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Chinese state TV starts American service this week
… anchor Phillip Yin, former "60 Minutes" producer Barbara Dury, and veteran BBC correspondent Michael Voss, based in Havana, Cuba . BBC veterans will also join the staff in the Washington bureau, along with former employees of CNN, NBC, CBS, and Fox News …
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No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50
… s anniversary, but Cuban -American members of ..... vowing to keep the heat on Cuba . Supporters of the policy ..... is detrimental to the Cuban economy. It complicates ..... importantly, it limits Cuban families' access to medicine ..... said Geoff Thale, a Cuba analyst at the Washington …
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Joe Biden says government has increased cost of collegeIn another moment of saying what he shouldn't, VP Biden says that government has increased the cost of college. Bishop McFadden says Hitler would love out public schools.
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Do parents have the right to spank your children?Jen continues the conversation on the ethical ramifications of spanking your children.
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Weekend SpatsHowie in anticipation of the Super Bowl weekend wanted to know what the callers were going to fight about with theirr significant other this weekend.
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Shrinkage
Last month the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%. This sounds like progress in the economy, right? Well maybe not...The unemployment rate counts only people who don't have a job and are looking for one. Once you stop looking, you're no longer considered unemployed. People who have taken early retirement or just stopped looking for work have caused the employment numbers to look better than they really are. This is also known as Shrinkage...Howie wondered how many people have given up.
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Romney Derangement Syndrome
Howie asked if the listeners had ever heard of Romney derangement syndrome. He could not figure out how else to explain the antipathy in some right-wing quarters to Mitt Romney, the seemingly perfect candidate.
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Rubio Heckled by Illegals
Cuban immigrant Marco Rubio, a Tea Party senator from Florida, is challenged on his opposition to the Dream Act by illegal immigrants.
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Steve Berke: Should be Mayor
… is unwavering transparency. The fact that his chief opponent, Mayor Matti Herrera Bower , is a two-term, 72-year-old Cuban -American who promotes her experience and grandmother credentials makes the generational schism all the more striking.
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Liberal Attack Machine Takes Aim at Rubio
… Marco Rubio "embellished" the story of how his parents left Cuba . The story is ridiculously hyped and based on the false premise ..... return in 1961 but could not stay because it was "clear that Cuba was headed full speed toward Communism," as Rubio's office …
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Belafonte: Occupy is Rosa Parks All Over Again
… in the world.'" When she mentioned "his choice of friends," photos appeared on screen of Belafonte spending time with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. As much as Curry touted Belafonte's activism in the civil rights …
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Much Worse Than Common at White House
… Jr, has been widely praised for his positive messages, rightwingers have homed in on the song about Assata Shakur, who was found guilty of the New Jersey shooting in 1973. She escaped from jail in 1979 and has since been in exile in Cuba .
