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• High court torn over law banning lies about medals

  Free speech cases before the Supreme Court often lead justices to consider far-fetched scenarios, and Wednesday's argument over a law making it a crime to lie about having received top military honors was no exception.

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• Gingrich: 'You Can't Put a Gun Rack on a Volt' | Video Cafe

  Source: Crooks and Liars

  With unemployment and the economy improving, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has turned to attacking President Barack Obama on the price of gas. At a campaign event in Suwanee, Georgia, the former House Speaker told supporters that he would bring back cheaper g …

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• Movie academy: Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male

  Source: The L.A. Times

  An L.A. Times study of Oscar voters finds that their demographics are much less diverse than the moviegoing public. Academy leaders say they want to diversify.

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• Foxconn to Raise Salaries for Workers by Up to 25%

  Source: The New York Times

  BEIJING — Foxconn Technology, one of the biggest manufacturers of products for Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other electronics companies, said Saturday that it would sharply raise worker salaries at its Chinese factories.

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• Lincoln Brown, Chicago Teacher, Sues For The Right To Say N-Word In Class

  Source: The Huffington Post

  Lincoln Brown, a 48-year-old Chicago Public Schools teacher, has filed a federal lawsuit against the district after being suspended without pay for five days for using the "n-word" as a part of a lesson highlighting the "perils of racism," the ChicagoSun-Times re …

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