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Recent attempts to deal with one of the darker sides of the Internet -- so-called Internet "trolls" who hide behind electronic anonymity to post often vile, abusive and inflammatory comments to websites -- raise a troubling question: Will an understandable desire for civil discourse threaten a very American right of free speech?
Most U.S. Founding Fathers were age 40 and younger
Portraits of the U.S. founding fathers often portray them with white powdered wigs and many think they were older than the young men they were, an expert says.
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A New York institute is promoting the growth of humanist holidays as alternatives to religious holidays, an institute official says
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An old New Jersey town celebrated its 325th anniversary by enacting some imaginary history -- the first and second battles of Bordentown. About 800 Revolutionary War re-enactors, using historically accurate uniforms, equipment and tactics, did the First B
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Obama visits Sandwich Shot in Washington, D.C.
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool