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MAP: Officials urge caution, warn of danger as Hurricane Sandy becomes ‘Frankenstorm’
The northeast United States is bracing Monday for Hurricane Sandy to move on shore with winds approaching 100 mph and a storm surge that is already inundating cities in New York and New Jersey. This Frankenstorm is moving in a weird way, something that’s unexpected more than once in 500 years.
Coal country incensed at what it sees as Obama’s overreach on coal regulations
The people who live in the communities that produces America’s coal are mobilized to get President Barack Obama out of office. They see his policies and his EPA as implementing new regulations that are directly costing their communities jobs.
Google searches paint a picture of how racism still infects America, hurt Obama
With billions of Google searches conducted across the country, it can be a powerful tool in divining what really interests Americans. For example, porn is a more popular search than weather. But it can also provide political intelligence, as one Harvard researcher recently discovered.
Ubiquitous Maggi seasoning reminds people the world over of home
Maggi seasoning is popular among American immigrants of all kinds of nationalities — and they all think of it as coming from home. But, in reality, few American immigrants are from the actual home of Maggi seasoning. But, for some reason, it still reminds each of them of where they’ve come from.
Obama pledges to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., but is it possible?
In the State of the Union, President Barack Obama insisted he would bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. But, to some, the proposals he laid out barely begin to address the disadvantages American companies face in manufacturing at home.