bringing Own Lunches

http://www.theblaze.com

Food Fight: Chicago School Bans Students From Bringing Own Lunches:

"Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school."

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Former NHS Director Dead Due to Long Surgery Wait

http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Former UK National Health Service director Margaret Hutchon has died after a nine months' wait (and four cancellations!) to have a critical stomach surgery. State-run healthcare to save us all, eh?

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Activists outbid gun buy-back program.

http://www.wnd.com

A group of pro 2nd amendment activists offered $110 from their own pockets. $10 over what the Bureaucrats were offering for a no questions asked gun buying program to remove weapons from the hands of the public at the expense of tax payers/victims.
The $110 offer from the activist was actual cash also rather than a grocery card from a pro victim disarmament grocery store.

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Hamilton Radio Shack offers free gun with new Dish Network service

http://ravallirepublic.com

Hamilton Radio Shack offers free gun with new Dish Network service.

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Cocaine Legalized In Cash-Hungry Marshall Islands

http://www.tokeofthetown.com

The new president of the Marshall Islands has announced the tiny Pacific nation has legalized the use of cocaine by executive order.

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State of Deleware stealing people's basketball hoops

http://www.youtube.com

Delaware Department of Transportation crews escorted by state police tore down basketball hoops this morning in two neighborhoods in Claymont amid protests from residents who say the nets aren't harming anyone. (03/25/11)

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Fifth Grader Donates Life Savings to Stop Teacher Layoffs

http://news.yourolivebranch.org

These people should be ASHAMED! 5th grader donates life savings to teachers because of layoff issues.

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Testing Sewage for drug use.

http://www.smh.com.au

New technology to test sewage to catch out drug users at events and venues to help gain search warrants.

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Drug company granted monopoly. Price of drug increases 15,000%.

http://www.twincities.com

A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price of the progesterone shot, which is administered weekly, will be $1,500 a dose. The drug known as Makena has been made cheaply for years, mixed at pharmacies that do custom-compound treatments. But recently, KV Pharmaceutical of suburban St. Louis won government approval to sell the drug exclusively.

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Airport body scanners radiation levels10 times higher than expected.

http://www.usatoday.com

The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation — 247 machines at 38 airports — after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected.

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Student suspended for hold a door open

http://www.wtkr.com

SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY —
A local middle school student held open a door at school, reportedly because someone had their hands full. But after that, the student was suspended.

All schools in Southampton County have tight security at the front door, and students are told not to open the door for anyone. But Superintendent Charles Turner tells NewsChannel 3 that the rule was disobeyed when the student opened the door for the woman with her hands full.

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Illegal because the DEA said so. Fake pot ban

http://www.justice.gov

Chemicals Used in "Spice" and "K2" Type Products Now Under Federal Control and Regulation

DEA Will Study Whether To Permanently Control Five Substances

Chemicals like K-2 and Spice are designated as Schedule I substances, the most restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act.

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Oklahoma Mom Doing 10 Years For $31 Worth Of Marijuana

http://www.tokeofthetown.com

An Oklahoma mother has been taken away from her four young children and her husband, and is now serving 10 years in prison for selling $31 worth of marijuana.

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Activists outbid men in costumes with guns for guns

http://www.wnd.com

While the Austin, Texas, police were offering grocery cards in exchange for unwanted firearms over the weekend, local activists showed up to outbid the men in uniform, insisting liberty would be better served if the guns were in the hands of law-abiding citizens instead.

At the "no-questions-asked" event held at Oak Meadow Baptist Church in South Austin, the Austin Police Department offered, for example, a $100 Visa grocery card for an unwanted handgun. The activists offered $110 in cash.

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Cop Shuts Down Girl Scout Cookie Stand For Not Having Permit

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com

VILLA RICA, Ga - Some Villa Rica Girl Scouts were in for a shock Wednesday, when a police officer came by their cookie booth and shut it down. The troop was told they had to have a permit to sell Girl Scout cookies.

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TSA Harasses 9-yo Boy and Other Train Passengers After Their Trip

http://gizmodo.com

TSA Harasses 9-yo Boy and Other Train Passengers After Their Trip

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Sea-Tac Café Is Now Refusing to Serve TSA Agents

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com

A Cafe near Sea-Tac (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) has banned TSA Agents from entering. On occasion they have even called the police to have agents removed. According to the Cafe about 90% of customers, and even the police, believe that they are doing the right thing.

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State orders Detroit to close half its schools

http://www.cbsnews.com

State education officials have ordered the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools to immediately implement a plan that balances the district's books by closing half its schools. The Detroit News says the financial restructuring plan will increase high school class sizes to 60 students and consolidate operations. Officials say that the plan would wipe out the district's $327 million deficit by 2014.

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Study Shows Ecstasy Not Harmful

http://www.guardian.co.uk

A new study shows that Ecstasy the drug commonly associated with brain damage is not as harmful as previously thought. Previous studies were carried out without due care and the results were skewed. Unfortunately the statutes made to regulate Ecstasy were made using these old studies.

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