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Upton
Sinclair
Upton
Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His family came from a
ruined Southern aristocracy family. His father, Upton Beall Sinclair,
was a liquor salesman and an alcoholic – he drank himself to death.
Priscilla Harden, Sinclair's mother, came from a relatively wealthy
family – one of her sisters was married to a millionaire. She hated
alcohol and did not even drink coffee or tea.
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New
Executive Order -- Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Section
1. Policy. The discovery of antibiotics in the early 20th century
fundamentally transformed human and veterinary medicine. Antibiotics
save millions of lives each year in the United States and around the
world.
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Christian Artist,
Lecrae, Tops Charts at #1
Lecrae, a
self-proclaimed Christian, is a leading voice amongst Christian
artists in today’s popular culture, and according to his bio, he
has “released six bestselling albums and two mixtapes, won a Grammy
award in the process and landed a global distribution deal with Red
Distribution/Sony Music for the record label he co-owns, Reach
Records.”
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Federal Judge Envisions
'Rape License' for 'Right to Rape'
Judge Richard Posner
advocated issuance of a "license to rape" in a 2011 book he
wrote. Posner contradicts the presupposition that it's always wrong
for a man to rape a woman. This idea, according to Posner in his 2011
book "Economic Analysis of the Law" (8th edition), is
evidently an equally archaic tradition that, like the institution of
natural marriage, needs a significant overhaul.
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Oklahoma Judge
dismisses Ten Commandments lawsuit
The privately funded
Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol does
not violate the state constitution and can stay there, an Oklahoma
County judge said Friday in a ruling that attorneys who filed the
lawsuit vowed to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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HHS Spending Millions
to Stockpile Ventilators in Case of 'Public Health Emergency'
The Department of
Health and Human Services announced Wednesday it is spending almost
$14 million over three years to develop "low-cost, user-friendly
ventilators" that can be stockpiled in case of a "pandemic
or other public health emergency."
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Anti-Religion Group &
Satanic Temple to Distribute Materials in Public Schools
Despite their continued
verbal commitment to keeping religious materials out of public
schools, both the Satanic Temple and The Freedom From Religion
Foundation have publicly announced plans to disseminate printed
information among public school students in Orange County, Florida.
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Windham School Board
rejects, then accepts Constitution booklets
The School Board first
rejected a gift of copies of the U.S. Constitution, then reversed
course hours later. Former Windham resident John Grieco offered the
school district 2,800 copies of the Constitution Tuesday night, in
advance of Constitution Day Wednesday. Last year, the School Board
accepted 2,841 booklets from Grieco, whose granddaughter attends
Windham High School.
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High school
cheerleaders defy prayer ban at football games
For many on the Oneida
High School cheerleading squad, faith has always gone hand and hand
with Friday night football. “We need prayer for so many reasons
especially in our community now and the troubles we face every day,”
said junior Kayla King.
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Federal Immigration and
Nationality Act
"Any person who .
. . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or
in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . .
in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each
alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under
title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
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