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Top Gear US 1.08 "Car Vs. Plane" Review

The American Top Gear had its best episode yet last week, so I held out high hopes for this installment to be just as good. It meant well, but this...
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Top Gear US 1.07 "Used Car Salesmen" Review

The best episodes of Top Gear, in my opinion, are the ones that give Jeremy, Richard and James the most potential for embarrassing hijinks ...
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Top Gear US 1.06 "Fast In Florida" Review

This week, Top Gear US gives us their version of the original series' London race: a sprint from Miami to Key West. As if that's not enough...
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How I Use Google Earth In the Classroom

What an amazing program Google Earth is! I decided to devote a unit to it for my fifth grade technology classes. I gave them a list of locations (I...
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Top Gear US 1.04 "HALO Vs. Velociraptor" Review

In this episode of Top Gear US, Tanner drives a Ford Velociraptor truck against a HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) jumper. It evokes memories of...
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Top Gear US 1.03 "Flying Coupe Deville" Review

The American version of Top Gear just keeps trying to get on my good side. Last week the show baited me with Aston Martins, this week it's...
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Top Gear 1.02 "Blind Drift" Review

Last week saw the debut of Top Gear US, and I found it fun but nowhere near as engagingly mad as the UK original series. However, ways to get a...
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Top Gear US 1.01 "Cobra Attack" Review

In any country, Top Gear is fun. That's one thing this US version of the now-infamous UK hit gets right. Yet I wouldn't blame you if you...
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American foreign policy explained, refuted in “Good Will Hunting” -no it isn't

I am not only a writer on this website, I am also a reader. I read others’ articles just like the rest of you. Examiner is a good place to be...
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Today in History-January 10 Dow Corning settled, Clara asked "Where's the beef?"

January 10th was the day in history when…1997: Dow Corning provided $295 billion to settle breast implant suits. In the early 1990s women...
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