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Friday, April 1, 2011
Martin Receives Ben Jobe Award
Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin received the 2011 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award Friday at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in Houston. The award is presented annually to the top minority coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball.
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Indiana Shoots Down Rape/Incest Abortion Exceptions
The Indiana House yesterday passed a bill, HB 1210, that would force women to carry pregnancies past 22 weeks to term, even if the father of the fetus is their rapist or family member. The only reason a woman could get....
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Obama Showcases Fuel-Saving Vehicles
Pressing his energy policy goals, President Barack Obama on Friday prodded large companies to modernize their shipping fleets with more fuel efficient vehicles, improvements that he said would reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil and cut down business overhead costs in the long term.
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WI Dems Say they Have the Signatures to Recall GOP State Senators
Wisconsin Democrats are announcing that they are filing their petition today -- with enough valid signatures, they say -- to recall GOP state Sen. Dan Kapanke.
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Gallop: Americans Side with Unions over Governors
These results are welcome—and unsurprising. As Gallup notes, Americans have long had positive views of labor unions, which shows you just how unwise it was for these Republican governors to pick this particular fight. (When you drink the Club for Growth kool-aid, every piece of anti-worker legislation looks tasty.)
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