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Monthly Archives: February 2010
February 28, 2010
The last time the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won the gold medal was in 1980 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Source: U.S. Olympic Committee/Associated Press
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February 27, 2010
Feb. 28 is the deadline for individuals and corporations to donate to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti and claim those contributions on 2009 tax returns. Source: IRS.gov
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February 26, 2010
The highest medal count for the United States in the Olympic Winter Games is 34, which the U.S. team attained in 2002 in Salt Lake City. Source: U.S. Olympic Committee
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February 25, 2010
In the first Olympic Winter Games, in 1924, the Canadian hockey team won all five of their games and outscored their opponents 110 to 3. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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More Pre-Summit Hype
A group partly supported by the Service Employees International Union is out with an ad that criticizes insurance companies and asks: "If health reform fails THEN what?" The Foundation for Patients’ Rights TV spot highlights the well-publicized rate-hike (as high as 39 percent) that had been planned by California’s Anthem …
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February 24, 2010
The first Paralympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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Just the Facts 2010: E-mails
In this week’s webisode, our second since rebooting the vidcast, host Christine Nieves looks at some false chain e-mails about Michelle Obama and Sarah Palin. We first wrote about them during the 2008 presidential election, but the lessons in debunking are timeless. We use them as examples to review …
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