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| Israel surrounded and invaded _____ where civilians were killed in the action. | Gaza City |
| The coast of Israel is called _____ | the Gaza Strip |
| Gaza has been home to _____ | Palestinians |
| After WWII, the UN created the state of _____ for displaced Jews from the war (German concentration camps). | Israel |
| Israel was created where it currently is because _____ | it was the tradition home of Jewish people |
| The Palestinians did not like _____ | losing their land to the Jewish people |
| There's been _____ in Israel betwenn Jews and Palestinians. | ongoing fighting |
| Hamas is a _____ | Palestinian paramilitary group (terrorist group) |
| Hamas has been sending rockets into _____ | Israeli places |
| Israel has reacted to Hamas rockets by _____ | invading Gaza, where Palestinians now live |
| Virginia now has _____ in both of its Senate seats - Mark Warner and Jim Webb | Democrats |
| Russia shut off _____ to Europe. | natural gas supplies |
| _____ has been hurt by Russia cutting off the natural gas supplies. | Ukraine |
| Ukraine is _____ | pro-American |
| _____ is the Russian Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin |
| _____ won't run for Senate from Florida in the next election. | Jeb Bush |
| _____ goes down in Virginia. | the homicide rate |
| Virginia is no longer _____; it used to be ranked #2. | in the top 10 for homicide rate |
| The Purple Heart is not given for _____ | PTS (post-traumatic stress) |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder is _____ | suffered by many soldiers and other people when they go through very difficult, traumatic experiences, such as wars, accidents, assaults, and terror attacks |
| _____ has decriminalized marijuana. | Massachusetts |
| The penalty for marijuana in Mass. is now _____ | $100 fine |
| A diary has been retrieved from a Columbia astronaut and found to belong to _____ | Israel's first astronaut |
| Obama will propose a tax cut bill which will _____ | cut taxes by $300 billion. |
| The Obama tax cut will ____ | take less tax out of each paycheck rather than being a stimulus check sent to each person |
| Small businesses are trying to _____ | wait out the recession to see how Obama's economic plans will impact their businesses |
| Harry Reid _____ | condemns Bush as a poor president |
| Gov. Tim Kaine is trying to have _____ | public smoking banned in Virginia |
| Tim Kaine has been named as the new _____ | head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) |
| The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is seeking ways to _____ | cut college tuition |
| Colleges are cutting _____ | their budgets (expenses) in an attempt to cut tuitions |
| The jobless rate rose from 4.6 to _____ in the local area. | 5.0 from October to November |
| Cape Cod housesitter ______ | sells belongings of homeowner she was housesitting for (because of economic downturn) |
| Auto sales plunge _____. | 30%; worst decline since 1992 |
| Tim Kaine proposing _____ | no-excuse, in-person early (absentee) voting option |
| Timing of c-sections deemed crucial because they are more successful if _____ | they're performed within 7 days of "due date" - babies have less complications |
| Wall Street prepares ______ | for job losses; 2.6 million jobs going down |
| Illinois governor is going to be _____ | impeached |
| Illinois Senate will hold _____ | a trial to decide the fate of the Governor |
| Burris was _____ | appointed by the Illinois Gov. to the US Senate |
| The US Senate rejected Burris because _____ | he didn't have all the signatures he needed |
| _____ is the card the governor is playing because _____ | racism ... Burris is African-American |
| In Virginia a law was passed prohibiting the state from _____ | detaining sex offenders for furthur treatment once they have served their time for a crime |
| The new Va. sex offender law will probably be _____ | overturned as unconstitutional |
