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Thursday, May 24, 2012

From Willie Horton to windsurfing: Five top political attack ads

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/2012/0524/From-Willie-Horton-to-windsurfing-Five-top-political-attack-ads/Willie-Horton-erases-a-double-digit-lead
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Queen Victoria's Journals

http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/home.do
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New Steak on the Block

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303448404577412202284317014.html
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Google Search Education

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Most Comma Mistakes

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/the-most-comma-mistakes/
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Romney’s Faith, Silent but Deep

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/us/politics/how-the-mormon-church-shaped-mitt-romney.html
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