The Surprising history of women's tattoos by Olivia B. Waxman

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 13, 2017
Article: The surprising history of women's tattoos
Page: 23
Author: Olivia B. Waxman
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1. Circuses and sideshows are the two entertainment sections that played an important role in female empowerment.
2. Wealthy socialites were the females in the Victorian-era who got tattooed.
3. Winston Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill was the famous British aristocrat’s that had a tattoo.
4. Cristian Petru Panaite is the curator at New York's Historical Society.
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The View, The right to speech vs. the right to censor by Bryan Walsh

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 13, 2017
Article: The View, The right to speech vs. the right to censor
Page: 19
Author: Bryan Walsh
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1. Milo Yiannopoulos is ex-editor of Breitbart.
2. UC Berkeley is the university that canceled Milo's speech because of student protests.
3. Rutgers University in 2014 is the university that protested Condoleezza Rice's speech and forced her to cancel.
4. 40% of millennials believe the government should be able to prevent people from saying offensive things about minority groups.
5. 24% of baby boomers believe the government should be able to prevent people from saying offensive things about minority groups.
6. Answers will vary
7. Answers will vary

Hate incidents sow fear across U.S. by Charlotte Alter and Josh Sanburn

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 13, 2017
Article: Hate incidents sow fear across U.S.
Page: 13
Author: Charlotte Alter and Josh Sanburn
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1. Michael Feinstein is CEO of Rockville Bender Jewish Community Center.
2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Missouri are the states that vandals desecrated gravestones in Jewish cemeteries.
3. Florida and Texas are two states where mosques were set on file.
4. The FBI is the U.S. agency that has opened civil rights investigations into the Jewish Community Centers bomb threats, the Philadelphia cemetery vandalism and the Kansas shooting.
5. Hasia Diner is professor of Judaic Studies at New York University.
6. U.S. President Trump stated that the bomb threats could be a political ploy.

2017 might not be Europe's 'Year of the Populist' after all by Ian Bremmer

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 13, 2017
Article: 2017 might not be Europe's 'Year of the Populist' after all
Page: 12
Author: Ian Bremmer
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1. Holland/Netherlands will have an election on March 15th?
2. PVV Party is the strongest in the Netherlands.
3. Geert Wilders called Moroccan immigrants "scum."
4. "Nexit" is Netherlands leaving the European Union.
5. The Netherlands would require a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of the Dutch Parliament to leave the EU.
6. France will have their election on May 7, 2017.
7. Marine Le Pen is the National Front's far-right candidate.
8. Emmanuel Macron is the centrist technocrat.
9. Five Star Movement is the name of Italy's populist movement.
10. No, Europeans don't like President Trump.

Duterte's fiercest critic finds herself in jail by Time Magazine

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 13, 2017
Article: Duterte's fiercest critic finds herself in jail
Page: 11
Author: Time Magazine
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1. Philippine Senator Leila de Lima was arrested in the Philippines on charges of drug trafficking.
2. 7,000 people have died in Duterte's so-called war on drugs.
3. Philippine Police and vigilantes are doing the killing.
4. Senator Leila de Lima was arrested on February 24, 2017.
5. Answers will vary

The Brief, A GOP revolt threatens President Trump's agenda by Philip Elliott

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 13, 2017
Article: The Brief, A GOP revolt threatens President Trump's agenda
Page: 9
Author:  Philip Elliott
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1. The new health care plan proposed by the Trump administration will create individual tax credits.
2. U.S. Representative mark Walker of North Carolina chairs the 170-member Republican Study Committee.
3. U.S. Representative mark Meadows of North Carolina chairs the 40-member Freedom Caucus.
4. No, President Trump will not cut Social Security or Medicare.
5. President Trump's idea on corporate tax reform is to exempt exports from taxes and levy new taxes on imports.
6. The "border adjustment tax" is the tax on imports the Trump administration wants to impose.

You don't have to go far to celebrate by Mary Forgione

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Article: You don't have to go far to celebrate
Author: Mary Forgione
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1. The Holi Festival is celebrated in India on March 13, 2017.
2. Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Utah organizes 11 major color festivals in the West between March and October.
3. Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple is located in Spanish Fork, Utah.
4. Caru Das is the priest at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple.
5. 37,000 people attended the color festival last year at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple.
6. The Holi Festival will take place on March 25 & 26, 2017.
7. The Holi Festival of Colors USA will take place at Whittier Narrows, in Los Angeles, California.
8. The Holi Festival of Colors USA will take place at Sunset Park, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
9. The Holi Festival of Colors USA will take place at Woodley Park, in Van Nuys, California.
10. The Holi Festival of Colors USA in Los Angeles will be on March 11, 2017.
11. The Holi Festival of Colors USA in Las Vegas will be on April 15, 2017.
12. The Holi Festival of Colors USA in Van Nuys will be on May 13, 2017.
13. The Festival of Colors USA costs $5.25 for admission, $12.50 for 5 color packets.
14. The Holi Festival of Colors USA in Redmond, Washington will be on March 18, 2017.
15. The Holi Festival of Colors USA in Milpitas, California will be on March 18, 2017.
16. The Holi Festival of Colors USA in Governors Island, New York will be on May 6, 2017.

Reference:
https://muckrack.com/mary-fargione
http://www.utahkrishnas.org/
http://www.holifestival.org/
http://www.festivalofcolorsusa.com/

Soaking up the local color by Arnie Cooper

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Article: Soaking up the local color
Author: Arnie Cooper
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1. Jaisalmer, India, is the Golden City.
2. There are 80,000 people living in the Golden City.
3. Jaisalmer was founded in 1156.
4. Rawal Jaisal founded Jaisalmer in 1156.
5. Havelis are beautifully sculpted sandstone mansions.
6. Holi officially begins with the lighting of bonfires on the eve of the day of the full moon preceding the vernal equinox.
7. "Happy Holi" is when celebrants start digging into trays of brightly colored powdered paint, which they either splatter on you or apply directly to your skin.
8. Gulaal is powdered paint.
9. Prince Prahlad rebeled against his father.
10. Hiranyakashipu was the prince's father.
11. Holika is the name of the King's sister.
12. Boon is a protective blessing.


Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawal_Jaisal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jaisalmer
https://twitter.com/ARINcredible?lang=en

Changing tides for IDs by Catharine Hamm

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Article: Changing tides for IDs
Author: Catharine Hamm
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1. No, California Department of Motor Vehicles compliant with the federal law based on recommendations by the 9/11 Commission.
2. www.lat.ms./dhscompliancemap
3. Yes, you can still use your California driver's license to board an airplane.
4. Answers will vary
5. If a state's driver's license is noncompliant, one day it won't get you onto a plane or a federal facility such as a military base.
6. TSA and the State Department will accept the wallet-size passport card.
7. No, the passport card will not let you on an international flight.
8. Yes, the passport card will get you on a domestic flight.
9. The card is designed for entry at United States land and sea ports from Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
10. The passport card costs $55 for adults 16 and older.
11. The passport card costs $40 for children younger than 16 years.
12. The renewing fee is $40 for the passport card.
13. A Global Entry card is a Customs and Border Protection program that gives you expedited entry into the United States from abroad and also gives you TSA Pre Check.
14. TSA Pre Check is expedited screening at many U.S. airports.
15. The Global Entry card costs $100 for 5 years.
16. Keeping IDentities Safe is a nonprofit organization that wants stronger identification policies and procedures to thwart terrorists and ID thieves.
17. Andrew Meehan is the policy director for keeping IDentities Safe.

Reference:
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/card
https://www.tsa.gov/precheck
https://www.idsecuritynow.org/
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-catharine-hamm-staff.html

Beyond the Biltmore by John Muncie

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Article: Beyond the Biltmore
Writer: John Muncie
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1. The Biltmore Estate is the version of Downtown Abbey.
2. The Biltmore Estate is the Asheville attraction draws 1.4 million visitors a year.
3. The Omni Grove Park Inn is the name of the attraction that has elevators hidden inside the massive fireplaces.
4. The population of Asheville, North Carolina is 85,000.
5. The Biltmore Estate is 8,000 acres.
6. The Grovewood Village has 2 free museums, artists' studios, art gallery, restaurant, and outdoor sculpture garden.
7. Asheville has 4 artist districts.
8. George Vanderbilt II's wife, Edith Vanderbilt, built the Biltmore Estate.
9. Edwin Grove purchased the Biltmore Estate Industries.
10. Marilyn Blomberg Patton and Barbara Blomberg purchased the Biltmore Estate Industries.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbilt_family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Vanderbilt_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Stuyvesant_Gerry

Back in Full Force by Glenn Greenberg

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 12
Date: December 18, 2015
Article: Back in Full Force
Author: Glenn Greenberg
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1. There are 6 Star Wars movies are out without counting The Force Awakens.
2. These movies have made $4 billion.
3. George Lucas created the Star Wars movies.
4. J.J. Abrams is the director and cowriter for The Force Awakens.
5. Tatooine was the name of one desert in the Star Wars movies.
6. Hoth was the name of one of the snowy fields.
7. Endor was the name of one of the forests.
8. Rey is the name of the character who is a scavenger on the planet Jakku.
9. The first 3 Star Wars movies were released between 1977 to 1983.


Reference:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/
https://www.facebook.com/StarWars/
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/glenn-greenwald
http://lucasfilm.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009190/

The Science of Tears by Zachary Humenik

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 12
Date: December 18, 2015
Article: The Science of Tears
Author:  Zachary Humenik
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1. Answers will vary
2. Answers will vary
3. Ad Vingerhoets has studied crying at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.
4. There are 3 types of tears that exist.
5. Reflex tears are tears that wash your eyes clean when something gets in them.
6. Emotional tears are tears that are released in response to emotional states.
7. Basal tears are tears that act as a protective barrier between the eye and the rest of the world.
8. Emotional tears get release when we feel helpless.
9. According to scientist, crying has something to do with how humans learned to depend on each other.
10. Lauren Bylsma is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
11. Lauren Bylsma says, "tears are a cry for help."
12. Answers will vary
13. Answers will vary
14. Answers will vary

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https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/webwijs/show/vingerhoets/
http://www.psychiatry.pitt.edu/node/9230

Sky's the Limit by Stephanie Kraus

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 14
Date: January 20, 2017
Article: Sky's the Limit
Author: Stephanie Kraus

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1. Skylar Katz lives in Melville, New York.
2. Skylar appeared in NBC's America's Got Talent.
3. Skylar got started by memorizing hip-hop songs.
4. Skylar is 12 years old.
5. Modern Rap is about the beats.
6. Hip Hop has lyrical content.
7. Skylar's goal is to write clever.
8. Skylar hopes to inspire young people to use different mediums to speak out about issues that are affecting them and their community.
9. Answers will vary

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https://about.me/stephaniekraus

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King of Sting by Heather Price-Wright

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 14
Date: January 20, 2017
Article: King of Sting
Author: Heather Price-Wright

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1. A scientist that studies insects is called an entomologist.
2. Justin Schmidt wrote a book called "The Sting of the Wild: The Story of the Man Who Got Stung for Science."
3. The sting of a bullet ant is a category 4 in pain.
4. So we can better understand human pain and relieve it.
5. Answers will vary
6. Scientist use insect venom to cause pain.

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http://www.heatherpricewright.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_O._Schmidt

Soap Club by Heather Price-Wright

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 14
Date: January 20, 2017
Article: Soap Club
Author: Heather Price-Wright

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1. Samir Lakhani saw a mom bathe her baby with laundry soap.
2. Many people don't have access to soap in Cambodia.
3. A hotel in Cambodia can produce 150 pounds each month.
4. Samir Lakhani created Eco-Soap Bank.
5. The workers from Lakhani's nonprofit collect the soaps from hotels.
6. Eco-Soap Bank after creating new soaps, they distribute it to aid groups.
7. Local women in Cambodia get the free soap to sell inorder for them to make extra money.
8. Eco-Soap Bank's first mission is soap distribution and second mission is hygiene education.
9. Eco-Soap Bank helps the environment by recycling soap that otherwise would be going into landfills.
10. Eco-Soap Bank plans to expand to every tourist region around the world.


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https://www.ecosoapbank.org/

A Race to Survive by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 14
Date: January 20, 2017
Article: A Race to Survive
Author:  Time for Kids

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1. 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild.
2. 91% of the cheetahs' habitat has been lost.
3. Cheetahs are mostly found in southern and eastern Africa.
4. About 60 cheetahs exist in the wild in Iran.
5. Cheetahs eat gazelles.
6. Ms. Durant hoped to accomplish that her study will lead to a better understanding of the species and a better approach to helping it survive.
7. Ms. Durant wants the cheetah to be labeled "endangered" in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The Cost of Natural Disasters by Hayden Field

Magazine: Time for Kids, Your$
Edition: 4, Vol. 3, No. 5
Date: January 2017
Article: The Cost of Natural Disasters
Author:  Hayden Field

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1. Hurricane Matthew did damages to Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas.
2. The Federal Emergency Management Agency manages the Disaster Relief Fund.
3. Hurricane Matthew cost $120 million to the Disaster Relief Fund.
4. A policy promises to pay you a sum of money if something (your home, car, health or life) is lost or damaged.
5. Flooding is the #1 natural disaster.
6. Lynne McChristian works for the natural-disaster response for the Insurance Information Institute.
7. Homeowner's insurance policies help them against fire, hurricane, hail, lightning, and other disasters.
8. Most homeowner's insurance does not help against floods and earthquakes.
9. People should go to knowyourstuff.org for the free tool provided by the Insurance Information Institute.

Dinosaurs Finds by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 13
Date: January 13, 2017
Article: Dinosaur Finds
Author:  Time for Kids

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1. The dinosaur tail that was found in amber is 99 million years.
2. The dinosaur tail has feathers, bones, and soft tissue.
3. The scientists think the dinosaur is from a baby dinosaur the size of a sparrow.
4. Paleontologist Ryan McKeller said the finding "[Dinosaurs have] become a lost more birdlike in the overall view."
5. They found the dinosaur tail in the month of December 2016.
6. They found the fossilized brain tissue in October 2016.
7. The unofficial name of the Savannasaurus elliottorum is Sauropod.
8. The fossilized brain tissue looks similar to the modern day crocodile and birds.
9. Sauropod is the unofficial name of the Savannassaurus elliottorum.
10. The Savannasaurus elliottorum was found in Australia.
11. The Savannasaurus elliottorum lived around 95 million years ago.

Say What? by Heather Price-Wright

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 12
Date: December 16, 2016
Article: Say What?
Author: Heather Price-Wright

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1. The quiz got 350,000 responses.
2. The book, "Speaking American" was written by Josh Katz.
3. Regionalisms are words and phrases that are specific to a certain region, or part, of the country.
4. Halloween in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is known as Mischief Night.
5. The word sneakers is used instead of tennis shoes in the Northeast part of the United States.

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https://www.nytimes.com/by/josh-katz

The Syrians Next Door by Robin Shulman

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 12
Date: December 16, 2016
Article: The Syrians Next Door
Author: Robin Shulman

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1. The Tameem family lives in Des Moines, Iowa.
2. The Tameem family lived in Homs, Syria before coming to the U.S.
3. War broke out in Syria in 2011.
4. There have been 400,000 people killed in the Syrian War.
5. The Tameem family escaped to Jordan.
6. There have been 5 million people who have fled Syria since the war.
7. The Tameems signed up as refugees with the United Nations.
8. The process took 24 months for the Tameems to be approved to come to the U.S.
9. The Tameems were in Jordan for 2 years.
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11. Answers will vary


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Historic Visit by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 12
Date: December 16, 2016
Article: Historic Visit
Author:  Time for Kids

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1. Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, visited Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 27, 2016.
2. Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor early in the morning on December 7, 1941.
3. The U.S. entered World War II.
4. Reconciliation means a renewal of friendship.
5. Answers will vary
6. President Obama visited Hiroshima, Japan.
7. The U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on the city during World War II.

N.Y. terrorist plotter dies in federal prison by Associated Press

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: N.Y. terrorist plotter dies in federal prison
Writer: Associated Press
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1. The setting is Butner, North Carolina.
2. Omar Abdul Rahman was convicted of plotting terrorist attacks in the United States in the 1990s.
3. Omar Abdul Rahman suffered from diabetes and coronary artery disease.
4. Answers will vary
5. Gamaa Islamiya is the name of the militant group that tried bring down former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
6. Omar Abdul Rahman came to the U.S. in 1990.
7. Omar Abdul Rahman’s followers did a truck bombing at the New York World Trade Center on February 26, 1993.
8. 6 people were killed on the February 26, 1993.
9. Abdul Rahman was arrested on charges of conspiracy to carry out a string of bombings in 1993.
10. 3 years passed from when he arrived to the U.S. to when he was arrested on charges of conspiracy.
11. Abdul Rahman was born in Gamalia, Egypt.
12. Abdul Rahman was blind at 10 months old.
13. Abdul Rahman was 11 years old when he memorized the Koran.
14. Abdul Rahman attended Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
15. Takfir ideology is a radical interpretation of Islam that holds that those who don’t follow a strict version of sharia, or Islamic law, are infidels.
16. Abdul Rahman said not to pray for Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
17. Abdul Rahman spent 8 months in a Egyptian jail.
18. Abdul Rahman spent time in Afghanistan and Pakistan before coming to the U.S.
19. Abdul Rahman was a spiritual leader for the mujahedin in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
20. The mujahedin was fighting Soviet troops with help from the CIA in the 1980s.
21. Yes, Abdul Rahman was on a list of suspected terrorists and thus banned from the U.S. when he arrived in 1990.
22. Yes, Abdul Rahman was given permanent residency under the name Omar Ahmed Ali.

Ecuador vote ushers in a new era by Pablo Jaramillo Viteri and Chris Kraul

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Ecuador vote ushers in a new era
Writer: Pablo Jaramillo Viteri and Chris Kraul
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1. Rafael Correa was the President of Ecuador.
2. Lenin Moreno is President Rafael Correa’s vice president.
3. Lenin Moreno was a U.N. delegate for the disabled.
4. Ecuador has a decisive runoff election on April 2nd.
5. Lenin Moreno, Guillermo Lasso, and Cynthia Viteri are the top 3 candidates.
6. Cynthia Viteri is a member of the national congress.
7. Guillermo Lasso is former bank chairman.
8. Rafael Correa was elected to 3 presidential terms.
9. Rafael Correa attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and received a doctorate in economics.
10. Rafael Correa built plenty of schools, dams and hospitals.
11. Answers will vary
12. Answers will vary
13. President Correa early in his presidency paid for this with exports of Ecuadorean oil.
14. The 3 things President Correa did wrong were: 1) President Correa attacked the press, 2) President Correa had lawsuits against political opponents, 3) President Correa promoted large-scale mining projects on land claimed by indigenous groups.
15. Yasuni National Park is the name of one of the world’s most biodiverse reserves.
16. The National Assembly approved a measure permitting indefinite reelection of public officials.
17. 62% of Ecuadorians don’t trust President Correa.
18. Presidential Candidate Lenin Moreno’s spokesman Andres Michelena.
19. 300,000 disabled Ecuadoreans benefited from Moreno’s program that disabled Ecuadoreans were given medical and financial support.
20. Guillermo Lasso ran for president in 2013.
21. Guillermo Lasso represents the CREO party.
22. Jaime Nebot is the mayor of Guayaquil.
23. Cynthia Viteri is a close ally of Guayaquil’s mayor.
24. Answers will vary
25. Answers will vary
26. Answers will vary

Iraq forces brace for Mosul attack by Nabih Bulos

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Iraq forces brace for Mosul attack
Writer: Nabih Bulos
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1. The Tigris River runs through Mosul.
2. Answers will vary
3. A U.S. led coalition bombed the 5 bridges connecting Mosul’s two sides.
4. The Golden Division is an elite U.S. trained group.
5. Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service is also known as the Golden Division.
6. American and Canadian special forces operate reconnaissance drones from trucks.
7. The Mosul Airport is seven miles from the city’s eastern part.
8. It took 100 days for Iraqi forces to take over the eastern half of the city.
9. Col. Mohammad Wakaa, a spokesman with Nineveh Operations Command, says there are roughly 400 die-hard combatants on the Western side.
10. 750,000 to 800,000 live in western Mosul according to the United Nations.
11. Lise Grande is the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq.
12. 400,000 people live in the old city quarter.
13. Nouri Maliki is Iraqi’s Prime Minister’s.

A goose's worst nightmare by David Kelly

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: A goose’s worst nightmare
Writer: David Kelly
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1. Answers will vary
2. Canadian geese weight 20 pounds.
3. Canada geese were nearly hunted to extinction in the early 1900s.
4. Minnesota, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin received federal permission to herd them into nets during molting season.
5. Answers will vary
6. Minnesota, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin donate the meat to food pantries to soup kitchens.
7. The Humane Society of the United States opposes the practice in killing Canadian geese in Minnesota, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
8. They spray corn oil to cut off oxygen and prevent the eggs from hatching.
9. Randy Clausen invented the “goosinator.”
10. The goosinator cost $3,500 each.

Plaintiff in Roe vs Wade Case by Mary Rourke and Emily Alpert Reyes

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Plaintiff in Roe vs Wade case
Writer: Mary Rourke and Emily Alpert Reyes
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1. Norma McCorvey said she would like nothing more than to see Roe vs Wade overturned.
2. Norma McCorvey died on Saturday, February 18, 2017.
3. Norma McCorvey died in an assisted living facility in Katy, Texas.
4. Norma McCorvey had 3 children.
5. Norma McCorvey met lawyers Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee in 1970.
6. The two attorneys were getting ready to fight the law that made it illegal to have an abortion in Texas except by a doctor’s orders to save a woman’s life.
7. The attorneys said the law violated the 9th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right to free choice and privacy.
8. Jane Roe is the alias Norma McCorvey used to fight law.
9. The lawsuit started in the Dallas District Court.
10. The Supreme Court on January 1973 decided that making abortion illegal, was unconstitional.
11. The Supreme Court decision was 7 to 2 making abortion illegal.
12. Norma McCorvey felt she was an unfit parent.
13. David Garrow said McCorvey was never a “poster child” of the movement because “poster people were supposed to look like suburban wives.”
14. David Garrow said “Liberty and Sexuality:The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe vs. Wade.”
15. Sarah Weddington was the attorney who argued in front of the judges.
16. District Attorney Henry Wade appealed the Dallas District Court decision to the Supreme Court.
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18. Norma McCorvey’s birth name is Norma Leah Nelson.
19. Norma McCorvey was born on September 22, 1947.
20. Norma McCorvey was born in Lettesworth, Louisiana.
21. Norma McCorvey’s father’s name was Olin.
22. Norma McCorvey’s mother’s name was Mary Mildred.
23. Norma McCorvey’s parents were divorced when she was 13 years old.
24. Norma McCorvey married when she was 16 years old.
25. Norma McCorvey’s husband’s name was Woody McCorvey.
26. Norma McCorvey’s first baby’s name is Melissa.
27. Norma McCorvey consulted on the movie “Roe vs Wade.”
28. Holly Hunter played Norma McCorvey in the movie “Roe vs Wade”
29. The abortion controversy hit McCorvey by receiving hate mail and trash on her lawn.
30. Rev. Philip Benham was nicknamed “Flipper.”
31. Rev. Philip Benham began to talk to McCorvey and changed her mind to be a speaker for an anti-abortion group.

Conquering the Divide by Teresa Watanabe

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Conquering the Divide
Writer: Teresa Watanabe
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1. Executive Order 9066 was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s order to round up 120,000 Japanese Americans in desolate camps scattered across deserts and swampland.
2. The internment camp that Tokuji Yoshihashi was held in was in Gila River, Arizona.
3. Tokuji Yoshihashi left camp in 1944.
4. Tokuji Yoshihashi served in U.S. Army’s celebrated 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team.
5. Yes the unit was segregated, the members in the unit were second-generation Japanese Americans.
6. This unit was known as the “Nisei.”
7. President Harry S. Truman, “you fought not only the enemy, but you fought prejudice-and you won.”
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11. Sumiko Set Seki’s internment camp is located in Jerome, Arkansas.
12. Don Seki lost his arm to German machine-gun fire on the Vosges Mountains of France.
13. 800 soldiers died from the 442nd Regimental Combat team.
14. The 442nd Regimental Combat team saved 211 lives.
15. The 442nd Regimental Combat team was from Texas.
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17. Mitchell T. Maki is president of the Go For Broke National Education Center.

Pence reaffirms NATO support by Associated Press

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Pence reaffirms NATO support
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1. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said, that the Trump administration will “hold Russia accountable.”
2. U.S. Vice President Pence told NATO at the Munich Security Conference that U.S. President Trump would “stand with Europe.”
3. Answers will vary
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6. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is “in the American interest.”
7. Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said, “just world order; if you want, you can call it a post-West world order.”
8. U.S. President Trump said NATO was “obsolete.”
9. There are 28 countries in NATO.
10. The NATO countries decided to spend 2% of their gross domestic product on NATO.
11. 4 countries of the 28 countries in NATO are spending 2% of their gross domestic product.
12. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are the 3 Baltic countries worried about Russian aggression.
13. Michael Flynn was dismissed as national security advisor.

Presidents vs Press, then and now by Kurtis Lee

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Presidents vs Press, then and now
Writer: Kurtis Lee
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1. Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were two U.S. Presidents who had problems with the press.
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4. Timothy Naftali is a professor of history at New York University and former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
5. Thomas Jefferson said in 1807, “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper.  Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.”
6. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, in as much as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
7. U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew faced criminal charges, was fined $10,000 for tax evasion, and received three years of probation.
8. Senior Advisor Stephen K. Bannon has labeled the press the “opposition party.”
9. The approval rating of U.S. President Trump is 40% according to the Gallup poll.
10. Ronald Reagan said, “The press can take care of itself quite nicely, and a president should be able to take care of himself as well.”
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Detained "Dreamer" awaits hearing by Los Angeles Times

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Detained “Dreamer” awaits hearing
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1. Daniel Ramirez Medina is in custody.
2. Daniel Ramirez Medina’s case is being fought in Seattle, Washington.
3. Daniel Ramirez Medina is 23 years old.
4. The attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina are saying federal agents lied about statements Ramirez made in custody and inaccurately described a tattoo on his forearm as a gang tattoo.
5. Daniel Ramirez Medina was raised in California.
6. Daniel Ramirez Medina was taken into custody on February 10, 2017.
7. Daniel Ramirez Medina is being detained in a Federal Detention Facility in Tacoma, Washington.
8. Dreamers are people trying to immigrate to the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA).
9. President Obama created DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program) in 2012.
10. For a person to qualify for DACA they need the following: 1) pass background and crime-record checks  2) pay a fee  3) apply for renewal every two years
11. Jeffrey Robins is assistant director in the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation.
12. Federal officials say Daniel Ramirez Medina hung out with the Sureños, a street gang in California.
13. Federal officials say Daniel Ramirez Medina hangs out with Paisas, a street gang in Washington State.
14. There are 750,000 people in the Dreamers Program.
15. 1,500 people have been deported from the Dreamers Program.
16. True, people in the DACA program are known as Dreamers.
17. U.S. President Trump said, “DACA is a very, very difficult subject, because you have these incredible kids.”
18. U.S. President Trump promised to end the Dreamers Program.
19. Ramirez was arrested in his shared apartment.
20. Theodore J. Boutrous is the name of one of Ramirez’s attorneys.
21. Mark Rosenbaum is lead co-counsel for Ramirez.
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About 680 Cubans have been returned by Associated Press

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Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: About 680 Cubans have been returned
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1. 680 Cubans have been returned to Cuba since President Obama ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who made it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident.
2. The Cuban government felt the policy drained the country of professionals and encouraged people to do dangerous voyages.
3. Washington’s ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy ended on January 12th, 2017.
4. U.S., Mexico and the Bahamas are the countries that have deported Cubans back to Cuba.
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One Job's Journey by Kate Linthicum

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: One Job’s Journey
Writer: Kate Linthicum
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1. Chris Wade lives in Warren, Ohio.
2. Chris Wade is 47 years old.
3. Delphi Automotive is a parts manufacturer.
4. Berta Alicia Lopez lives in Juarez, Mexico.
5. Berta Alicia Lopez is 54 years old.
6. After Delphi Automotive left Ohio, they went to China and Mexico.
7. Berta Alicia Lopez assembles cables and electronics at the Delphi Automotive plant in Juarez, Mexico.
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11. The North American Free Trade Agreement eliminated most tariffs.
12. The North American Free Trade Agreement began in 1994.
13. The cause for the Rust Belt replacing middle class factory positions with lower-paying service industry jobs are changes in technology and competition with China.
14. There were 17 million manufacturing jobs in the United States in 2000.
15. There were 11 million manufacturing jobs in the United States in 2010.
16. Gordon Hanson is an economist and trade expert at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
17. Answers will vary
18. President Trump is proposing a 20% tax on imports from Mexico.
19. 80% of Mexico’s export goes to the United States.
20. President Enrique Peña Nieto said that further trade talks will include immigration and security.
21. Packard Electric was the old name of Delphi Automotive in 1890.
22. In 1890 Delphi Automotive was making lightbulbs.
23. In 1932 Delphi Automotive became part of General Motors.
24. Berta Alicia Lopez grew up in Bermejillo, a dusty  town in the state of Durango.
25. Berta Alicia Lopez was in the 5th grade when she was pulled out of school.
26. Mexican farmers couldn’t compete with giant U.S. agribusinesses.
27. Answers will vary
28. Maquiladoras are factories in Mexico.
29. Delphi Automotive filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
30. 21 of 29 American plants are planned to be closed by Delphi Automotive.
31. Delphi Automotive has workers in 20 cities.
32. Delphi Automotive has a 70,000 workforce.
33. Robert Miller is the CEO for Delphi Automotive.
34. Ford decided not to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico.
35. Jose Massaro, Delphi’s CEO, said that all the people who voted for Trump in Michigan and Ohio would be out of work if President Trump were to close the border with Mexico.
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Why we need Measure H by Los Angeles Times Newspaper

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Why we need Measure H
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1. Homeless people need permanent housing to rebuild their lives.
2. Measure H will provide an array of services to homeless people.
3. Measure H will raise about $355 million annually.
4. True, funds from the measure can be spent only on homelessness services.
5. Measure H will last 10 years.
6. Proposition HHH will supply more housing for the homeless.
7. True, if housing is the hardware, services are the software that make it run.
8. If Measure H passes, it can bring 45,000 people out of being homeless.
9. LA County will need $450 million annually to accomplish its goal.
10. There are about 47,000 people homeless in Los Angeles County.

Don't worry about the "deep state" by Doyle McManus

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Don't worry about the "deep state"
Writer: Doyle McManus
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1. "Deep State" is the term borrowed from countries like Turkey and Egypt, where networks of military officers and intelligence operatives control much of the government.
2. President Trump said the "illegal leaks" from the FBI and other intelligence agencies forced him to fire Flynn.
3. President Donald Trump said, "the real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by 'intelligence' like candy."
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5. Members of the Egyptian armed forces and intelligence agencies overthrew the Egyptian President in 2013.
6. True, in other countries, the deep state has veto power over major decisions.
7. True, in other countries, the deep state often run large parts of the economy.
8. True, in other countries, the deep state has at least enough government contracts to make their families rich.
9. True, in other countries, deep state is rarely held accountable for their actions.
10. True, in other countries, the deep state acts with impunity.
11. U.S. Intelligence agencies are restrained by law.
12. The FBI is investigating the illegal leak that got Flynn fired.
13. Trump is facing "pushback" from intelligence agencies and civilian bureaucracies.

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Torture always trickles down by Darius Rejali

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Torture always trickles down
Writer: Darius Rejali
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1. The support for torture has increased support in the U.S. since 2001.
2. 56% of Americans opposed and 39% of Americans supported torture under the George W. Bush presidency.
3. 58% of Americans considered torture justifiable according to a Pew Research Center Survey.
4. People are driven more by social cues, superstition, resentment and indecision in deciding if torture works.
5. People don't consider or think of philosophy, morality or rational outcomes to see if torture works.
6. True, if a president condones torture, those who favor him will support torture.
7. True, if a president does not condone torture, those who favor him will not.
8. "Black Sites" are facilities run by the CIA after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
9. The Wickersham Report was a documented assessment of organized police violence in 1931.
10. The story in the Guardian Newspaper was about a police-run black site in Chicago, Illinois.
11. The name of the Black Site in Chicago was called "Homan Square."
12. U.S. soldiers were introduced to waterboarding in the Philippine-American War.
13. In 1930 waterboarding became common practice nationwide.
14. Jon Burge was the Chicago Police Detective that used torture he learned in Vietnam when he served as military policeman.
15. Richard Zuley is the name of the other police officer, who used torture techniques he learned in Guantanamo as a Navy reserve lieutenant.
16. The Black Site Effect are two things: 1) Governments that kidnapped terror suspects for the CIA or hosted black sites subsequently had worse human rights records.  2) Collaboration with the Black Site program signaled to local police and soldiers that they may work outside the rules.
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