philosophus invidiusThe mortgage deduction helps everyone. Except those who can't afford to buy a house. Other counties seem to get by without it, by the way.
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Amazon is raising the price of its popular Prime membership to $99 per year, an increase of $20. It's the first price increase since the online retailer introduced its Prime membership program, which includes two-day free shipping on many products, in 2005. The company said it would probably raise the price by $20 to $40 in January. The hike will apply to users ...
Despite the Republicans spending millions of tax dollars trying to repeal Obamacare no less than 50 TIMES, the healthcare law seems to be surging in terms of popularity, along with the President himself. An impressive 64% of Americans now either support the Affordable Care Act outright or making minor changes to it. 48% of Americans now support the President as well and the ...
Maine's first virtual public school will get its curriculum, online learning platform, human resources services and, in some instances, teachers, from a multinational publishing and education services giant headquartered in London. While Maine Connections Academy may be a first in Maine education, nearly half of the schools in the United States use at least one educational product created by Pearson PLC, the largest ...
I agree with Jason Shankel, creationists should watch the second episode of Cosmos, only in the hopes that it will get them to see how wrong they are. Everyone else should also watch it through as well. There really isn't enough genuine eductional television anymore in my opinion and the Cosmos reboot with Neil Degrasse Tyson, is not only very informative, so far its ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The National Organization for Women announced Monday it is pushing for State Attorney Angela Corey's resignation over the case of Marissa Alexander. Corey has arguably been right in the middle of some controversial court cases. The cases range from the George Zimmerman trial, to the Michael Dunn trial and now to the case of Alexander. Alexander is facing up to ...
LONDON: A tequila shot or two can bring alive even a dying party. And it now seems that it can also do wonders for your blood sugar. A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila has been found to be highly effective in lowering blood glucose levels in those who have type 2 diabetes and also help them and the obese ...
A newly apportioned state Republican representative in Wyoming is standing by claims he made at the height of the AIDS panic in a book entitled The Death Sentence of AIDS: Vital Information For You and Your Family's Health and Safety. Among the more outlandish claims in the book, which was self-published by Rep. Troy Mader (R-Gillette) in 1984, are that "[h]omosexuals...purposely infected women ...
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Nearly two thirds of food stamp expenditures go to children, the elderly, and the disabled. The other third goes mostly to the working poor, many of whom are people trapped in jobs that don't provide a liveable wage. Tens of millions of American children are among the recipients of food stamps, according to a new report that casts light on who benefits from the ...
Let's just take a look at who joined the Tallahassee protest. On hand was Floyd Eric Meadows of Acworth, Ga., who was once in the Klan and had a picture on his Facebook page wearing an SS bolt patch and a 1488 patch. Gina Brashear of Fort Myers, Fla., who likes to "like" pictures posted on the LOS Facebook page, was there, too. ...
On March 4 in Adana province, a 22-year-old woman attempted to commit suicide because she had been unexpectedly denied an abortion at a government hospital On March 11, a peculiar headline appeared in the press and on social media: "Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Abortion is banned covertly." Things get a bit tricky here, because the law has not changed. The head ...
MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - As Russian forces took control of Crimea in the last few weeks, Russian media started referring to a broad belt of land in southern Ukraine as Novorossiya, or New Russia. The revival of the Tsarist-era name plays well with Russian voters and harks back to a remark in 2008 when President Vladimir Putin told NATO leaders the area ...
Mercury - the solar system's most spectacular planet, known to be closest to the sun, is shrinking in size far more than believed till now. New evidence by NASA's messenger aircraft has confirmed that the planet has shrunk up to seven kilometres in radius over the past four billion years - much more than earlier estimates. The new finding solves an apparent enigma ...
A small fire broke out in an apartment at the Merwede square in South Amsterdam. Normally this would not create headlines weren't it that this was the last address where Anne Frank lived before she and her family were forced into hiding by the Nazi regime. According to the fire deparment the fire started in furniture in the living room. The occupant of the ...
The federal government does not require state and local law enforcement agencies to report on the number of untested rape kits in their facilities. As a result, there is no comprehensive, national data on the nature and scope of the rape kit backlog. Despite this lack of a reporting requirement, federal lawmakers have put forth several promising reforms, and various federal laws have ...
Via YouTuber Fabio Baccaglioni comes a solemn compilation of rocket launch failures, from the early days of space exploration to present. That it's just shy of 32 minutes long is a testament to something that can't be overemphasized: getting to space is hard. It's grueling, it's dangerous, and, as we all know too well, it can be deadly. [Fabio Baccaglioni via Universe Today] ...
More: Let's Make Some Noise--It's Purim! Posted by on March 14, 2014 at 10:57 AM EDTTomorrow evening, Jews in America, Israel and around the globe will celebrate Purim, a holiday known for costumes, carnivals and noisemakers. Even rabbis and synagogue presidents dress up for a playful re-telling of the holiday story during Purim spoofs called spiels. With all the fun of the holiday, it's ...
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WELLINGTON -A citizen board member in Wellington is facing criticism after she likened the village's planning director to Adolf Hitler during a public meeting last week. Marcia Radosevich gave the Nazi dictator's one-armed salute and said "Heil Hitler" while the board was discussing the powers of village staff members during the monthly Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board meeting March 5. The gesture was ...
"If a plane breaks up at altitude, the parts float down, so you find wings and rudders and horizontal stabilizers falling flat," Marks said. "If there was an explosion, you can find burn damage." A loss of pressurization could put the crew and passenger to sleep, as happened with golfer Payne Stewart's Learjet, which crashed in October 1999 in South Dakota after the ...
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The mortgage deduction helps everyone. Except those who can't afford to buy a house. Other counties seem to get by without it, by the way.
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