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    Occupy Wall Street protests now nationwide in the USA

    The following map shows locations of protests occurring throughout the United States. As you can see, the map is pretty full: Map: Occupy Wall Street Spreads Nationwide (Updated) | Mother Jones A quick analysis of what is going on could show a 'paradigm shift' in current events. Usually most...
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    This Day In History - January 26th

    166: Death of St. Polycarp 404: Death of St. Paula 724: Death of Caliph Yazid II (of grief over the death of his favorite singing girl) 1100: Death of St. Eystein of Norway 1 1266: Charles of Anjou becomes King of Sicily 1316: Revolt in Wales by Llywelyn Bren 1347: University of Prague...
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