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Flipping The Switch: What It Takes To Prioritize Electric Cars

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A Ford Focus electric concept car with a home charging unit on display at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich., in January.

By editor

Originally published on Sun February 24, 2013 10:48 am

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"Electricity is the most likely out of all of the alternative fuels ... to be the next fuel for the consumer."

That's what Jonathan Strickland of the website HowStuffWorks tells NPR's Jacki Lyden.

But electric vehicles are not without their controversies or challenges. One of the biggest questions is how a transition from gasoline to electric fuel can actually take place.

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Top GOP Voter ID Crusader Loses Virginia Election Panel Post

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Hans Von Spakovsky in his official FEC photo taken during former President George W. Bush's administration.

By Frank James

Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 9:24 am

To those who closely follow the voter ID wars, Hans von Spakovsky is a household name, one of the nation's leading crusaders against voter fraud, and also one of its more controversial. Days before the 2012 election, The New Yorker profiled him as "the man who has stoked fear about imposters at the poll."

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The Four Biggest Best Picture Oscar Upsets, Statistically Speaking

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The cast of Crash celebrates after its surprise upset of Brokeback Mountain for best picture, at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.

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Mel Gibson, center, stars in Paramount Pictures' Braveheart.

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Producers and cast celebrate after winning best picture for Shakespeare in Love during the 71st Annual Academy Awards.

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David Putnam, producer of Chariots of Fire, holds up his Oscar after the movie won best picture in 1982.

By Elise Hu

Originally published on Sat February 23, 2013 2:28 pm

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Bloomberg's Anti-NRA Message — And Money — Could Sway House Race In Chicago

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control superPAC has poured more than $2 million into a Democratic primary in Chicago for a U.S. House seat.

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Most of the money spent by Michael Bloomberg's gun-control superPAC in the 2nd Congressional District race in Illinois has been used to attack former Rep. Debbie Halvorson for positions seen as pro-gun.

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Former Cook County administrator Robin Kelly has been the beneficiary of the Michael Bloomberg-funded superPAC.

By S.V. Dáte

One of the most important events in the national gun violence debate will take place Tuesday — in the snows of Chicago, a thousand miles from Newtown, Conn., or Washington, D.C.

That's where Democratic voters will choose their nominee to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. Because the district is so heavily Democratic, the winner will almost certainly be sworn in at the Capitol following the April general election.

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Sat February 23, 2013

Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court To Rethink DOMA

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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 6:34 am

The Obama administration is following through on its relatively newfound support of gay marriage. On Friday, the administration filed a legal brief with the Justice Department that urges the Supreme Court to strike down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act.

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