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The Fast Fix: Could raising taxes help Obama? (The Newsroom)

April 22, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - President Barack Obama is talking about ending the Bush tax cuts for households making over $250,000. Will that help Obama or hurt him politically in the 2012 presidential campaign? President Obama has been talking taxes lately, a dangerous political game …

Endangered places around the world (The Newsroom)

April 21, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - We all know that climate change melts glaciers and shifts sea levels. But have you ever thought about how rising temperatures can threaten beautiful places in every corner of the world? Some of these spots may be closer to home …

Gulf oil spill one year later: ‘More questions than answers’ (The Newsroom)

April 19, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - When an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers, it wasn't clear at first that it would spark the worst offshore oil spill in American history. Some of the images produced show how the oil spewing from the bottom of the sea immediately affected a region still fragile after Hurricane Katrina. But a year and 206 million gallons of spilled oil later, scientists say we're still in the dark about exactly how much damage was caused.

The Fast Fix: What’s Obama’s new buzz word? (The Newsroom)

April 18, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - As President Obama launches his 2012 reelection campaign"Compassion" seems to be the new "Change".  Just why is Obama talking so much about compassion? Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click …

The Fast Fix: Dealing with the Debt (The Newsroom)

April 13, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - How did our national debt get so big? To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix …

Rare Civil War photos document life between battles (The Newsroom)

April 11, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - America's Civil War, whose 150th anniversary is marked on Tuesday, is so often described in battles - the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fort Sumter - that it may be easy to forget that the soldiers who fought in the four-year war had a lot of time between fighting.

The Fast Fix: Where’s Palin? (The Newsroom)

April 08, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - Where has Sarah Palin gone? To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. Follow The …

Civil War: 150 years later (The Newsroom)

April 07, 2011 | Category: News | Source: Yahoo! News

The Newsroom - On April 12, 1861, the clash of Union and Confederate forces at Fort Sumter launched the American Civil War, a battle that lasted four years and took the lives of more than 600,000 soldiers and sailors. The country still bears scars today, divided by the wounds the struggle opened.