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Race for the Cure Group's Bizarre Capitulation to Right-Wingers (And How to Hit Them Where it Hurts)","url":"http://www.alternet.org/story/153976/breasts_yes,_vaginas_no_race_for_the_cure_group's_bizarre_capitulation_to_right-wingers_(and_how_to_hit_them_where_it_hurts)","date":"2012/02/01","id":8545142,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"Despite Komen\u2019s lame attempts to claim otherwise, it was widely understood that this was about Komen aligning itself with the anti-choice movement, despite the anti-choice movement\u2019s long history of opposing not just safe and legal abortion, but also access to contraception and even the prevention of cervical cancer through the use of the HPV vaccine.","authors":"Amanda Marcotte","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"1.0","num_reviews":"0","title":"Scientists created bird flu superbug that could set off next global pandemic","url":"http://www.infowars.com/scientists-created-bird-flu-superbug-that-could-set-off-next-global-pandemic/","date":"2012/01/31","id":8541373,"story_type":"News","quote":"Jonathan Benson | The only virulent strains in existence are those deliberately created by scientists using public funds","authors":"","source":{"rating":"0.0","name":"infowars.com","framebuster":false,"id":"infowars_com","ownership":"","type":""}},{"rating":"2.8","num_reviews":"1","title":"Repeat Breast Cancer Surgery Varies Widely for Little Reason","url":"http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-31/repeat-breast-cancer-surgery-varies-widely-for-little-reason.html","date":"2012/01/31","id":8542046,"story_type":null,"quote":"(Updates with treatments in fifth paragraph.) 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The film tackles the powerful forces behind the battle over heathcare costs and access.","authors":"Amy Goodman","source":{"rating":"4.0","name":"Democracy Now","framebuster":false,"id":"democracy_now","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.4","num_reviews":"3","title":"Study: No alcohol intake safe during pregnancy","url":"http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/pregnancy/story/2012-01-17/Study-No-alcohol-intake-safe-during-pregnancy/52614174/1","date":"2012/01/18","id":8519032,"story_type":"News","quote":"A new study pinpoints the latter half of the first trimester as a critical time in the development of fetal alcohol syndrome.","authors":"Maureen Salamon","source":{"rating":"3.4","name":"USA Today","framebuster":false,"id":"usa_today","ownership":"ind","type":"newspaper","is_public":true}},{"rating":"1.0","num_reviews":"1","title":"Gerry Hudson: We Must Win Back the American Dream for the 99% In 2012","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerry-hudson/mlk-occupy-wall-street_b_1208475.html","date":"2012/01/17","id":8516818,"story_type":null,"quote":"As we honor Dr. King's legacy this year, we must remember that working families deserve economic justice, including America's 13 million unemployed, the long-term unemployed and the 24 million people looking for work.","authors":"Gerry Hudson","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Huffington Post","framebuster":false,"id":"huffington_post","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.3","num_reviews":"4","title":"Andrew Reinbach: Living on Social Security and Medicare: The Reality","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/living-on-social-security_b_1207974.html","date":"2012/01/16","id":8516990,"story_type":"Opinion","quote":"Millions of retired Americans are frozen out of the health care system even though they've paid into it all their lives, because most of them rely on Social Security for the bulk of their income and can't afford the 20 percent of every medical bill that Medicare requires them to pay.","authors":"Andrew Reinbach","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Huffington Post","framebuster":false,"id":"huffington_post","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}}]