Year in Rap

• What makes one news story more “important” than another?
• What are the characteristics of a news story that might make it important for more than one day?
• What would be on your list of the top 5 to 10 news stories of 2011? Why?

Open my copy of The New York Times-

Suddenly I am feelin’ like Busta Rhymes!

From Casey Anthony winning her case,

to Charlie Sheen and his fall from grace.

— The first four lines of one of the winning raps from our 2011 “Year in Rap” contest.

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Occupied Minds

Far from the safe shores of San Francisco, Dajani and Michaelis explore the possibilities of lasting peace in the Middle East by interviewing leading activists, government officials and civilians on both sides of the conflict.