Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition

Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition

WASHINGTON—After months of heated negotiations and failed attempts to achieve any kind of consensus, President Obama turned 50 years old Thursday, drawing strong criticism from Republicans in Congress. "With the host of problems this country is currently facing, the fact that our president is devoting time to the human process of aging is an affront to Americans everywhere," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who advocated a provision to keep Obama 49 at least through the fall of 2013. "To move forward unilaterally and simply begin the next year of his life without bipartisan support—is that any way to lead a country?" According to White House officials, Obama attempted to work with Republicans right up until the Aug. 4 deadline, but was ultimately left with no choice except to turn a year older

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Actor Matt Damon Defends Teacher Tenure in testy exchange

Actor Matt Damon Defends Teacher Tenure in testy exchange

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Actor Matt Damon got into a tense exchange with a journalist from the libertarian Reason TV site after she asked him whether teachers with tenure would lack incentive to work hard at their jobs.

The journalist argued that Damon has an incentive to work hard as an actor because he lacks job security, while teachers do not.

"You think job insecurity makes me work hard?" the actor asked in disbelief. "A teacher wants to teach. Why else would you take a sh*tty salary and really long hours and do that job unless you really love to do it?"

Damon was speaking at Sunday's Save Our Schools rally, where thousands of teachers and educators descended on Washington D.C. to protest the Obama administration's education policies. The rally wasn't organized by either of the major teachers' unions, according to the Washington Post's Valerie Strauss, but was a grassroots protest against the focus on standardized testing, No Child Left Behind, and what protesters say is the scapegoating of teachers for problems such as childhood poverty.

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Casey Anthony trial is coming to a near and the Orlando Sentinel is livestreaming its remainder and also the closing arguments.

The trial follows the death of Caylee Anthony, the 2-year-old daughter of Casey Anthony who went missing in July 2008. Her stays have been learned in December 2008.

Caylee’s mom, Casey Anthony faces costs of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of the child, aggravated child abuse and offering bogus info to law enforcement. If convicted, she could possibly be sentenced to death.

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