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Teen sex and good grades: What's the connection?
A new study finds that within a 'committed relationship' sexual activity has no effect on academic performance. Time to rethink sex ed?
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Time to curb California's deadly off-road races?
August 16, 2010, at 6:40 PMEight spectators were killed when a truck careened into the crowd at an off-road rally. Is it time for the government to crack down on the sport?
Dodge's 'invisible monkey' PETA jab
August 16, 2010, at 6:15 PMWas the automaker's decision to digitally erase a chimpanzee from a recent ad a concession to PETA — or a provocation?
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Will the mosque be an election issue?
August 16, 2010, at 4:45 PMRepublican opposition to the Islamic community center planned for downtown Manhattan is backed by public sentiment
India's $30 iPad rival
August 16, 2010, at 3:30 PMWatch a report about a new tablet PC with Android OS that has been engineered overseas
Teen sex and good grades: What's the connection?
August 16, 2010, at 3:00 PMA new study finds that within a 'committed relationship' sexual activity has no effect on academic performance. Time to rethink sex ed?
What Obama's Gulf of Mexico swim accomplished
August 16, 2010, at 2:10 PMThe president took a dip to show the region's beaches are safe in the wake of the BP oil nightmare. Will tourists believe him?
It's time to fire Robert Gibbs
August 16, 2010, at 1:40 PMObama and his supporters on the Left aren't getting along, says Maureen Dowd in The New York Times. And his spokesman has only made matters worse
Happy birthday, Social Security. Now, time for reform?
August 16, 2010, at 1:05 PMThe pioneering social program turns 75 this week. Is it a good time to think about restructuring it?
Since when did immigrants become the enemy?
August 16, 2010, at 12:35 PMSuddenly, Americans have begun to see migrant workers as dangerous and violent, says Luisita Lopez Torregrosa in Politics Daily. It hasn't always been that way
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Ground Zero Mosque: Was Obama right to speak up?
August 16, 2010, at 11:20 AMThe president has entered the discussion over the proposed Islamic community in downtown Manhattan, angering both critics and supporters of the project
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America's growing trade deficit: 4 theories
August 16, 2010, at 10:42 AMThe gap between U.S. imports and exports widened more than anticipated in June, signaling trouble for the recovery. What's going on?
Why sales-tax holidays are a sham
August 16, 2010, at 10:10 AMGo hit the stores during your annual back-to-school tax holiday, says Steve Chapman in Reason. Just don't expect to save any money
2010's 'weird' and deadly weather: Global warming taking effect?
August 16, 2010, at 9:39 AMFloods in Pakistan, fires in Russia, a heat wave in the U.S. Is this what it feels like when climate change kicks into overdrive?
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The last word: My escape from gravity
August 16, 2010, at 9:00 AMFor author Mary Roach, weightlessness was a giddy-making lesson in the profound effects of Earth’s pull
See more of our election coverage in our expanded section
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Too 'crazy' to win?: "Offbeat" insurgent Republicans are scoring big in the primaries. Can they repeat their success against Democrats in the fall?
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Quayle vs. Obama: Dan Quayle's son is garnering national attention for his congressional bid by calling Obama the worst president ever
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Bob Shrum: Obama's midterm roadmap: The president has a case to make. When will he start making it?
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