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The manufacturing sector in the United States is quickly becoming a dinosaur ready for extinction.
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China overtakes U.S. as supplier of IT goods
By David Lague
International Herald Tribune
BEIJING–After almost a decade of explosive growth in its electronics sector, China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest supplier of information technology goods, according to a [...]

HOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN RUIN YOUR CHILD’S LIFE
By Joel Turtel
December 11, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
By the 1850s, before we had compulsory, government-controlled public schools, child and adult literacy rates averaged over 90 percent, making illiteracy rates less than 10 percent. By 1850, literacy rates in Massachusetts and other New England States,

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An opinion poll suggests Iraqis are generally optimistic about their lives, in spite of the violence that has plagued Iraq since the US-led invasion.
But the survey, carried out for the BBC and other media, found security fears still dominate most Iraqis’ thoughts.
Their priority for the coming year would be the restoration of security and the [...]

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Doctor decries violent culture
Surgeon says ‘slave mentality’ leads to low achievement in young black males
By Tom Pelton
Sun Reporter
Black doctors have a special responsibility to speak out against the “culture of violence” and anti-intellectualism in America that encourages failure in young black men, a prominent physician told a conference of medical students yesterday.

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By Daniel Terdiman
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–If you’re a rabid basketball fan who’s wished you could get your hands on video of that one memorable shot by Michael Jordan from the Chicago Bulls play-off game you went to in 1989, the National Basketball Association may soon be able to help you out.

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This is wild!
Haiti sacks Supreme Court judges
By Claire Marshall
BBC News
Five Supreme Court justices have been fired in Haiti, a day after the court ruled that a Haitian-born US millionaire could run for president.
No reason was given for the sudden sacking of around half of the Supreme Court bench.
They were fired on the direct orders [...]