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Utah Mulls Eliminating 12th Grade to Save Money From a report in the L.A. Times, via Newser: Utah is considering battling its $700 million budget gap, and wiping out senioritis in the bargain, by eliminating the entire last year of high school. GOP state Sen. Chris Buttars’ proposal to eliminate 12th grade altogether could save…
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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: A fireball fell from the sky in Austin. (Thanks to Steve for the link.) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Ryan is trying to start a conversation on the desirable role and limits of government. He’s trying to make it possible to talk about sensitive issues — mainly Social Security and Medicare — without being vilified. President Obama recognized that when he called Ryan’s plan a “serious proposal.” But since then, Democrats have resorted to…
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Los Angeles: The Top Twitter City
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all you lovers out there: On the morning after Jack Benny died in 1974, his wife, Mary, received a single long-stemmed rose. Another arrived the next day, and the next. For the first few weeks she was too numb to wonder where they were coming from, but eventually she called the…
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In case you missed it, Nate Robinson won his record-setting third Sprite Slam Dunk contest last night in Dallas, with a little help from teammate Danilo Gallinari and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. Here’s his winning dunk and here are the few highlights from the contest, which also featured Toronto Raptor and former USC Trojan Demar…
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Tim & Eric.
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Everything new looks strange. Ferran Adrià, on his decision to close what is considered by many to be the best restaurant in the world, El Bulli
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More great Lost and 24-inspired Valentines here. [via]
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Try to imagine Pegasus mating with a unicorn and the creature that they birth. I somehow tame it and ride it into the sky in the clouds and sunshine and rainbows. That’s what it feels like. US snowboarder Graham Watanabe, asked what it’s like to be competing in the Olympics [v:ia]
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Once more, with feeling. Have a Happy Valentine’s Day and a Happy Anna Howard Shaw Day.
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“Valentine’s Day” is being marketed as a Date Movie. I think it’s more of a First-Date Movie. If your date likes it, do not date that person again. And if you like it, there may not be a second date. Roger Ebert
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