Metrogrades: Car Crash Hotbeds | Men's Health

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When President Eisenhower funded our interstate highway system in 1956, Missouri became the first state to break ground. As a I result, one of the nation's oldest interstates, I-70, runs right through St. Louis. Now here's what's important about driving this stretch of I-70: There will be locals in the other lanes, which means you'd better pay attention or you'll be the next historical footnote."

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The top 10 Hollywood hypocrites - HUMAN EVENTS

The top 10 Hollywood hypocrites - HUMAN EVENTS: "We know, we know – it’s hard to boil down the list to just 10 Hollywood loons, but we’ll give it a try anyway. We scoured Jason Mattera’s latest New York Times bestseller, Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama’s Biggest Backers, to bring you the worse of the worse."

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Canada Eliminates Penny that Costs Penny-and-a-Half to Make

Canada Eliminates Penny that Costs Penny-and-a-Half to Make: "Canada will withdraw the penny from circulation this year, saving taxpayers about C$11 million (US$11 million) annually and forcing retailers to round prices to the nearest nickel, says Bloomberg.

The Royal Canadian Mint, which has produced 35 billion pennies since it began production in 1908, will cease distribution this fall due to the coin's low purchasing power.
Production and handling cost for the one-cent coin are a C$150-million drag on the economy, according to a 2006 study by Desjardins, a Levis, Quebec-based financial institution."

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The Cliff's Notes Version of Republican Health Reform

The Cliff's Notes Version of Republican Health Reform: "Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) has once again proposed a budget plan that would seek to end the unsustainable growth of the federal government's entitlement programs.  Restructuring Medicare and Medicaid, while stripping some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Ryan is attempting to alter policies and various incentives in the sector in order to optimize the programs, says Joseph Antos, the Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute."

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» Levy: Where Does It Say That Life Is Fair? » Commentary -- GOPUSA

» Levy: Where Does It Say That Life Is Fair? » Commentary -- GOPUSA: "With the decision as to the constitutionality of Obamacare now in the hands of the Supreme Court, the issue of fairness once again arises. Liberals whine that life is not fair because some people have health insurance while others don’t."

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