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David Knowles

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A musician and a novelist, David has covered politics for AOL for the past three years. His writing has appeared in such publications as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

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Despite Bad Economy, Crime Rates Plummet

posted: 3 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 24) – Looking for some good news in a year full of economic woe? Crime was down in 2009. Way down. According to figures released this week by the FBI, the overall crime rate dropped by 4 ...

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Vatican Newspaper Praises 'The Simpsons'

posted: 4 days 9 hours ago

(Dec. 23) -- Apparently, someone at the Vatican has watched their fair share of "The Simpsons." In an article published on Tuesday in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper had some nice things ...

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Put Up the Aluminum Pole: Seinfeld's Festivus Lives On

posted: 4 days 13 hours ago

(Dec. 23) -- It may not have the popularity or name recognition of Christmas, but "Festivus" marks its twelfth anniversary today, and it is showing no signs of going away, either. In case you didn't ...

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Families Beg for Christmas Presents on the Web

posted: 4 days 18 hours ago

(Dec. 22) -- This holiday season, more Americans than ever before are turning to the Internet to ask total strangers for help. But in an age of online scams, does cyber-begging really work? Melissa B ...

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Cyber Lives of Teens Pose New Parenting Challenge

posted: 10 days 13 hours ago

(Dec. 17) -- When she was 13, Susan -- not her real name -- fell victim to cyber bullying. One of her friends on Facebook posted a picture of actor Robert Pattinson, of "Twilight" fame. Susan left a ...

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Supreme Court to Hear Sexting Privacy Case

posted: 13 days 9 hours ago

(Dec. 14) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would hear a case to clarify the extent of the rights of employers to read text messages sent and received by their employees on employer-issue ...

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Can E-Readers Stop the Demise of Book Reading?

posted: 16 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 11) -- For decades, the number of Americans who read books has been in decline. But with the emergence of hand-held devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook and the Sony Reade ...

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Parents Are Failing at Sex Education, Study Finds

posted: 19 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 7) -- When it comes to discussing sex with their children, many American parents are saying too little, too late, a new study says. According to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...

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Cheaters Leave Tracks in the Digital Age

posted: 23 days 10 hours ago

Tiger Woods has long since mastered the use of every club in his golf bag. Yet he, like many Americans, apparently is still learning the hazards of communicating too openly by modern methods such as ...

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What Should Obama Say in His Nobel Speech?

posted: 23 days 10 hours ago

On Dec. 10, President Barack Obama will be in Oslo, Norway, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. His highly anticipated acceptance speech comes just days after he announced his decision to sent 30,000 m ...

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