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At a recent meeting of the Modern Language Association, a controversial proposal was rejected by a vote of 87 to 37.
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One year has elapsed since a brooding psychopath named Jared Lee Loughner killed six people in Tucson, Arizona and injured 18 others.
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A staff media adviser for the student paper at ECU has been fired in the wake of controversy that erupted after the school's student paper published photos featuring full frontal nudity. The photos depicted a man who went streaking during a football game in early November. Free speech advocates are protesting the firing.
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In his new book, sociology professor Eric Anderson of the University of Winchester in England claims that it is natural for men to cheat on their partners. Those who practice monogamy, he says, are subjecting themselves to "socially-compelled sexual incarceration." In his study, Mr. Anderson found that 78% of men cheated, even though they wanted to stay with their primary partners.
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Republican presidential primary contender Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama for saying that all people should be college educated.