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Events that shaped the US in the past decade (2000-2010) – Part 1 of 3

Events that shaped the US in the past decade (2000-2010)
9/11, George W Bush, Afghanistan, Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, Recession, Facebook, Unemployment, Barak Obama and You Tube - this almost sums up the whole of the first decade this millennium for the United States. We have put together a series of events that changed your and in fact our lives. Take a short walk... Deep down the memory lane...Try to remember where you were when hell broke loose, joy came knocking on your doorstep. Where were you when politicians lied, slapped taxes, or kept their pro...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Don Daufenbach is interviewed in his Cyber Crimes Center's office in Fairfax, Virginia July 24, 2009.

Child model pornographer gets 9 years

A man who used a “child modeling” website to push child pornography has been sentenced to nine years in prison, federal authorities said today.
People fill up job application forms at a job fair in Los Angeles, California, October 13, 2010.

US jobless claims fell last week

U.S. jobless claims fell more than expected during the week ended Dec. 4, providing some relief to the labor market that saw a rise in jobless rate in the week before, the Labor Department said.
U.S. President Barack Obama prays next to House Minority Leader John Boehner before speaking at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore

Bush tax cut extensions likely to help small businesses; impact on stocks unclear

Longer-term, the potential impact of the tax cuts upon the stock market and economy remain rather fuzzy, given the multitude of other issues facing investors, including perpetually high unemployment in the U.S., a seemingly never-ending sovereign debt crisis in Europe and constant friction with China over trade and currency.
Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools

Rhee launches education reform group

Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of schools in Washington D.C., has ended speculation about her next move, announcing on Monday that she has started a new non-profit organization that will seek reforms in public educational policies at the local, state and national levels.
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Lying telemarketers busted

Do those debt relief ads you see on the TV or the offers you get over the phone sound too good to be true?
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X-37B unmanned space shuttle lands successfully

The US Air Force's secret unmanned space shuttle X-37B landed at 1:16 a.m. Pacific time on Friday, concluding its more than 220-day experimental test mission. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on April 22.
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GM Mosquitoes Could Help Control Dengue

A U.K. biotechnology company called Oxitec has tested genetically engineering mosquitoes to pass on a suicide gene that kills them before they mature, to control the spread of dengue, a sometimes fatal disease.
Miami hosts ninth Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition.

Miami hosts ninth Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition

Opening its doors to art connoisseurs and prominent collectors from across the world, the Miami Beach Convention Center is hosting the prestigious Art Basel Miami Beach from December 2 to December 5, 2010.
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NASA Has Accomplished Much This Year

Armed with new researches and discoveries, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is back in the news again. While NASA promised to provide insights into its findings on astrobiology on Thursday, there have been several other developments at the agency this week.

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