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What Price, Freedom?

It is part of our nature as humans, it seems, that we take for granted anything that has been a part of our lives for long enough. Provided we live through it, it becomes just another “fact of life.” It seems it is only with conscious effort—often a great deal of conscious effort—that we can keep appreciating something that we’re comfortable with. (It is interesting to note that we also get accustomed to the great evils in life. It is the small things we either appreciate over and over or come ...
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Whitney Houston Funeral: 'Too High'

The lyrics tell the story of a young woman who becomes part of the Hollywood-New York celebrity scene... and ultimately succumbs to the deadly lure of drug abuse.
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Tony Bennett Is Right: Legalizing Drugs Would Save Lives

First it was Michael Jackson, then it was Amy Winehouse and now the magnificent Whitney Houston. I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters that sell it under the table.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden waves during his arrival at the Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens

Joe Biden Accidentally Tells the Truth

Good 'ole Joe. You can always count on him to say what he shouldn't. Remember when the revolution was underway in Egypt? In stepped Joe to praise Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian dictator.
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Whitney Houston Death Recreated: Enquirer Hires Model to Pose as Corpse in New Low

The National Enquirer's most recent cover story, a piece called Whitney's Final Minutes, recreated the iconic singer's death in her Beverly Hills hotel room, using a fake model as Houston's corpse and placing the unknown woman both on the bathroom floor and floating in a bathtub. The notorious tabloid even dedicated a page of its most recent issue to claim that if Houston had read the magazine, she might have prevented her death.
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Valentines Day 2012: 13 Most Romantic LGBTQ Kisses on TV and in Film

This Valentine's Day 2012, help celebrate the romances that defy stereotypes and portray LGBTQ couples simply as they are: two people in love. From David and Keith in Six Feet Under to Megan and Graham in But I'm a Cheerleader, here are some of the most romantic and moving kisses in movies and television to date.
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Attack on Israeli Diplomat Pressures India to Curtail Iran Ties

An Israeli diplomatic vehicle was attacked today in New Delhi, injuring four, including the wife of an Israeli defense representative working at the Embassy. The perpetrator reportedly used the same method of attack - detonating an explosive device that had been attached magnetically to the vehicle.
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The Port Authority and the World Trade Center

An audit released this week called the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey a challenged and dysfunctional organization, citing the ballooning costs at New York's World Trade Center. But, for all the turmoil at the site, the Port Authority has taken steps to return it to both the private and public city.
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Why Gay Marriage Really Is Like Interracial Marriage

I am constantly astounded by the lengths to which same-sex marriage opponents go to draw distinctions between their cause and the long-discredited cause of anti-miscegenation activists, when any clearheaded examination will show how similar they are.
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India Trying to Help Debt-Ridden Airlines the Wrong Way?

Two wrongs don't make a right. India's beleaguered aviation sector needs a boost. But letting airlines avoid punitive state taxes by directly importing fuel isn't smart. Some tax is necessary to pay for environmental costs.
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Facebook IPO: Should Users Get a Cut of Zuckerberg's Billions?

Each day Facebook serves as a procrastination tool for students struggling to write papers, office workers stranded at their desks, and social media junkies getting their fix. But what if posting on Facebook was your job? What if users made money based on all the content they generated for the interactive Internet community? After all, Facebook wouldn’t be worth $100 billion without its dedicated fan base of Web addicts.
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands after speaking about the economy in Arlington

President Obama Just Doesn’t Get It

If President Barack Obama has demonstrated anything of note this week it’s that he simply doesn’t get it. He has zero grasp of what made America great and, as a result, no capacity to fix our problems.
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Gisele Bundchen: 100% Fake

Bundchen’s looks are not as Mother Nature intended. She was essentially created in a laboratory like Frankenstein’s monster.
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Ron Paul on Abortion: Was Your Rape Honest?

When Ron Paul was asked by CNN host Piers Morgan on Friday whether he would allow one of his daughters or granddaughters to have an abortion if she were raped, he said yes -- if it's an honest rape. What does that mean?

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