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Post a vulgar comment, lose your job

What would happen if bosses contronted every employee who posted an "anonymous" vulgar remark while at work?
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Post a vulgar comment, lose your job

Debate over online rights is raging after a teacher used his school's computer to post racy remarks on a local website

Doug Hoffman vs. ACORN

Conservative Hoffman says ACORN stole the NY-23 congressional election from him. Could that be?

Army single moms: Kids vs. country

U.S. soldier Alexis Hutchinson went AWOL instead of putting her baby in foster care. Should single parents be soldiers?

Texas accidentally 'bans' straight-marriage

Did a 2005 Texas ban on gay marriage inadvertently nullify heterosexual marriages, too?

2012: President Sarah Palin?

The belief that Palin could be a viable candidate in 2012 is taking hold — even as polls indicate that most Americans reject the idea

Fox News: Unfair and imbalanced?

Critics say so. But a media watchdog says the cable channel's news is more even-handed than other networks

New York's top politicians clash over 9/11 terror trials

Bloomberg and Hillary are in favor of an NYC trial for KSM. Rudy and Peterson think it's dangerous

Does America really need 'marijuana cafés'?

What the opening of a club for medical marijuana smokers in Oregon means for U.S. drug policy

Breast self exams: Don't bother?

The controversy over a recommendation to get fewer mammograms and stop doing breast-cancer self exams

Grading Palin on 'Oprah'

Did Sarah Palin successfully restore her battered media image while promoting her book on Oprah?

19 non-racist names for the Washington Redskins

Some say the controversy-plagued football team could use a new, more PC name

Newsweek's 'sexist' Sarah Palin cover

The former governor says Newsweek is making cheap bid for sales — by recycling an image of her wearing un-statemanlike sportswear

'Unconceding' an election

Tea-party favorite Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in New York's hard-fought 23rd district. What's he thinking?

Charlie Crist: Next GOP victim?

Tea party conversatives — unhappy with Republican Gov. Crist's record — are trying to derail his Senate bid

The media vs. Sarah Palin

Is sicking an army of fact-checkers on Palin's memoir "Going Rogue' just good journalism — or "politically motivated" overkill?

Bill Belichick's 'crazy' call

The legendary football coach's late-game call against the Colts has ignited a firestorm of debate. Was Belichick brilliant or nutty?

Sarah Palin's sink or swim interview

Will Sarah Palin put to rest her past media blunders when she sits down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey?

Killing Oreo the 'miracle' dog

The ASPCA says a dog that survived being thrown off a roof was too aggressive to live. Was it wrong to euthanize Oreo?

Sarah Palin's 'whiny' book

Leaked sections from Sarah Palin's upcoming memoir "Going Rogue" already have her critics seeing red

What’s next for Lou Dobbs?

Dobbs says he's exploring his options, one of which might be Fox News. Where will the controversial anchor show up next?

November 27, 2009

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