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Nick Kolakowski: Cast LOL and Emoticons From Your Lexicon

May 23rd 2012 - 04:05PM

There is a very special place in hell reserved for whoever created the emoticon.

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'Storage Wars' Dan And Laura Dotson Guest On 'Hot In Cleveland'

May 17th 2012 - 07:55AM

It was " Storage Wars " meets " Hot in Cleveland " (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on TV Land) as Dan and Laura Dotson played themselves on the popular comedy.

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Critics Claim President Lincoln Guilty of Political Pandering in Emancipation Proclamation

May 16th 2012 - 03:16PM

Today, January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing 3 million slaves.

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Indiana Primary Winner Likens Tax Policy To Lincoln's Slavery Fears

May 09th 2012 - 01:34PM

The newly minted Republican Senate nominee in Indiana, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, recently compared the divide over tax policy to the climate before the Civil War -- and cast poorer Americans in the role of those who oppose freedom.

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Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: You Can Be A Patriot or a Profiteer...But You Can't Be Both.

By Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe Apr 27th 2012 - 11:38AM

This week, the three military contractors that do the most business with the Pentagon announced their quarterly profits for 2012.

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Background on abraham lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization.

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