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Secretary LaHood Should Focus on Real Driving Dangers
While DOT Secretary LaHood obsesses over cell-phone use, a new report from the Society of Automotive Engineers details how improper use of turn signals causes twice as many accidents as distracted driving. (Cell-phone usage is one aspect of distracted...
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Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
Enlarge image i Heather Strange/Courtesy of the artist Parquet Courts. Heather Strange/Courtesy of the artist Earlier this month, we welcomed two new music channels to the public radio family — KUTX in Austin and XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio in Philadelphia...
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For Rick Santorum, a Pregnancy That Is the Result of Rape Is a...
By BENTLEY OWEN - FRIENDLY ATHEISTAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:27 UTC Rick Santorum attempted to justify one of his most bizarre stances in an interview with Piers Morgan on Friday, and the results were predictably scary: Morgan: Do you really believe, in...
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Asbestos, a Hidden Killer! Asbestos Death
10,000 people a year die from asbestos-caused diseases in the United States, including one out of every 125 American men who die over the age of 50. For the last 150 years, asbestos was considered an ideal material for use in the construction industry. It's an...
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Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible...
It's all debt limit, all the time, it seems. Everyone's talking about what may or may not happen when the U.S. government finally butts up against its legal borrowing limit on August 2. That's the date that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the feds will...
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Insurance Company Sues Montana Over Libby Asbestos-Related Claims
Pat Guth contributes news and insightful content for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. Bio » February 28, 2012 Libby, Montana - The National Indemnity Company hopes to recover about $16 million that was part of a financial settlement for victims of asbestos...
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24826 Hits, 532 Comments, Added On 2/27/2012 10:00:00 PM -
Romney, Santorum Head for Super Tuesday Showdown
Tuesday looms as an important day in U.S. presidential politics with 10 states holding presidential primary or caucus votes with a total of 419 Republican delegates at stake. The so-called Super Tuesday voting could determine whether former Massachusetts...
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Book News: Chick-Lit Icon Bridget Jones Returns
Enlarge image i Renee Zellweger in a scene from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Universal Studios Renee Zellweger in a scene from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Universal Studios The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author...
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Genetic link to mesothelioma discovered
ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2011) — Scientists have found that individuals who carry a mutation in a gene called BAP1 are susceptible to developing two forms of cancer -- mesothelioma, and melanoma of the eye. Additionally, when these individuals are exposed to...
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Biden Makes Obama Campaign Appeal to Working-Class Voters
WHITE HOUSE — As the U.S. presidential campaign moves into its final months, Vice President Joe Biden is assuming a prominent role in working for President Barack Obama’s reelection. The president is relying on his vice president to deepen their appeal to a very...
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2 Children And 1 Woman Killed In Denver Shooting
DENVER (AP) — Two children under 10 years old and a woman were killed, and a third child was wounded in an apparent shooting at a house in the northeast part of the Denver, police said Wednesday. That child is in critical condition, said police Lt. Matt...
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Utah Up, Chicago Down: Why Mitt Romney Should Embrace His Mormonism
In his run for the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney downplayed his Mormonism—referring only to “faith” or “shared values”—in the face of small-minded members of the Christian right and the occasional cackle from the Eastern cultural avant-garde. But with his...
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Talk Of Zombies Aside, Gun Bills Face Political Reality
Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Saturday will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET. March 16, 2013 Enlarge image i Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy holds a hearing on gun control in Washington, D.C., on March 7. The...
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Spending $2,159 Less Per Student, Online School Outscores...
Online students at Florida Virtual School outperformed their traditional-school peers on Advanced Placement tests in 2011, and at less cost, new studies show.Florida Virtual School reported scores that averaged 12 percentage points higher than conventional high...
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25 Billion Served Up: ITunes Reaches Milestone
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The answer to the trivia question will be: "Monkey Drums (Goskel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch." That's the 25 billionth song purchased on iTunes. Apple announced the sales milestone in a news release Wednesday. The company says Phillip Lupke of...
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Ted Cruz: From Texas Underdog To Republican Up-And-Comer
Enlarge image i Texas Republican Ted Cruz, then senator-elect, speaks to reporters before a freshman senators luncheon on Nov. 13. Harry Hamburg/AP Texas Republican Ted Cruz, then senator-elect, speaks to reporters before a freshman senators luncheon on Nov....
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6 Worst Lies In Paul Ryan’s Speech
Vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) keynote address at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night was riddled with false claims, so much so that even Fox News wrote, “To anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech...
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14218 Hits, 36 Comments, Added On 9/4/2012 1:23:31 AM -
Wine Revolution: As Drinkers And Growers, U.S. Declares Independence
Enlarge image i The vineyard at Round Pond Estate in Rutherford, Calif. Napa Valley is just one of wine-growing regions across the country. Eric Risberg/AP The vineyard at Round Pond Estate in Rutherford, Calif. Napa Valley is just one of wine-growing...
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Florida's 'Mystery Monkey' Captured After Three Years On The Lam
The "mystery monkey" who had been on the loose in the Tampa Bay area for more than three years was captured Wednesday, our friends at WUSF report. As WUSF's Scott Finn writes, the rhesus macaque monkey had become something of a local legend in Tampa and St....
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13510 Hits, 30 Comments, Added On 10/25/2012 7:46:00 AM -
House Proposes More Money For Florida Schools
TALLAHASSEE — Is the tide turning for education funding?Taking a cue from Gov. Rick Scott, House Speaker Dean Cannon put forth a budget proposal last week that pumps $1 billion into statewide schools spending.The following day, Senate education leaders seem...
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13360 Hits, 648 Comments, Added On 1/22/2012 5:00:00 PM -
What Caused the Meltdown: A Financial Crisis FAQ
In March 2008, Bear Stearns, one of the largest investment banks and securities trading firms in the world, rapidly fell apart. The firm could no longer raise private capital to fund its day-to-day activities and, with billions of dollars in liabilities, faced...
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Can charities learn from the dynamics of gang culture?
Becky Slack Published 15 September 2011 The recent violence on the streets of England has been the topic on everyone’s lips over the last few weeks. When talking to people about the potential reasons as to why it occurred and how to prevent a repeat of...
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13011 Hits, 669 Comments, Added On 9/14/2011 9:14:00 PM -
About that Debt Ceiling Deal and Those Spending Cuts
Washington politicians were shocked--shocked!--when Standard & Poor's had the gall to downgrade the United States' credit rating a single notch from AAA to AA+. What temerity it had to suggest that the nation cannot continue to spend trillions more dollars...
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Look forward to the death of organized religion: Richard Dawkins...
By VINEET GILL - THE TIMES OF INDIAAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:32:09 UTC JAIPUR: Richard Dawkins - scientist, bestselling author and the world's foremost atheist- comes across as mild-mannered and genial but doesn't believe in pulling his punches. He certainly...
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Who Gets Mesothelioma: Your Genes Play a Part
Some mesothelioma researchers are proposing a genetic component to this aggressive cancer long associated with asbestos. At the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s 2010 International Symposium, Jill Ohar MD of Wake Forest School of Medicine reported on...
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Pick of the Press: Thursday 8 September
Jenny Greenwell Published 08 September 2011 The top charity and society stories from across the media. 1. Slum UK: housing crisis that shames the nation (The Independent)Housing conditions in Britain are among the worst in Western Europe and cost...
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Bonnie And Clyde's Guns, Other Items Go On Auction
Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET September 26, 2012 Enlarge STF/AFP/Getty Images A photograph taken sometime between 1932 and 1934 shows Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The couple captured headlines with a...
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11942 Hits, 649 Comments, Added On 9/26/2012 12:30:00 AM -
Stopping SOPA’s Anti-Circumvention
The House’s Stop Online Piracy Act is in Judiciary Committee Markup today. As numerous protests, open letters, and advocacy campaigns across the Web, this is a seriously flawed bill. Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Darrell Issa’s proposed OPEN Act points out, by contrast,...
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11713 Hits, 362 Comments, Added On 12/15/2011 8:35:16 AM -
UK's Space Age Antarctic Base Can Slide Across Ice
LONDON (AP) — British researchers have unveiled a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the frozen surface to beat the shifting ice and pounding snow that doomed its predecessors. The British Antarctic Survey said Wednesday that the...
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Dont Believe Everything You Read Inflation is NOT Peaking
Despite what headlines have been touting about falling commodity prices and the easing of inflation pressures, reporters should check again, prices are rising. The recent fall in commodities is nothing more than a short-term blip. Reports like this...
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11639 Hits, 277 Comments, Added On 10/25/2011 10:14:00 AM -
Calif. Tour Bus Collision Death Toll Rises To 8
LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say the death toll from last weekend's tour bus collision has risen to eight with the death of the driver of a pickup truck struck by the bus. A San Bernardino County coroner's official says 72-year-old Fred Bailey...
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How The Transit Of Venus Helped Unlock The Universe
Enlarge Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP The planet Venus is seen crossing the sun in June 2004 as photographed through a telescope at Planetarium Urania in Hove, Belgium. The earliest known observation of such a transit was in 1639 by English astronomer Jeremiah...
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11385 Hits, 521 Comments, Added On 6/5/2012 9:49:00 AM -
Sector to expect £2.8bn in statutory funding cuts, says NCVO
Becky Slack Published 09 August 2011 Charities will be subject to nearly £3bn in cuts over the next four years, according to research from the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Using government figures, the report, Counting the Cuts,...
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11331 Hits, 242 Comments, Added On 8/9/2011 3:16:40 AM -
Is your head in the cloud?
Tim Wright Published 25 October 2011 Cloud computing is a term that has been bandied about for some time now. But what exactly does it mean and is it something that is here to stay? Tim Wright sheds some light on the topic What is this "Cloud" I hear...
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Let Markets Save the Fish and Oceans
Reason.tv has an excellent new video that discusses how moving to a market-based system of fishing called "catch share" can be effective in discouraging over fishing. ...
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Thoughts on Unemployment to Ponder
Fed Governor Tarullo spoke at the World Leaders Forum last week about unemployment. It was a great "summarization" of the debate over the cause of troubles in our labor market. (I only put summarization in quotes because it is a long-speech that is more of a...
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Mesothelioma among Many Cancers That Leave Survivors With ‘Chemo...
Mesothelioma survivor Michelle Marshall didn’t need a medical study to tell her the chemotherapy she received years ago had scrambled her ability to remember things. She has one now. “Chemo Brain” is an all-too-real issue for many people dealing with cancer,...
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These Buds Are for You
A group called Public Safety First warns that "the pre-tax price of marijuana could substantially decline" and "consumption of marijuana would increase" if Californians vote to legalize the drug in November. Well, yes, that's sort of the idea. Proposition 19, a...
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Iraq Vet Seeks Atonement For Early War Tragedy
Laurent Rebours/AP A scene from the early days of the fighting in Iraq in the spring of 2003. In one incident, three members of an Iraqi family were killed. A U.S. Marine involved in the shooting recently tracked down the family to ask for forgiveness. On...
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Suh's Left Cleat Hits QB Schaub Below The Belt
DETROIT November 22, 2012, 07:31 pm ET DETROIT (AP) — The left cleat of Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh connected with Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in his groin area in their Thanksgiving game. It wasn't clear on replays Thursday whether...
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Talk Of Zombies Aside, Gun Bills Face Political Reality
Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Saturday will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET. March 16, 2013 Enlarge image i Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy holds a hearing on gun control in Washington, D.C., on March 7. The...
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Ted Cruz: From Texas Underdog To Republican Up-And-Comer
Enlarge image i Texas Republican Ted Cruz, then senator-elect, speaks to reporters before a freshman senators luncheon on Nov. 13. Harry Hamburg/AP Texas Republican Ted Cruz, then senator-elect, speaks to reporters before a freshman senators luncheon on Nov....
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Wine Revolution: As Drinkers And Growers, U.S. Declares Independence
Enlarge image i The vineyard at Round Pond Estate in Rutherford, Calif. Napa Valley is just one of wine-growing regions across the country. Eric Risberg/AP The vineyard at Round Pond Estate in Rutherford, Calif. Napa Valley is just one of wine-growing...
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2 Children And 1 Woman Killed In Denver Shooting
DENVER (AP) — Two children under 10 years old and a woman were killed, and a third child was wounded in an apparent shooting at a house in the northeast part of the Denver, police said Wednesday. That child is in critical condition, said police Lt. Matt...
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15616 Hits, 88 Comments, Added On 2/6/2013 9:22:38 AM -
25 Billion Served Up: ITunes Reaches Milestone
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The answer to the trivia question will be: "Monkey Drums (Goskel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch." That's the 25 billionth song purchased on iTunes. Apple announced the sales milestone in a news release Wednesday. The company says Phillip Lupke of...
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14365 Hits, 9 Comments, Added On 2/6/2013 9:22:19 AM -
UK's Space Age Antarctic Base Can Slide Across Ice
LONDON (AP) — British researchers have unveiled a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the frozen surface to beat the shifting ice and pounding snow that doomed its predecessors. The British Antarctic Survey said Wednesday that the...
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11641 Hits, 8 Comments, Added On 2/6/2013 9:20:30 AM -
Calif. Tour Bus Collision Death Toll Rises To 8
LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say the death toll from last weekend's tour bus collision has risen to eight with the death of the driver of a pickup truck struck by the bus. A San Bernardino County coroner's official says 72-year-old Fred Bailey...
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Boy Scouts Delay Decision On Admitting Gays
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the question will be taken up at the organization's national meeting in May. "After careful consideration and extensive...
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Heavy Clashes Erupt In Syrian Capital
BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy fighting erupted in Damascus Wednesday as government forces tried to hold back a new rebel effort to push the civil war into the heart of the Syrian capital, activists said. Elsewhere, a car bomb killed at least 19 security officers. The...
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Once-Secret 'Watch List' Of Alleged Polluters Under Review At EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency's once-secret of allegedly chronic polluters is under review by the EPA's inspector general. The existence of the list was first disclosed by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) and NPR in 2011 during a joint investigation...
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Essie Mae Washington-Williams Dies, Mixed Race Child Of Strom...
Enlarge image i Essie Mae Washington-Williams, daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003. Lou Krasky/AP Essie Mae Washington-Williams, daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), speaks to...
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Islamic Summit Leaders Urge Action on Mali, Syria
Leaders of Islamic nations meeting in Egypt's capital have called for a negotiated end to Syria's civil war and commended France for its military intervention in Mali against Islamist militants.Senegalese President Macky Sall's opening address Wednesday to the...
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Two Days After Rescue From Bunker, Ethan Turns 6
Enlarge image i Birthday cards for Ethan have been arriving at the town hall in Napier Field, Ala., where he lives. Joe Songer /AL.COM /Landov Birthday cards for Ethan have been arriving at the town hall in Napier Field, Ala., where he lives. Joe Songer...
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Brennan Hearing to Bring Drone Strikes, Secret Base to Forefront
President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA has brought the administration's secretive use of unmanned drones to attack terrorist targets to the forefront of the counter-terrorism discussion.Nominee John Brennan, a strong supporter of drone attacks, will face...
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Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali
The French-led military intervention in northern Mali has enabled a rights group to gather evidence of alleged abuses, killings and disappearances in the region. Human Rights Watch has been interviewing victims and eyewitnesses since the offensive began last...
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French, Malian Forces Clash With Militants Outside Gao
France's defense minister says forces working to retake control of northern Mali are encountering some "residual jihadist groups" outside of the region's major cities.Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday that French and Malian forces clashed with Islamist militants a...
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The Iron Is Out, A Cat Is In As 'Monopoly' Changes Game Pieces
Enlarge image i The newest Monopoly token, a cat. Steven Senne/AP The newest Monopoly token, a cat. Steven Senne/AP Scottie the dog is not going to like this news: Monopoly fans have voted to add a cat to the classic game's cast of eight playing pieces....
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Nigeria Moves To Clean Up Lead Pollution From Gold Mines
Enlarge image i A woman and her child wait to see health workers at a clinic in northern Nigeria, where Doctors Without Borders is treating children with severe lead poisoning. David Gilkey/NPR A woman and her child wait to see health workers at a clinic in...
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Pirates Release Tanker Hijacked off Ivory Coast
Pirates have released a tanker ship with 17 crew members they hijacked off Ivory Coast on Monday.The ship's owner, French company Sea Tankers, said the M/T Gascogne was freed after pirates stole part of its cargo.It said all 17 crew members are reported safe, but...
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Top Stories: Scouts And Gays; Will Saturday Postal Service End?
Good morning, here are our early stories: Boy Scouts Debate Accepting Gays; Pentagon May Extend Some Benefits. Reports: Postal Service Will Move To Halt Saturday Mail. And here are more early headlines: Quake, Tsunami Strike Solomon Islands. (The...
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Analysts: Pakistan Youth Vote Could Tip Power Balance
— As Pakistan gears up for expected national elections in May, there are 35 million new voters on the rolls, most of them between the ages of 18 and 25. For decades, the country has been ruled by two political dynasties - or by the military. Party leaders have...
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Postal Service Moves To Halt Saturday Mail
Enlarge image i Letter carrier Raymond Hou delivering mail on his route in San Francisco (March 2010 file photo). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Letter carrier Raymond Hou delivering mail on his route in San Francisco (March 2010 file photo). Justin...
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Book News: Chick-Lit Icon Bridget Jones Returns
Enlarge image i Renee Zellweger in a scene from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Universal Studios Renee Zellweger in a scene from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Universal Studios The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author...
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Boy Scouts Debate Accepting Gays; Pentagon May Extend Some Benefits
Enlarge image i A statue outside the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images A statue outside the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images As leaders of the Boy Scouts of America meet in Irving,...
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Boy Scouts Delay Decision About Gays; Pentagon May Extend Some...
Enlarge image i A statue outside the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images A statue outside the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images (We updated the top of this post at 10:45 a.m. ET.) The...
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Tsunami Debris On Alaska's Shores Like 'Standing In Landfill'
Enlarge image i Trash, much of it believed to be debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, litters the beach on Montague Island, Alaska, on Jan. 26. Annie Feidt for NPR Trash, much of it believed to be debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, litters the beach on...
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Using 3-D Printers To Make Gun Parts Raises Alarms
Enlarge image i This is a computer-generated design for a vital part, called a lower receiver, of the AR-15 rifle. The design can be used to make the part on a 3-D printer. Courtesy of DEFCAD This is a computer-generated design for a vital part, called a...
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Is Online Gambling Legal If Bitcoins, Not Dollars, Are At Stake?
Enlarge image i An image depicts the SatoshiDice website, which exclusively uses Bitcoin, not dollars, for gambling. NPR An image depicts the SatoshiDice website, which exclusively uses Bitcoin, not dollars, for gambling. NPR With no government ties,...
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Puerto Rico's Battered Economy: The Greece Of The Caribbean?
Hide caption Edward Bonet, 23, lives in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, and works on the dive team at the Copamarina Beach Resort & Spa in the town of Guanica. He lives with his grandmother, Genoveva "Veva" Camacho. Coburn Dukehart/NPR Hide caption Bonet...
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New Hampshire Cuts Red Tape To Put Nanobreweries On Tap
Enlarge image i Throwback Brewery co-owner Nicole Carrier and assistant brewer Chris Naro pour beer for customers at their North Hampton, N.H., taproom. Emily Corwin/NHPR Throwback Brewery co-owner Nicole Carrier and assistant brewer Chris Naro pour beer for...
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Why You Love That Ikea Table, Even If It's Crooked
Building your own stuff boosts your feelings of pride and competence, and also signals to others that you are competent. iStockphoto.com Have you ever spent a couple of hours working on a craft project — or a presentation for work — and then fallen in love...
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It's The Dog Days For America's Sports Dynasties
Enlarge image i Maltipoo Shaggy is dressed as a Yankees fan at the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City last year. Commentator Frank Deford says the Yankees are turning into a home for the assisted living. John Moore/Getty Images Maltipoo...
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Dispersion in the World's Largest Urban Areas
No decade in history has experienced such an increase in urban population as the last. From Tokyo-Yokohama, the world's largest urban area (population: 37 million) to Godegård, Sweden, which may be the smallest (population: 200), urban areas added 700 million...
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VIDEO: In Israel, City Paints Car Into Handicap Spot, Then Tows It
A car after it was painted into a handicapped space. YouTube There is plenty of unfairness in life. But today, an Israeli woman is getting some justice after the city of Tel Aviv tried to pull a fast one. In a video Hila Ben Baruch posted on Facebook Monday,...
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Survey: Republicans In Congress Own More Guns Than Democrats
Enlarge image i Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, told USA Today she owned a dozen guns. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, told USA Today she owned a dozen guns. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In Washington, everything seems to...
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Viral Story About Free Wi-Fi Spotlights Mostly Hidden Policy War
Enlarge image i FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski last year warned of a "war on Wi-Fi." Jacquelyn Martin/AP FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski last year warned of a "war on Wi-Fi." Jacquelyn Martin/AP In Washington, there's always one kind of alleged war or...
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Bulgaria Links Hezbollah To Deadly Attack On Israelis
Bulgarian authorities say they have evidence the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah financed and carried out a bomb attack at a Black Sea resort town last year, killing five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian citizen. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov...
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Aggressive Care Still Common For Dying Seniors, Despite Hospice...
Enlarge image i Joe Takach comforts his friend Lillian Landry, as she spends her last days in the hospice wing of a hospital in Oakland Park, Fla., in 2009. J. Pat Carter/AP Joe Takach comforts his friend Lillian Landry, as she spends her last days in the...
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Did Ninjas Use Throwing Stars? A Conversation About Ninja Realities
Enlarge image i An authentic master of ninjutsu martial art, Kazuki Ukita poses in Ninja costume at the Ninja museum's Ninja residence in the small ancient city of Ueno. Toshifumi Kitamura /AFP/Getty Images An authentic master of ninjutsu martial art, Kazuki...
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White House Says Obama Will Visit Israel This Spring
President Obama will make his first presidential visit to Israel this spring, the White House announced this afternoon. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney did not give an indication of date, but he said that Obama will also visit the West Bank and Jordan...
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With Pot Legal, Police Worry About Road Safety
DENVER November 15, 2012, 03:24 am ET DENVER (AP) — It's settled. Pot, at least certain amounts of it, will soon be legal under state laws in Washington and Colorado. Now, officials in both states are trying to figure out how to keep stoned drivers off the...
10/10 by 1 user.
6363 Hits, 33 Comments, Added On 11/15/2012 1:42:27 AM -
What Caused the Meltdown: A Financial Crisis FAQ
In March 2008, Bear Stearns, one of the largest investment banks and securities trading firms in the world, rapidly fell apart. The firm could no longer raise private capital to fund its day-to-day activities and, with billions of dollars in liabilities, faced...
9.64/10 by 14 users.
13092 Hits, 119 Comments, Added On 1/24/2010 10:00:00 PM -
Rick Perrys Superficial Extremism
Texas Gov. Rick Perry often talks like he’s ready to refight the Alamo—this time against Washington. He rails about the stimulus and the expansion of federal power while flirting with the idea of devolving control of entitlements to the states. So...
9.5/10 by 2 users.
8212 Hits, 27 Comments, Added On 8/19/2011 7:30:00 AM -
US Faces Deadline On Haqqani Network Decision
WASHINGTON September 7, 2012, 04:08 am ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faces a weekend deadline to decide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani network should be declared a terrorist organization, a complicated political decision as the U.S....
9.5/10 by 2 users.
6701 Hits, 47 Comments, Added On 9/7/2012 1:08:03 AM -
Asbestos, a Hidden Killer! Asbestos Death
10,000 people a year die from asbestos-caused diseases in the United States, including one out of every 125 American men who die over the age of 50. For the last 150 years, asbestos was considered an ideal material for use in the construction industry. It's an...
9.03/10 by 15 users.
33503 Hits, 193 Comments, Added On 2/15/2012 1:11:49 AM -
Dont Believe Everything You Read Inflation is NOT Peaking
Despite what headlines have been touting about falling commodity prices and the easing of inflation pressures, reporters should check again, prices are rising. The recent fall in commodities is nothing more than a short-term blip. Reports like this...
9/10 by 1 user.
11639 Hits, 277 Comments, Added On 10/25/2011 10:14:00 AM -
Against Cosmopolitanism
All science fiction agrees. History is leading to the unification of earth. The united world may be governed by benign world federalism or by a dystopian global tyranny. But the modern literature of prophecy is clear: the age of competing nation-states is...
9/10 by 1 user.
7877 Hits, 114 Comments, Added On 1/20/2012 10:38:06 PM -
Tuna Linked To Salmonella Outbreak In 20 States
A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia, federal health...
9/10 by 1 user.
9055 Hits, 546 Comments, Added On 4/13/2012 6:45:00 PM -
Just 96,000 Jobs Added To Payrolls; Unemployment Rate Dips To...
Enlarge Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images At a job fair in San Diego this week, Navy Sailor E-5 Cedric Washington spoke to Sim Garriotti from Lockheed Martin while interviewing for a potential position. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images At a job fair in San Diego this...
9/10 by 1 user.
9573 Hits, 516 Comments, Added On 9/7/2012 4:51:00 AM -
Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible...
It's all debt limit, all the time, it seems. Everyone's talking about what may or may not happen when the U.S. government finally butts up against its legal borrowing limit on August 2. That's the date that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the feds will...
8.75/10 by 4 users.
32357 Hits, 855 Comments, Added On 7/8/2011 12:00:00 PM -
6 Worst Lies In Paul Ryan’s Speech
Vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) keynote address at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night was riddled with false claims, so much so that even Fox News wrote, “To anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech...
8.71/10 by 17 users.
14218 Hits, 36 Comments, Added On 9/4/2012 1:23:31 AM -
Genetic link to mesothelioma discovered
ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2011) — Scientists have found that individuals who carry a mutation in a gene called BAP1 are susceptible to developing two forms of cancer -- mesothelioma, and melanoma of the eye. Additionally, when these individuals are exposed to...
8.63/10 by 8 users.
20184 Hits, 515 Comments, Added On 8/28/2011 11:09:09 AM -
Look forward to the death of organized religion: Richard Dawkins...
By VINEET GILL - THE TIMES OF INDIAAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:32:09 UTC JAIPUR: Richard Dawkins - scientist, bestselling author and the world's foremost atheist- comes across as mild-mannered and genial but doesn't believe in pulling his punches. He certainly...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
12513 Hits, 592 Comments, Added On 1/23/2012 8:32:09 PM -
Stopping SOPA’s Anti-Circumvention
The House’s Stop Online Piracy Act is in Judiciary Committee Markup today. As numerous protests, open letters, and advocacy campaigns across the Web, this is a seriously flawed bill. Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Darrell Issa’s proposed OPEN Act points out, by contrast,...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
11713 Hits, 362 Comments, Added On 12/15/2011 8:35:16 AM -
Supreme Court Rules Police Need a Warrant to Track Your Car
10-1259 United States v. Jones (01/23/2012) In a major step toward defending constitutional rights and due process in an age of high-tech surveillance, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that police require a search warrant to place a tracking device on a...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
7832 Hits, 16 Comments, Added On 1/23/2012 1:07:00 PM -
Declare Defeat and Go Home
"The war on drugs has failed," declared the editors of National Review in 1996, back when the nation’s foremost conservative periodical promoted ideas more intellectually rigorous than cheerleading for the Republican Party. "It is diverting intelligent energy away...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
7167 Hits, 18 Comments, Added On 6/7/2011 7:30:00 AM -
Biden Makes Obama Campaign Appeal to Working-Class Voters
WHITE HOUSE — As the U.S. presidential campaign moves into its final months, Vice President Joe Biden is assuming a prominent role in working for President Barack Obama’s reelection. The president is relying on his vice president to deepen their appeal to a very...
8.12/10 by 8 users.
16259 Hits, 18 Comments, Added On 8/22/2012 1:51:45 PM -
Is your head in the cloud?
Tim Wright Published 25 October 2011 Cloud computing is a term that has been bandied about for some time now. But what exactly does it mean and is it something that is here to stay? Tim Wright sheds some light on the topic What is this "Cloud" I hear...
8/10 by 1 user.
10424 Hits, 425 Comments, Added On 10/25/2011 4:33:00 AM -
A Decade Left Behind
My first career started a few decades ago in the classroom as a high school history teacher. While much has changed since then – including the use of technology and smaller class sizes – the one constant is the need for "reform" to improve our education...
8/10 by 1 user.
8613 Hits, 16 Comments, Added On 1/11/2012 8:36:00 AM -
PLCB Called on to Stop Wine and Spirits Advertising
The Commonwealth Foundation called for an immediate halt today by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board of taxpayer-funded advertising that promotes the sale of wine and spirits by the government-run monopoly. The free-market think tank cited a costly conflict of...
8/10 by 1 user.
7362 Hits, 19 Comments, Added On 12/9/2011 6:51:00 AM -
Thoughts on Unemployment to Ponder
Fed Governor Tarullo spoke at the World Leaders Forum last week about unemployment. It was a great "summarization" of the debate over the cause of troubles in our labor market. (I only put summarization in quotes because it is a long-speech that is more of a...
8/10 by 1 user.
10154 Hits, 521 Comments, Added On 10/23/2011 7:36:00 PM -
The Return of Debtors Prison
According to Michael Klozotsky, managing editor of the trade publication insideARM.com, debt collectors contact consumers approximately four billion times a year. With so many contacts, there are bound to be complaints. In 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
8/10 by 1 user.
6755 Hits, 25 Comments, Added On 10/7/2010 4:00:00 AM -
How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Guarantees Work In Brief
Sometimes you don't want all the details on how government funded guarantee programs work. Sometimes you do. For those interested (welcome Reason.com readers), here is a very brief summary of the way that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are continuing to bail out...
8/10 by 1 user.
9124 Hits, 394 Comments, Added On 10/19/2011 12:05:00 PM -
A Concise, Modern History of U.S. Homeownership
City Journal senior editor Stephen Malanga has written an excellent, accessible, and concise history of federal efforts to boost homeownership since the 1920s. He does a nice job of showing how the current housing morass is the product of nearly a century of...
8/10 by 1 user.
5742 Hits, 16 Comments, Added On 5/10/2009 6:09:00 AM -
Why a Sports Stadium Can't Save Baltimore (or Other Cities)
Okay, I admit I got caught by Marta Mossburg's satirical riff on Baltimore's economic development policies published in the Baltimore Sun on March 15th. I should have looked at the headline, which referenced the view from 2021, and the substance of the...
8/10 by 2 users.
8105 Hits, 289 Comments, Added On 3/22/2011 10:57:00 AM -
San Diego County Planning to Triple Size of Jail Facility in...
The City of Santee, California, and San Diego County are currently embroiled in a big fight over the expansion and renovation of a women's detention facility located in Santee. The problem is that when the facility was originally built several decades ago,...
8/10 by 1 user.
9532 Hits, 613 Comments, Added On 7/10/2009 3:42:00 PM -
Who Gets Mesothelioma: Your Genes Play a Part
Some mesothelioma researchers are proposing a genetic component to this aggressive cancer long associated with asbestos. At the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s 2010 International Symposium, Jill Ohar MD of Wake Forest School of Medicine reported on...
8/10 by 1 user.
12495 Hits, 343 Comments, Added On 7/18/2011 11:21:34 AM -
About that Debt Ceiling Deal and Those Spending Cuts
Washington politicians were shocked--shocked!--when Standard & Poor's had the gall to downgrade the United States' credit rating a single notch from AAA to AA+. What temerity it had to suggest that the nation cannot continue to spend trillions more dollars...
8/10 by 1 user.
12524 Hits, 397 Comments, Added On 8/17/2011 4:00:00 AM -
The Arab Spring
In October 2010, best-selling New Yorker essayist Malcolm Gladwell published a piece titled "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted," a derisive attack on the notion that social networking websites would ever play a major role in fomenting...
8/10 by 1 user.
5449 Hits, 17 Comments, Added On 4/5/2011 9:00:00 AM -
Asbestos Causes Controversy at Olympic Training Facility
The training facility being constructed for the 2012 basketball Olympics is being built on top of an asbestos-filled parkland, causing environmental campaigners to protest, news sources reported. London, the host-city of the Olympic games and the location of the...
8/10 by 1 user.
8621 Hits, 38 Comments, Added On 4/20/2012 1:40:12 PM -
Ray Bradbury, Author Of 'Fahrenheit 451' And Other Classics, Dies
Enlarge Mark Lennihan/AP Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury in 2000. Mark Lennihan/AP Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury in 2000. Author Ray Bradbury has died, his daughter tells The Associated Press. The wire service says Bradbury passed away Tuesday...
8/10 by 1 user.
7494 Hits, 250 Comments, Added On 6/6/2012 7:35:00 AM -
For Rick Santorum, a Pregnancy That Is the Result of Rape Is a...
By BENTLEY OWEN - FRIENDLY ATHEISTAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:27 UTC Rick Santorum attempted to justify one of his most bizarre stances in an interview with Piers Morgan on Friday, and the results were predictably scary: Morgan: Do you really believe, in...
7.8/10 by 5 users.
37381 Hits, 646 Comments, Added On 1/23/2012 7:33:27 PM -
Private Developers Have No Right to My Home
Over six years ago Bruce Ratner—a top political contributor and law school friend of then Gov. George Pataki—asked Pataki to use eminent domain to seize 22 acres of prime Brooklyn real estate and hand them over for his Atlantic Yards development plan. By ...
7.75/10 by 4 users.
6282 Hits, 19 Comments, Added On 10/13/2009 10:23:00 AM -
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez Says Tumor Is Cancerous
Enlarge AFP/Getty Images Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking during a TV program in Havana on March 4. AFP/Getty Images Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking during a TV program in Havana on March 4. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said that the...
7.5/10 by 2 users.
9122 Hits, 44 Comments, Added On 3/5/2012 10:14:00 AM -
How The Health Law Could Survive Without A Mandate
Enlarge Astrid Riecken/Getty Images Sally Baptiste from Orlando, Fla., waits outside the U.S. Capitol for the vote on the health care bill on March 21, 2010. Astrid Riecken/Getty Images Sally Baptiste from Orlando, Fla., waits outside the U.S. Capitol for the...
7.5/10 by 2 users.
8094 Hits, 406 Comments, Added On 3/23/2012 1:01:00 AM -
These Buds Are for You
A group called Public Safety First warns that "the pre-tax price of marijuana could substantially decline" and "consumption of marijuana would increase" if Californians vote to legalize the drug in November. Well, yes, that's sort of the idea. Proposition 19, a...
7/10 by 1 user.
9865 Hits, 319 Comments, Added On 7/28/2010 7:29:00 AM -
Lending Standards Back to Bubble Era Levels
Seriously, low lending standards are a huge part of what got banks and mortgage companies into this mess. From BusinessWeek: "Blamed for contributing to the housing bubble, zero-down-payment loans largely vanished when the market crashed and Congress blocked...
7/10 by 1 user.
8928 Hits, 491 Comments, Added On 6/4/2009 8:57:00 AM -
Time to Break Up Detroit (and Other Declining Cities)?
The City of Detroit has lost 25% of its population since 2000, the largest drop of any major city in the U.S. With just 713,777 residents, Detroit's population has fallen to a level not seen since 1910 and it is now smaller than Austin, Texas. Twenty percent of...
7/10 by 1 user.
8697 Hits, 28 Comments, Added On 3/23/2011 5:01:00 AM -
Aging, overweight people stay happy says new study
ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2012) — Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being, according to a cross-cultural study looking at quality of life and health status in the US and the UK. See Also: Healthy...
7/10 by 1 user.
5489 Hits, 50 Comments, Added On 3/8/2012 8:07:07 AM -
Deal To Hand Over Prison To Afghans Is Key To Transition, U.S....
Afghan and American officials today signed an agreement that will hand over control of the main U.S. detention center in that country to the Afghan government. And the American commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan called the agreement...
7/10 by 1 user.
6082 Hits, 28 Comments, Added On 3/9/2012 5:30:00 AM
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6 Worst Lies In Paul Ryan’s Speech
Vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) keynote address at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night was riddled with false claims, so much so that even Fox News wrote, “To anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech...
8.71/10 by 17 users.
14218 Hits, 36 Comments, Added On 9/4/2012 1:23:31 AM -
Asbestos, a Hidden Killer! Asbestos Death
10,000 people a year die from asbestos-caused diseases in the United States, including one out of every 125 American men who die over the age of 50. For the last 150 years, asbestos was considered an ideal material for use in the construction industry. It's an...
9.03/10 by 15 users.
33503 Hits, 193 Comments, Added On 2/15/2012 1:11:49 AM -
What Caused the Meltdown: A Financial Crisis FAQ
In March 2008, Bear Stearns, one of the largest investment banks and securities trading firms in the world, rapidly fell apart. The firm could no longer raise private capital to fund its day-to-day activities and, with billions of dollars in liabilities, faced...
9.64/10 by 14 users.
13092 Hits, 119 Comments, Added On 1/24/2010 10:00:00 PM -
Genetic link to mesothelioma discovered
ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2011) — Scientists have found that individuals who carry a mutation in a gene called BAP1 are susceptible to developing two forms of cancer -- mesothelioma, and melanoma of the eye. Additionally, when these individuals are exposed to...
8.63/10 by 8 users.
20184 Hits, 515 Comments, Added On 8/28/2011 11:09:09 AM -
Biden Makes Obama Campaign Appeal to Working-Class Voters
WHITE HOUSE — As the U.S. presidential campaign moves into its final months, Vice President Joe Biden is assuming a prominent role in working for President Barack Obama’s reelection. The president is relying on his vice president to deepen their appeal to a very...
8.12/10 by 8 users.
16259 Hits, 18 Comments, Added On 8/22/2012 1:51:45 PM -
The database: most popular charity websites - March
BANKING ON THE YOUNG Children/Young people, Economic/Community development/Employment, Education/Training, General Charitable Purposes, Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides other finance, Sponsors or undertakes research,...
5.83/10 by 6 users.
7795 Hits, 19 Comments, Added On 5/17/2011 10:25:02 PM -
For Rick Santorum, a Pregnancy That Is the Result of Rape Is a...
By BENTLEY OWEN - FRIENDLY ATHEISTAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:27 UTC Rick Santorum attempted to justify one of his most bizarre stances in an interview with Piers Morgan on Friday, and the results were predictably scary: Morgan: Do you really believe, in...
7.8/10 by 5 users.
37381 Hits, 646 Comments, Added On 1/23/2012 7:33:27 PM -
Private Developers Have No Right to My Home
Over six years ago Bruce Ratner—a top political contributor and law school friend of then Gov. George Pataki—asked Pataki to use eminent domain to seize 22 acres of prime Brooklyn real estate and hand them over for his Atlantic Yards development plan. By ...
7.75/10 by 4 users.
6282 Hits, 19 Comments, Added On 10/13/2009 10:23:00 AM -
Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible...
It's all debt limit, all the time, it seems. Everyone's talking about what may or may not happen when the U.S. government finally butts up against its legal borrowing limit on August 2. That's the date that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the feds will...
8.75/10 by 4 users.
32357 Hits, 855 Comments, Added On 7/8/2011 12:00:00 PM -
Utah Up, Chicago Down: Why Mitt Romney Should Embrace His Mormonism
In his run for the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney downplayed his Mormonism—referring only to “faith” or “shared values”—in the face of small-minded members of the Christian right and the occasional cackle from the Eastern cultural avant-garde. But with his...
6.75/10 by 4 users.
15114 Hits, 39 Comments, Added On 8/22/2012 7:41:41 AM -
Look forward to the death of organized religion: Richard Dawkins...
By VINEET GILL - THE TIMES OF INDIAAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:32:09 UTC JAIPUR: Richard Dawkins - scientist, bestselling author and the world's foremost atheist- comes across as mild-mannered and genial but doesn't believe in pulling his punches. He certainly...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
12513 Hits, 592 Comments, Added On 1/23/2012 8:32:09 PM -
Stopping SOPA’s Anti-Circumvention
The House’s Stop Online Piracy Act is in Judiciary Committee Markup today. As numerous protests, open letters, and advocacy campaigns across the Web, this is a seriously flawed bill. Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Darrell Issa’s proposed OPEN Act points out, by contrast,...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
11713 Hits, 362 Comments, Added On 12/15/2011 8:35:16 AM -
Supreme Court Rules Police Need a Warrant to Track Your Car
10-1259 United States v. Jones (01/23/2012) In a major step toward defending constitutional rights and due process in an age of high-tech surveillance, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that police require a search warrant to place a tracking device on a...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
7832 Hits, 16 Comments, Added On 1/23/2012 1:07:00 PM -
Declare Defeat and Go Home
"The war on drugs has failed," declared the editors of National Review in 1996, back when the nation’s foremost conservative periodical promoted ideas more intellectually rigorous than cheerleading for the Republican Party. "It is diverting intelligent energy away...
8.5/10 by 2 users.
7167 Hits, 18 Comments, Added On 6/7/2011 7:30:00 AM -
Let Your People Go
We all know President Barack Obama has covered himself and his country in shame with his reaction to the Egypt crisis. But which variety of shame are we talking about? Did Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ignore the festering discontent in the Arab...
4.5/10 by 2 users.
5853 Hits, 52 Comments, Added On 2/3/2011 11:00:00 AM -
Why a Sports Stadium Can't Save Baltimore (or Other Cities)
Okay, I admit I got caught by Marta Mossburg's satirical riff on Baltimore's economic development policies published in the Baltimore Sun on March 15th. I should have looked at the headline, which referenced the view from 2021, and the substance of the...
8/10 by 2 users.
8105 Hits, 289 Comments, Added On 3/22/2011 10:57:00 AM -
Rick Perrys Superficial Extremism
Texas Gov. Rick Perry often talks like he’s ready to refight the Alamo—this time against Washington. He rails about the stimulus and the expansion of federal power while flirting with the idea of devolving control of entitlements to the states. So...
9.5/10 by 2 users.
8212 Hits, 27 Comments, Added On 8/19/2011 7:30:00 AM -
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez Says Tumor Is Cancerous
Enlarge AFP/Getty Images Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking during a TV program in Havana on March 4. AFP/Getty Images Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking during a TV program in Havana on March 4. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said that the...
7.5/10 by 2 users.
9122 Hits, 44 Comments, Added On 3/5/2012 10:14:00 AM -
How The Health Law Could Survive Without A Mandate
Enlarge Astrid Riecken/Getty Images Sally Baptiste from Orlando, Fla., waits outside the U.S. Capitol for the vote on the health care bill on March 21, 2010. Astrid Riecken/Getty Images Sally Baptiste from Orlando, Fla., waits outside the U.S. Capitol for the...
7.5/10 by 2 users.
8094 Hits, 406 Comments, Added On 3/23/2012 1:01:00 AM -
US Faces Deadline On Haqqani Network Decision
WASHINGTON September 7, 2012, 04:08 am ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faces a weekend deadline to decide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani network should be declared a terrorist organization, a complicated political decision as the U.S....
9.5/10 by 2 users.
6701 Hits, 47 Comments, Added On 9/7/2012 1:08:03 AM -
Is your head in the cloud?
Tim Wright Published 25 October 2011 Cloud computing is a term that has been bandied about for some time now. But what exactly does it mean and is it something that is here to stay? Tim Wright sheds some light on the topic What is this "Cloud" I hear...
8/10 by 1 user.
10424 Hits, 425 Comments, Added On 10/25/2011 4:33:00 AM -
A Decade Left Behind
My first career started a few decades ago in the classroom as a high school history teacher. While much has changed since then – including the use of technology and smaller class sizes – the one constant is the need for "reform" to improve our education...
8/10 by 1 user.
8613 Hits, 16 Comments, Added On 1/11/2012 8:36:00 AM -
PLCB Called on to Stop Wine and Spirits Advertising
The Commonwealth Foundation called for an immediate halt today by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board of taxpayer-funded advertising that promotes the sale of wine and spirits by the government-run monopoly. The free-market think tank cited a costly conflict of...
8/10 by 1 user.
7362 Hits, 19 Comments, Added On 12/9/2011 6:51:00 AM -
These Buds Are for You
A group called Public Safety First warns that "the pre-tax price of marijuana could substantially decline" and "consumption of marijuana would increase" if Californians vote to legalize the drug in November. Well, yes, that's sort of the idea. Proposition 19, a...
7/10 by 1 user.
9865 Hits, 319 Comments, Added On 7/28/2010 7:29:00 AM -
Thoughts on Unemployment to Ponder
Fed Governor Tarullo spoke at the World Leaders Forum last week about unemployment. It was a great "summarization" of the debate over the cause of troubles in our labor market. (I only put summarization in quotes because it is a long-speech that is more of a...
8/10 by 1 user.
10154 Hits, 521 Comments, Added On 10/23/2011 7:36:00 PM -
Dont Believe Everything You Read Inflation is NOT Peaking
Despite what headlines have been touting about falling commodity prices and the easing of inflation pressures, reporters should check again, prices are rising. The recent fall in commodities is nothing more than a short-term blip. Reports like this...
9/10 by 1 user.
11639 Hits, 277 Comments, Added On 10/25/2011 10:14:00 AM -
The Return of Debtors Prison
According to Michael Klozotsky, managing editor of the trade publication insideARM.com, debt collectors contact consumers approximately four billion times a year. With so many contacts, there are bound to be complaints. In 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
8/10 by 1 user.
6755 Hits, 25 Comments, Added On 10/7/2010 4:00:00 AM -
How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Guarantees Work In Brief
Sometimes you don't want all the details on how government funded guarantee programs work. Sometimes you do. For those interested (welcome Reason.com readers), here is a very brief summary of the way that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are continuing to bail out...
8/10 by 1 user.
9124 Hits, 394 Comments, Added On 10/19/2011 12:05:00 PM -
The Neglected Importance of Arterials
Wendell Cox has a nice short piece on newgeography.com on the importance of a well functioning arterial network to keep traffic moving efficiently in cities. The specific focus of the article is Atlanta, but the principle is generally true. Notes Cox: "In...
6/10 by 1 user.
7365 Hits, 38 Comments, Added On 1/20/2010 5:52:00 AM -
Lending Standards Back to Bubble Era Levels
Seriously, low lending standards are a huge part of what got banks and mortgage companies into this mess. From BusinessWeek: "Blamed for contributing to the housing bubble, zero-down-payment loans largely vanished when the market crashed and Congress blocked...
7/10 by 1 user.
8928 Hits, 491 Comments, Added On 6/4/2009 8:57:00 AM -
A Concise, Modern History of U.S. Homeownership
City Journal senior editor Stephen Malanga has written an excellent, accessible, and concise history of federal efforts to boost homeownership since the 1920s. He does a nice job of showing how the current housing morass is the product of nearly a century of...
8/10 by 1 user.
5742 Hits, 16 Comments, Added On 5/10/2009 6:09:00 AM -
Time to Break Up Detroit (and Other Declining Cities)?
The City of Detroit has lost 25% of its population since 2000, the largest drop of any major city in the U.S. With just 713,777 residents, Detroit's population has fallen to a level not seen since 1910 and it is now smaller than Austin, Texas. Twenty percent of...
7/10 by 1 user.
8697 Hits, 28 Comments, Added On 3/23/2011 5:01:00 AM -
San Diego County Planning to Triple Size of Jail Facility in...
The City of Santee, California, and San Diego County are currently embroiled in a big fight over the expansion and renovation of a women's detention facility located in Santee. The problem is that when the facility was originally built several decades ago,...
8/10 by 1 user.
9532 Hits, 613 Comments, Added On 7/10/2009 3:42:00 PM -
Against Cosmopolitanism
All science fiction agrees. History is leading to the unification of earth. The united world may be governed by benign world federalism or by a dystopian global tyranny. But the modern literature of prophecy is clear: the age of competing nation-states is...
9/10 by 1 user.
7877 Hits, 114 Comments, Added On 1/20/2012 10:38:06 PM -
Who Gets Mesothelioma: Your Genes Play a Part
Some mesothelioma researchers are proposing a genetic component to this aggressive cancer long associated with asbestos. At the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s 2010 International Symposium, Jill Ohar MD of Wake Forest School of Medicine reported on...
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About that Debt Ceiling Deal and Those Spending Cuts
Washington politicians were shocked--shocked!--when Standard & Poor's had the gall to downgrade the United States' credit rating a single notch from AAA to AA+. What temerity it had to suggest that the nation cannot continue to spend trillions more dollars...
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The Arab Spring
In October 2010, best-selling New Yorker essayist Malcolm Gladwell published a piece titled "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted," a derisive attack on the notion that social networking websites would ever play a major role in fomenting...
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Aging, overweight people stay happy says new study
ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2012) — Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being, according to a cross-cultural study looking at quality of life and health status in the US and the UK. See Also: Healthy...
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Deal To Hand Over Prison To Afghans Is Key To Transition, U.S....
Afghan and American officials today signed an agreement that will hand over control of the main U.S. detention center in that country to the Afghan government. And the American commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan called the agreement...
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Tuna Linked To Salmonella Outbreak In 20 States
A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia, federal health...
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2 Kansas Officers Fatally Shot Outside Market
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas police officers were fatally shot outside a grocery store Sunday while responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said. Topeka Police Chief Ronald Miller called the shootings of Cpl. David Gogian and Officer Jeff...
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New Drug Showing Early Promise in Slowing or Stopping...
A combination of researchers from France, Australia and the United Kingdom have uncovered a new drug that can prevent the spread of mesothelioma cancer within the body by activating a particular tumor suppressor gene. Their findings, presented Nov. 9 at the...
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Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible...
It's all debt limit, all the time, it seems. Everyone's talking about what may or may not happen when the U.S. government finally butts up against its legal borrowing limit on August 2. That's the date that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the feds will...
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Remembering Iconic Sitar Player Ravi Shankar
World-renowned sitar player Ravi Shankar, one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian music, has died in San Diego, near his Southern California home. He was 92 years old. Shankar, a master of the sitar, a multi-stringed, Indian classical instrument, helped...
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Iraq Vet Seeks Atonement For Early War Tragedy
Laurent Rebours/AP A scene from the early days of the fighting in Iraq in the spring of 2003. In one incident, three members of an Iraqi family were killed. A U.S. Marine involved in the shooting recently tracked down the family to ask for forgiveness. On...
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Spending $2,159 Less Per Student, Online School Outscores...
Online students at Florida Virtual School outperformed their traditional-school peers on Advanced Placement tests in 2011, and at less cost, new studies show.Florida Virtual School reported scores that averaged 12 percentage points higher than conventional high...
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California's Poor Long-term Prognosis
California's current economic recovery may be uneven at best, but things certainly look better now than the pits-of-hell period in 2008. A cautiously optimistic New York Times piece proclaimed "signs of resurgence," and there was even heady talk in Sacramento of...
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Security Council Condemns N. Korean Rocket Launch
The U.N. Security Council has condemned North Korea's rocket launch, calling it a clear violation of U.N. resolutions that ban Pyongyang from carrying out missile or nuclear-related tests.The council held emergency talks Wednesday on the launch. Beforehand,...
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Vietnam PM Keeps Post as Economic Struggles Continue
— Vietnam's prime minister appears to have survived a leadership challenge this week over his handling of the poorly-performing economy. Communist Party officials ended any speculation that Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung might lose his job when they concluded a...
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Conflict Oil or Canadian Oil?
Fort McMurray, Alberta—This is the second dispatch from my oil sands tour. The first dispatch yesterday focused on the oil sands mining. After our Suncor oil sands mine tour, our band of flacks and hacks were bussed back to our motel for cocktails and...
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Friday Privatization News Highlights (7/1/2011 edition)
News articles on some of the more interesting developments on the state and local privatization front this week include: "Kasich signs historic budget" (Columbus Dispatch): Yesterday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law a $56 billion budget that includes a...
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Make it Tougher for Railroad Workers...
Railroad workers filing liability claims over illnesses and injuries sustained from asbestos exposure may have a more difficult time after a surprise ruling this week by the United States Supreme Court. In a decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court...
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Doctors Debate Success of Earlier Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Early detection of cancer is a proven, effective tool in treating many variations of the disease. And it remains a focus for research in the field of mesothelioma. Yet it might be little more than fool’s gold in this case. There are no guarantees. Even leaders...
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At 42, Detroit Lions Kicker Earns Admiration
Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET September 8, 2012 Enlarge Patrick Semansky/AP Detroit Lions place-kicker Jason Hanson kicks the ball in an NFL preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens last month....
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Mars Curiosity Rover Beams Back First Nighttime, Ultraviolet Photos
The Mars Curiosity Rover has beamed back its first nighttime pictures. It sent one taken while using its white LED lights and another using its ultraviolet LED lights. It's a milestone and the pictures are pretty cool. But they don't tell us much of anything...
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Can charities learn from the dynamics of gang culture?
Becky Slack Published 15 September 2011 The recent violence on the streets of England has been the topic on everyone’s lips over the last few weeks. When talking to people about the potential reasons as to why it occurred and how to prevent a repeat of...
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A Slamming Good Time On The Jersey Shore
Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET September 7, 2012 Elise Hu/NPR Keith Van Brunt (left) and Tom Mgerack, known as the "Bumper Car Psychos," go for a ride July 27 at the Keansburg Amusement Park in...
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In Sandy's Wake, New Yorkers Don't Sweat Small Stuff
Enlarge image People wait to charge cellphones and laptops Thursday at a generator set up in the West Village. Superstorm Sandy left large parts of New York City without power. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images People wait to charge cellphones and laptops...
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Bonnie And Clyde's Guns, Other Items Go On Auction
Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET September 26, 2012 Enlarge STF/AFP/Getty Images A photograph taken sometime between 1932 and 1934 shows Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The couple captured headlines with a...
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House Proposes More Money For Florida Schools
TALLAHASSEE — Is the tide turning for education funding?Taking a cue from Gov. Rick Scott, House Speaker Dean Cannon put forth a budget proposal last week that pumps $1 billion into statewide schools spending.The following day, Senate education leaders seem...
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For Rick Santorum, a Pregnancy That Is the Result of Rape Is a...
By BENTLEY OWEN - FRIENDLY ATHEISTAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:27 UTC Rick Santorum attempted to justify one of his most bizarre stances in an interview with Piers Morgan on Friday, and the results were predictably scary: Morgan: Do you really believe, in...
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Pakistan Arrests Three Men In Taliban Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl
Authorities have arrested three men suspected of having a role in the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old activist who demanded an education for girls. NBC News reports: "Police said the suspects, aged between 17 and 22, had claimed the person who...
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Court Lays Bare Strip Club's Argument That Lap Dances Are Art
In New York State, she's not an artist. Joe Raedle/Getty Images i In New York State, she's not an artist. Joe Raedle/Getty Images No, the Nite Moves strip club in Latham, N.Y., can't claim that lap dances, pole performances and other moves in its ladies'...
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Suh's Left Cleat Hits QB Schaub Below The Belt
DETROIT November 22, 2012, 07:31 pm ET DETROIT (AP) — The left cleat of Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh connected with Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in his groin area in their Thanksgiving game. It wasn't clear on replays Thursday whether...
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Pick of the Press: Thursday 8 September
Jenny Greenwell Published 08 September 2011 The top charity and society stories from across the media. 1. Slum UK: housing crisis that shames the nation (The Independent)Housing conditions in Britain are among the worst in Western Europe and cost...
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San Diego County Planning to Triple Size of Jail Facility in...
The City of Santee, California, and San Diego County are currently embroiled in a big fight over the expansion and renovation of a women's detention facility located in Santee. The problem is that when the facility was originally built several decades ago,...
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U.S. Has Growing Concerns About Syria's Chemical Weapon Stockpile
Enlarge image A man is seen in the al-Amirya neighborhood of the city of Aleppo on Sunday. Syrian artillery and aircraft also battered rebel positions in and around Damascus in an operation to secure the capital. AFP/Getty Images A man is seen in the...
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The Megabanks Mess - A Book Review
To anyone interested in how the financial industry has evolved over the past forty years, The Megabanks Mess, by Herbert M. Allison provides an ample introduction. In addition to describing how a wide collection of small banks and thrifts grew into just a handful...
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A DJ Kit You Can Take For A Spin — On Your Bike
With sensors that translate the motions of a bike — turning the handlebars, spinning the wheels, etc. — into music, the Turntable Rider "is an epic bicycle accessory which converts a bicycle into a musical instrument," according to Cogoo, the company that created...
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Study Finds Goats Adjust Their 'Accents' Based On Social Surroundings
Enlarge Queen Mary University of London A goat kid. Queen Mary University of London A goat kid. Surely you've noticed that when people move from place to place and stay for a while, they tend to pick up the local accent. We could use Madonna as an example,...
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Clippers Beat Hornets 93-77 For 11th Straight Win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 18 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the New Orleans Hornets 93-77 on Wednesday night for their franchise record-tying 11th consecutive victory. Jamal Crawford added 17 points, DeAndre Jordan scored 12, and Chris...
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Family Of Man Behind Anti-Islam Video Flees Home
In the pre-dawn hours today the wife, two sons and daughter of the man most prominently linked to the ant-Islam video that has sparked violence in many Muslim cities fled their home in Cerritos, Calif. Only a reporter from the local Patch.com website and one TV...
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Brazilians Protest Against Stadium Privatization
RIO DE JANEIRO December 1, 2012, 02:00 pm ET RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of people have held a protest march against the privatization of Brazil's iconic Maracana Stadium. Organizers say at least 800 people, including students, Indians and artists took part...
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Italy's Berlusconi Given 4-Year Sentence For Tax Evasion; May...
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Christophe Simon /AFP/Getty Images i Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Christophe Simon /AFP/Getty Images A court in Milan has convicted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on a...
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Ukraine PM Resigns Amid Economic Crisis
— Ukraine is facing political uncertainty after the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his Cabinet Monday. The president has asked the prime minister to stay on as interim leader as the country prepares for talks with international lenders on...
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Look forward to the death of organized religion: Richard Dawkins...
By VINEET GILL - THE TIMES OF INDIAAdded: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:32:09 UTC JAIPUR: Richard Dawkins - scientist, bestselling author and the world's foremost atheist- comes across as mild-mannered and genial but doesn't believe in pulling his punches. He certainly...
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FDA Approves Abraxane, Expands Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer...
For almost eight years, breast cancer patients whose first round of treatment failed have turned to protein-bound paclitaxel for a second chance at survival. Now, lung cancer patients who are not eligible for curative surgery or radiation therapy are getting the...
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Most Afghans Now Optimistic, Survey Signals; How Real Is That Result?
Are better days ahead in Afghanistan? A new survey signals that just more than half of Afghans think their country is headed in the right direction. Here: Mohamed, who makes a living by working as a day laborer in construction, makes his way home after work in...
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Chicago Teachers To Meet About New Contract, Possibly End Strike
Enlarge Scott Olson/Getty Images Striking Chicago teachers and their supporters attend a rally at Union Park Saturday in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images Striking Chicago teachers and their supporters attend a rally at Union Park Saturday in Chicago. A...
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The Atlanta BeltLine: Transit That Travels in Circles
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Maine Town's Agony Prolonged In Prostitution Case
KENNEBUNK, Maine October 12, 2012, 02:39 am ET KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Residents in the Maine town of Kennebunk are waiting to see who's been issued summons for allegedly giving business to a 29-year-old fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution...
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Reports: Obama Will Call For Southern Portion Of XL Pipeline To...
Quoting "a White House official," CNN and USA Today are reporting that in a speech tomorrow President Obama will push for fast-tracking the construction of the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. USA Today reports: "While the State Department blocked...
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In Ohio, Obama and Romney Duel Over Trade With China
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Jindal And The Debate Over Volcano Monitoring
The news and blogosphere is full of back and forth jabs and plenty of high horses over Gov. Jindal singling out volcano monitoring as an example of federal spending that maybe should not be a priority. A sample here. "Does the governor have a volcano in his...
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Conflict Oil or Canadian Oil?
Fort McMurray, Alberta—This is the second dispatch from my oil sands tour. The first dispatch yesterday focused on the oil sands mining. After our Suncor oil sands mine tour, our band of flacks and hacks were bussed back to our motel for cocktails and...
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Seattle's Congestion Future Is Bleak Without More Road Capacity
Seattle Times When it comes to traffic jams, the Seattle-Tacoma area is the most congested in the Northwest, just ahead of much-smaller Portland, and ranks 12th nationwide. The area has a congestion index of 1.38, meaning that trips at rush hour take 38 percent...
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YANGON, Myanmar November 18, 2012, 03:09 am ET YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — President Barack Obama's historic visit to Myanmar on Monday is meant to show America's support for the country's transition to democracy. The White House has cautioned that Obama's trip to...
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DTV Transition Illustrates Video Competition
The FCC-mandated conversion to digital TV broadcasting next February is touching off a battle among cable TV and telephone companies to hook-up so-called "nevers," consumers, who for whatever reason, have been content to watch over-the-air TV and have never been...
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The Rise of the Third Coast
In the wilds of Louisiana’s St. James Parish, amid the alligators and sugar plantations, Lester Hart is building the $750 million steel plant of his dreams. Over the past decade, Hart has constructed plants for steel producer Nucor everywhere from Trinidad to...
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Justice Department Watchdog Blasts 'Fast And Furious' Operation
Enlarge Mark Wilson/Getty Images Attorney General Eric Holder testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., in June. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Attorney General Eric Holder testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in...
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Letterman: I Don't Hate Romney For Leno Appearance
NEW YORK September 19, 2012, 08:58 pm ET NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman is reassuring Mitt Romney that he doesn't hate him — and getting in a dig at Jay Leno in the process. The Republican presidential candidate said in a private speech to donors made public...
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Scientists Seek HIV Vaccine Using Monkey Model
Traditional vaccine methods have been unsuccessful in preventing infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. New techniques are being studied to boost antibodies or other parts of the immune system. But researchers are also working on a method to keep the immune...
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Ignoring Critics, Iraq's Leader Consolidates Power
Enlarge Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) arrives on May 8 at Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq, on his first visit to the multi-ethnic city since taking office. Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images Iraqi Prime Minister...
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Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria Bombings Deadlier In 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya March 15, 2012, 06:49 am ET NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Bomb attacks in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia rose in 2011 as al-Qaida-affiliated terror groups used more sophisticated devices to kill more people with each explosion, the Pentagon's anti-IED unit...
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U. Of Texas Orders Evacuation After Bomb Threats
AUSTIN, Texas September 14, 2012, 12:10 pm ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of people streamed off the University of Texas campus Friday after a phoned-in bomb threat prompted an evacuation of all buildings and officials warned students and faculty to "get as...
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Picking Apart Krugman's Ridiculous Housing Op-Ed
Most of the time when I read Paul Krugman's op-eds I disagree with him. I shake my head in frustration that he is misleading tens of thousands of people. I wrestle with the question of why economists can look at the same data and come up with different results...
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'New York Times' Bans Practice Of Allowing Sources To Approve Quotes
Back in July, The New York Times writer Jeremy Peters lifted the curtain on a common, but surprising, practice in Washington: In exchange for an interview, high-powered politicos demand the right to approve any quotes before they're published. It's a practice...
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Transit Governance Legislation for Atlanta Dead for 2012
Voters in each of Georgia's 159 counties will head to the polls on July 31st to vote on whether to raise their sales tax 1% to fund transportation. The vote will be one of the bigger national transportation stories of 2012. The sales tax is one part of the...
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Arizona Voters Support Health Care Freedom; Reject Affirmative...
A few interesting results thus far from Arizona's slate of ballot measures: Proposition 106: By a 55-44 margin, Arizona voters thumbed their noses at federal health care reform by passing the Arizona Health Insurance Reform Amendment. This constitutional...
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Minnesota Governor Vetoes Legislation That Would Have Restricted...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton did what his counterparts in other states were afraid to do — stand up to big business and its lobbying efforts — and vetoed legislation this week that would have reduced the liability of companies capitalizing on past use of...
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Foreign Industrial Investment Is Reshaping America
Declinism may be all the rage in intellectual salons from Beijing to Barcelona and Boston, but decisions being made in corporate boardrooms suggest that the United States is emerging the world’s biggest winner. Long the world leader as a destination for overseas...
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False Forbearance
Two weeks ago, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire vetoed a bill that would have clarified the rules for supplying medical marijuana in her state. She cited an April 14 letter in which Jenny Durkan and Michael Ormsby, the U.S. attorneys for Washington, threatened...
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Argentina Gives Opposition Media Dec. 7 Deadline
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Montgomery County BRT Plan is Good Start but Needs Modifications
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