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You can faintly hear the horns sounding triumphantly as a deal to end the Minnesota government shutdown appears close.  The newspapers, radios and even Yahoo are reporting “Dayton: Will concede to GOP to end Minn. Shutdown.” (Source)

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I was sitting in my 10^th grade Chemistry class on September 11^th of 2001. I remember my teacher, Mr. Sufka telling us what had happened. We were able to see some images from Yahoo, but the internet was overwhelmed that day and our schools TVs were unfortunately down for repair.  We discussed what happened and what could happen next. We all knew we were going to war. This weighed heavily with Mr. Sufka who was an Army Reservist, as well as one of our best teachers.

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The things that would stop with a fed gov’t shutdown:

- the IRS will stop processing paper tax returns

- the Small Business Administration will stop making loans

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On December 17, 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, a 26 year old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi lit himself on fire. The theft and beatings from the local government officials had become too much for this man to bear. His livelihood had been ruined and there was nothing he could do about it; he felt powerless.

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Fighter jets, aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, a no-fly zone over Libya and arming the rebels are all options being weighed up by the United States and its allies in the European Union, as a defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is continuing to cling onto power and is ordering airstrikes on towns and arms depots.

There appear to be two main options – both would have to be blessed by the United Nations – or NATO.

The U.S. has publicly acknowledged that they are contemplating intervention. Most likely by imposing a new fly zone.

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The collective, society, power as a group. These are concepts that are used to demonize the left. Collective bargaining is bad, whether it is a union or average people looking to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs. In the US it is the individual who is lauded, Microsoft would be nothing without Bill Gates, the US is solely led by the President; we put extra weight to the success and failures of the individual.

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Images of the thousands of Egyptian protesters that defied a curfew in the capital Cairo and other cities taken throughout the day.

PBS NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff discuss what to expect in Tuesday’s State of the Union Address where Democrats and Republicans will be sitting together. They also talk about the 2012 Senate race already taking shape in Virginia.