Here are some ways lobbying can be both good and bad: Good: - Lobbying allows interest groups to advocate for their policy positions and represent the views of their members to legislators. This helps ensure a diversity of voices are heard in the policymaking process. - Lobbying provides legislators with expertise and information on issues. Interest groups can educate lawmakers about complex policy topics through research, data, and stakeholder perspectives. This can help legislators make more informed decisions. Bad: - Lobbying is dominated by large corporate interests and trade groups that have significant financial resources. This can drown out the voices of less well-funded public interest groups. - The large sums of money spent on lobbying, including donations, fundraising

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above sentence?
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3. FrontPage: What do you think was the best argument
offered by the School District in the Safford case?
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4. FrontPage: What do you think was the best argument
offered by Redding’s lawyer yesterday?
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6. FrontPage: Grab a copy of the article and read it.
Famed groundhog prognosticator
Punxsutawney Phil has weighed in
with his yearly forecast from
central Pennsylvania: Six more
weeks of winter.
Here's Phil's forecast, as relayed at
the annual ceremony: "Many
shadows do I see: six more weeks
of winter it must be."
The pronouncement brought
groans from the thousands of
people gathered for the annual
event at Gobbler's Knob, the tiny
hill in Punxsutawney, which is
about 65 miles northeast of
Pittsburgh.
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"Mitt is the guy you think you look like. Newt is the guy you actually look like.” –David Letterman
“A woman in Illinois is auctioning off a 2005 Chrysler that once belonged to President Obama.
You could tell it was Obama’s car because it gets off to a fast start and then stalls for the next
three years.” –Jimmy Fallon
“Not a great day for Mitt Romney. He put his foot in his mouth. He said in an interview, quote,
‘I'm not concerned about the very poor.’ Is anybody even trying to win this thing?” –Craig
Ferguson
“The government may be legally required to release a video of the Osama bin Laden killing. For
some reason it co-stars Katherine Heigl.” –Conan O’Brien
"President Obama has been working on a new plan to boost tourism in America by making it
easier for foreigners to get into the United States. We have that already. It's called Mexico." –Jay
Leno
"The government may be legally required to release the video of Osama bin Laden's killing.
President Obama said this would be unhelpful, inflammatory, and 'Could you please release it
two days before the election?'" –Conan O'Brien
Homework: OL 13.1 for Monday 7

8. FrontPage: OL 13.1 on your desk.
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9. FrontPage: OL
13.1 on your
desk. What is
the “first
freedom” in the
BoR? Why?
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Word:
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Section 2 Pt 2
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11. FrontPage: OL 13.1 on your desk. What is the
“first freedom” in the BoR? Why?
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Section 3 Monday
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13. FrontPage: Do we have absolute freedom of speech? Explain.
Homework: Read/OL 13.4 for Wednesday; World Affairs at
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PT Library on Wednesday night @7pm

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PT Library on Wednesday night @7pm

15. FrontPage: Why is the freedom of the press important in a
democracy?
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Homework: 13.4 due Friday; test Tuesday

16. FrontPage: OL on your desk. In what situations might the
freedom of the press need to be limited?
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
A monk requested "I have entered the monastery: please
give me some guidance"
Master Zhao Zhao replied " Have you eaten breakfast yet?"
"Yes"
"Then go wash your bowl"
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17. FrontPage: Prepare for Ch 13 Test
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18. FrontPage: Turn in your FP sheet to the back box.
Homework: 4th amendment “research questions” for
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Monday

19. FrontPage: Have your research questions on your desk.
"Today Newt Gingrich said we should use covert operations to assassinate Iran's
nuclear scientists. Gingrich also said the key to covert operations is announcing them
on the campaign trail." –Conan O'Brien
"Tomorrow night is the 20th Republican debate, which explains that new campaign
slogan, ‘Vote Mitt Romney — or else we’ll keep doing this.’” –Jimmy Fallon
“Newt Gingrich called President Obama ‘the most dangerous president in U.S. history.’
But then he said ‘on the dance floor.’” –Conan O'Brien
“There are 8 million dead people who are still registered to vote. As a matter of
fact, they're the group that's most passionate about Mitt Romney.” –Conan O'Brien
“The band Megadeth has endorsed Rick Santorum. I think I'm going to wait and see
who Metallica likes.” –David Letterman
Homework: Rights of the Accused “research questions” for
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Wednesday

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22. FrontPage: Do you support capital punishment? Why or why not?
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Homework: 9th Amendment Questions: Monday

23. FrontPage: Where are the following “rights” mentioned in
the Constitution?
Privacy? Abortion? Physician-assisted suicide?
Gay marriage?
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Homework: 14th questions for Wednesday; test Friday

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Homework: 14th questions due Wednesday; test Friday

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Homework: Test Friday

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Rolling through the bay
is an abstract toothpick
sculpture of San
Francisco. It has about
100,000 of toothpicks.
The amazing part, is that
is has four ping pong ball
paths that roll through
different landmarks of
San Francisco. I have
spent about 3000 hours
on it over a period of 34
years and the only glue I
use is Elmer’s.
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Homework: Turn clocks forward on Saturday night

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Homework: BoR Madness due next Monday

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Homework: Citizenship Research questions due Thursday

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Homework: Citizenship Research questions due Thursday

31. FrontPage: Why is citizenship in a democracy important?
Snail Turned Into Living Battery, Should
Have Taken Blue Pill
You know how those mad scientists at
DARPA are obsessed with generating power
from insects? A team from Clarkson
University, New York and Ben-Gurion
University, Israel has gone one better by
turning a Snail into a cybernetic power
generator. A pair of Buckypaper electrodes
were charged by the electro-chemical
reactions in the slow-moving invertebrates
"hemolymph," its equivalent to blood. Its
hoped the Snails will provide a sustainable
way to power listening devices for the
Department of Homeland Security, so if you
suddenly find your crawlspace full of
gastropods, be careful what you say.
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The Agriculture Department says that starting next fall, schools can stop feeding students a
common ammonia-treated ground beef filler that critics have described as “pink slime.” Made
by grinding together connective tissue and beef scraps normally destined for dog food and
rendering, so-called “finely-textured lean beef trimmings” are then treated with ammonia
hydroxide, a process that kills pathogens such as salmonella and E. coli.
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Homework: Immigration Research questions (+1)due Tuesday

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Homework: Immigration Research questions (+1) due Tuesday

34. FrontPage: Research Qs on your desk. What image or picture comes to mind when
you think of “immigration”?
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Homework: Citizenship/Immigration quiz tomorrow

36. FrontPage: Take a copy of the Research Questions up front.
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Homework: Electoral Process Research Questions Tuesday

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Homework: Electoral Process Research Questions Tuesday

38. FrontPage: Electoral Process questions on your desk.
A new species of wasp discovered on the Indonesian island Sulawesi is two-and-a-half inches
long, and has jaws so vast that its discoverer admits, 'I don't know how it can walk.'
Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, says ‘Its jaws are so
large that they wrap up either side of the head when closed. When the jaws are open they are
actually longer than the male’s front legs.'
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Homework: Election Campaign RQs due Thursday

39. FrontPage: Turn in your Matchup Rd 2 to back box.
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Homework: Election Campaign RQs due Thursday

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Homework: Influences on Voters RQs due Tuesday

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“Ron Paul said it’s still too early to count him out as the Republican nominee.
Seriously? That’s like Newt Gingrich saying it’s too early to count him out as an
Abercrombie model.” –Jimmy Fallon
“Newt Gingrich's campaign is charging people $50 to pose for a picture with Newt.
And for $100 you can get one without Newt.” –Conan O'Brien
“President Obama warned North Korea’s Kim Jong Un that ‘bad behavior will not be
rewarded.’ Then Kim asked, “So, how do you explain another season of 'Jersey
Shore'?” –Conan O’Brien
“The Supreme Court is deciding right now whether the government can mandate that
all Americans buy health insurance. Rick Santorum said, ‘There's no way I'm letting the
government make me go on a man date.’” –Conan O’Brien
“Yesterday on CNN, White House adviser David Plouffe referred to the Republican
presidential race as a ‘clown show.’ That’s as rough as it gets on CNN. Romney,
Santorum, Paul, and Gingrich all called the statement ridiculous and then piled into
one tiny car and drove off.” –Jimmy Fallon
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Homework: Influences on Voters RQs due Tuesday

42. FrontPage: Do you believe that campaign contributions affect the
way legislators act/vote? Explain.
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44. FrontPage: Turn in your webquest/voter registration; have research
questions on your desk. Why don’t people vote?
Fully
Functional
Nintendo
Controller
Coffee Table
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Homework: Prez Election RQs due next Monday

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Election RQs due next Monday

46. FrontPage: Get one computer per partnership and log on to
ptsdwebapps. Turn in poster to back box.
"After dropping out of the GOP race, Rick Santorum emailed his supporters to ask for help
paying off his campaign debt. So if you believe in his message of responsible spending and no
handouts, just give him a handout to cover all his irresponsible spending." –Jimmy Fallon
"Newt Gingrich's campaign paid $500 to get his name on the Utah primary ballot, and the check
bounced. You know, if Newt is spending money he doesn't have, maybe he really is qualified to
be president." –Jay Leno
"President Obama's popularity is starting to dwindle among well-known liberals like Matt
Damon and Gene Simmons. In fact, you know the number one liberal to turn against President
Obama? Mitt Romney." –Jay Leno
"Hot dogs and pizza don't go together. It's like Rush Limbaugh and skinny jeans — it just
shouldn't happen." –Craig Ferguson
"The FBI is reporting that American universities are being infiltrated by foreign spies. They say
everyone should be on the lookout for any student who's paying attention and taking notes." –
Conan O’Brien
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Homework: Prez Election RQs due Monday

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48. FrontPage: Why do we have the Electoral College?
Artist Craig Alan constructs portraits of pop-culture icons using people as pixels.
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Talking to Yourself Can Give You a Temporary Cognitive
Boost
Talking to yourself has long been frowned upon as a sign of craziness, but a recent
study published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests talking
to yourself might actually help you find lost or hidden objects more quickly than being
silent.
In two separate experiments, participants were tasked with finding objects. One group
had to remain silent during their search and the other had to repeat the word to
themselves. Both experiments found that people who talked to themselves found the
objects quicker than those who didn't. The theory is that when you provide the verbal
labels, you're changing your ongoing perceptual processing. For instance, if you're
looking for peanut butter and you repeat the words "peanut butter" over and over you
temporarily turn your visual system into a "peanut butter detector.“
The next time someone makes fun of you for talking to yourself when you're looking
for your cell phone, shrug it off and keep on doing it because you'll probably find it
faster.
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Celebrity
Endorsements
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52. FrontPage: Why do people often organize into groups to
accomplish a goal?
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Homework: Political Parties Research Questions due tomorrow

53. FrontPage: RQs on your desk. FP
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Homework: Voting WebQuest due tomorrow; voting online also

54. FrontPage: Get a new FP sheet from the front. Turn in
your Informed Voter WQ to the back box.
What attributes might we associate with these animals?
The Last Word:
Political ID WebQuest due Monday
Interest Group RQs due Tuesday 54

55. FrontPage: Turn in ID WebQuest. Place your initials where you ended up on the Political
Compass test. Do third parties have an impact on American elections? Explain.
The Last Word:
Political ID WebQuest due Monday
Interest Group RQs due Tuesday 55

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Homework: RQs due tomorrow; test Friday

57. FrontPage: Sit with your groups and prepare your PPT
presentation.
By the end of the day on Thursday -- barring a
Man Works 2000 major catastrophe -- Howard Todd will have
worked 2,000 days straight. It's a goal he set
Days Straight for himself to show that if a poor kid from
Elliott can do it, his three grandchildren can
do anything they envision.
"I want them to see that I did this and say
they can do anything," said Todd, 48, of Mt.
Washington. "I'm trying to be an inspiration,
not only for them, but anyone."
For nearly 5 1/2 years — including on
Christmas, Easter, New Year's and other
holidays and weekends — Todd has toiled
behind the counters of his two Mt.
Washington businesses, DiFiore's Ice Cream
Delite and Grand Brew cafe.
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58. FrontPage: How is the practice of lobbying both good
and bad for our democracy?
17 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in May
May 2: Scurvy Awareness Day
The preferred disease of pirates has its own international holiday, and an entire
website to boot!
May 3: Hug Your Cat Day
May 4: Star Wars Day
May the fourth be with you.
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 9: National Lost Sock Memorial Day
Today we honor the past, and we let go. It’s time to admit that one red argyle sock
has gone to washing machine heaven, turn the partner it left behind into a rag or
a sock puppet, and buy a new pair. It’s what it would have wanted.
May 10: Clean Up Your Room Day
May 14: National Dance Like a Chicken Day
May 17: National Pack Rat Day
May 29: End of Middle Ages Day
May 30: My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It Day
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"Well, as you know, President Obama was in Afghanistan earlier this week, as part of his big
'Did I Mention I killed bin Laden?' tour." –Jay Leno
"The Army is releasing Osama bin Laden documents including his final words. I think they
were, 'Who's knocking on my door at this hour?'" –Jay Leno
"President Obama has come up with a new campaign slogan — 'Forward' — that's the
slogan. And believe me, if unemployment doesn't improve by November, it'll be 'Forward
my mail.'" –Jay Leno
"Today Mitt Romney visited a firehouse here in New York City. Of course, he was
disappointed when he learned that the firehouse is not where you get to fire people." –
Jimmy Fallon
"The SEAL Team 6 broke into his compound and Osama bin Laden never knew what hit him.
It's like a Kardashian husband." –David Letterman
"The Secret Service announced that agents will now be assigned chaperones on certain
trips. What is that? I thought the Secret Service WAS the chaperone." –Jay Leno
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Homework: Federalism Questions due tomorrow

60. FrontPage: Fed Questions on your desk.
From the company who
brought you Bacon Soda
comes a drink that I can't
imagine anyone ever
ingesting unless they
were double-dog dared
to.
A company called Lester's
Fixins is dead-set on
giving America meat-
flavored carbonated
beverages. First, they gave
us Bacon Soda, and
now..... Buffalo Wing
Soda:
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Homework: State Government RQs due Friday

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The Pitch
(tar) Drop
Experiment
In 1927, UQ's Professor Thomas Parnell wanted to prove to his students that some
things that appear solid are in fact liquid. He heated up a sample of tar pitch - a solid
polymer that can shatter if you hit it hard enough - and poured it into the funnel you
see in the picture. He sealed it and left it for three years to set, then cut the end of the
funnel. Eight years later, the first drop fell through the funnel.
And here we are, 82 years later, waiting for the ninth drop to fall. Waiting to be the
first humans to ever lay eyes on it falling, in fact, because the pitch has a frustrating
tendency to shed its small load at exactly the time no one's watching.
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Homework: State Government RQs due Friday

62. FrontPage: Take a copy of the background reading. Which part of the
case do you think will be the toughest for the justices to decide?
Homework: Food for Troops due Friday (+2)
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State Government RQs due Friday

63. FrontPage: Take a copy of the reading.
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Homework: Local RQs Wed; Test and class officer apps Friday

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"President Obama came out in favor of gay marriage because his position has
evolved. Then today he flew to George Clooney's house. So things are evolving
a lot faster than we expected." –Conan O'Brien
"Mitt Romney has issued an apology for some of his high school pranks that
went a little too far. Probably the meanest prank was the time he bought his
high school and fired everyone in it." –Conan O'Brien
"President Obama's in town for a fundraiser. Forty grand a plate — because
nothing says 'man of the people' like demanding 40 grand for some rubbery
chicken." –Craig Ferguson
"The women know what this means. Now all the good ones will be married
AND gay." –Jay Leno
"Rick Santorum gave Mitt Romney his endorsement. So Mitt gets all of
Santorum's delegates and all of his sweater vests." –David Letterman
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Homework: Local RQs Wed; Test and class officer apps Friday

65. FrontPage: Have state/local RQs on your desk.
Thousands of visitors flock to Bikaner, India for the
desert festival awaiting the camel races. Owners with
sharp scissors transform their camels into breathing
works of art by shaving their coats to make room for
traditional Indian patterns.
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Homework: State/Local test Friday

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Best Gaming Setup Ever
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Using a technique similar to
pointillism, multimedia
artist/YouTube sensation Phil
Hansen transforms banana
skins into his
canvases, recreating some of
art history’s most famous works
with a push pin. As the fruit
naturally browns, his designs
magically appear.
Homework: Think of an
open-ended question
related to gov you’d like
to investigate…
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"A Republican official says that Mitt Romney should pick 'an incredibly boring
white guy as running mate.' When he heard that, Joe Biden said, 'Thanks, I've
already got a gig.'" –Conan O'Brien
"President Obama released his financial disclosure statement today. It turns out he
is now worth over $10 million. So at least somebody is doing well in this
economy." –Jay Leno
"Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage. Mitt Romney doesn't even support
same-sex car pools." –David Letterman
"The new Newsweek has President Obama on the cover with a headline, “The First
Gay President.” Apparently, the new Newsweek editor is a 3rd grade bully." –
Conan O'Brien
"On Saturday Obama and Biden spent more than four hours playing golf together.
Joe Biden’s handicap is 20, while Obama’s handicap is Joe Biden." Jimmy Fallon
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Worst Fast Food Names
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A team from MIT has decided to end slow-
pouring ketchup problems once and for all
with its LiquiGlide project. Instead of karate-
chopping the 57 logo on the bottle's neck, a
super-non-stick coating is sprayed on the
inside of its glass container. It's so good that
even highly viscous liquids like ketchup and
mayonnaise roll out of the bottle and onto
your dinner as if it was water. All the
chemicals used are already FDA approved,
meaning that it's already safe to be used in
food production. If adopted, it'd save around
one million tons of trapped sauce from
being wasted every year. Since we already
have finely-honed ketchup-fu skills, we're
hoping the LiquiGlide technique also finds
its way into peanut butter jars.
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Homework: Open-ended presentations due next Wednesday

72. FrontPage: Get computers and get started.
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73. FrontPage: Get computers and get started.
"After losing billions of dollars, Mark Zuckerberg is being sued for hiding Facebook's
weak financial report. Apparently, he put it somewhere no one will ever look –
MySpace." –Jimmy Fallon
"This week Mitt Romney started giving speeches while standing in front of a giant U.S.
debt clock. When asked what it was like campaigning with a large electronic object,
the debt clock was like, 'Not bad.'" –Jimmy Fallon
"Mark Zuckerberg got married. Their reception was annoying, though. Right when
everyone got used to the seating arrangement, Zuckerberg changed the layout for no
reason." –Jimmy Fallon
"That Facebook guy, Mark Zuckerberg, got married over the weekend. His company
goes public, and he's now worth $100 billion. Then he gets married. He may not be as
smart as we thought. –David Letterman
"Al Gore has a new girlfriend. Apparently, it's getting pretty serious. He's already been
over to bore her parents." –Jay Leno
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New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks
New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and
other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious
effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.
The proposed ban would affect virtually the entire menu of popular sugary drinks
found in delis, fast-food franchises and even sports arenas, from energy drinks to pre-
sweetened iced teas. The sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid
ounces — about the size of a medium coffee, and smaller than a common soda bottle —
would be prohibited under the first-in-the-nation plan, which could take effect as soon as next
March.
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