1 Egypt Holds 'Day of Departure'
2 Undercover Gun Show Bust Reveals No-Background Check Sales
3 The Evolution of the Human Head
4 The Superbowl Ad You Won't See
5 The Abortion Free Ride Is Over

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Egypt Holds 'Day of Departure'

Aljazeera -- Hundreds of thousands flood Tahrir Square
for largely peaceful 'Day of Departure' protest against
President Mubarak.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201124201329162409.html
February 5, 2011
2:23

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Undercover Gun Show Bust Reveals No-Background Check Sales

Last month, Jared Lee Loughner shot 19 people in
Tuscon, AZ -- including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),
a federal judge, and a nine-year-old girl -- with a
semi-automatic pistol equipped with a previously
illegal high-capacity magazine. Only days later, a
Crossroads of the West gun show was held in Phoenix,
and investigators from New York City were on hand to
see if they could purchase guns and high-capacity
magazines without background checks. New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R/I) announced the findings at
a news conference today: indeed, the investigators got
their weapons easily. (From thinkprogress.org.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWfGE93LRdU
January 31, 2011
7:19

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The Evolution of the Human Head

Harvard University Professor of Human Evolutionary
Biology Daniel E. Lieberman describes the research
presented in his new book "The Evolution of the Human
Head."

http://harvardpress.typepad.com/hup_publicity/2011/02/evolution-human-head-daniel-lieberman.html
January 31, 2011 
5:04

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The Superbowl Ad You Won't See

Football players have a simple message for the NFL: Let
Us Play. Watch the ad that CBS won't let on the air--
then, sign our petition.

If players are locked out next year, 150,000 workers
will feel the impact. Stadium employees will be
jobless. Staff at sports bars, restaurants and hotels,
police officers and others who work supporting the game
also will be hurt. In all, $4.5 billion dollars in
revenue will disappear from 32 cities around the
nation.

http://act.aflcio.org/c/18/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1328
1:00

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The Abortion Free Ride Is Over

Daily Show Episode #16019. Kristen Schaal doesn't think
hard-earned tax dollars should go to women who have
only been rape-ished.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-2-2011/rape-victim-abortion-funding
February 2, 2011
05:14

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