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Justices Appear Skeptical Of Patenting Human Genes : Shots - Health News : NPR

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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Saudi preacher gets fine and short jail term for raping and killing daughter

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

rt.com - Feb. 03 (News) - The marriage of a 90-year-old man to a 15-year-old girl has sparked condemnation from human rights and social media activists throughout Saudi Arabia, while the groom insists that he has committed no crime. The Saudi government has ordered that shops tha

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Joe Biden: Obama's Drug Warrior

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By The Huffington Post - Dec. 12 (News Analysis) - Criticism over the United States' role in the war on drugs is increasingly making its way into mainstream discussion. As prominent officials such as former...

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WATCH: In Sandy's Wake, an Election Debate About Science and Climate

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Chris Mooney - Nov. 03 (Comment) - (Editor's note: The video above is an uncut version. Logistical problems in the wake of Hurricane Sandy made it impossible to get an edited video ready in time for this post. Our apologies for the somewhat unwieldy format.) Last Thursday, a Democrat and a Republican took part in a true rarity in US politics—a 90 minute debate dedicated to the science policy issues at stake in this election, with a particular focus on climate change. Just imagine the mirror opposite of the three 2012 presidential debates, which neglected climate change entirely—an omission that now, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, looks stunningly myopic—and you'll get the picture. The event, sponsored by Climate Desk Live in partnership with the nonprofit ScienceDebate.org , pitted a official Obama campaign surrogate— Kevin Knobloch , a climate and energy expert who is president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, but was representing President Obama as a private citizen—against former ...

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Sandy now 'post-tropical,' still lethal

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:50:00 -0700

The Politico - By Andrew Restuccia - Oct. 29 (Breaking News) - Hurricane Sandy is now a post-tropical cyclone — but still as dangerous as ever, the National Hurricane Center said Monday night. “Satellite, radar and aircraft data indicate that Sandy has continued to lose tropical characteristics,” the center said in

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Special Ops: The New Face of War | Truthout

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By John Grant - Aug. 14 (Editorial) - What is the most powerful nation in the world with the largest, most expensive, most lethal military in the history of mankind to do when the good times turn bad, the money goes funny and class warfare breaks out on the homefront?

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Disparity Found Among Disability Judges

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Edward Ericson Jr. - Jul. 05 (News) - In San Antonio, Texas, people hoping to get Social Security disability payments could see their cases assigned to any of 17 judges. The luck of this draw matters a lot.

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U.S. Panel Concludes Md. Strip Law Too Broad

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Feb. 17 (News) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a Maryland law restricting the attire and conduct of performers in strip clubs is unconstitutional.

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Another School Says Christine O'Donnell Did Not Attend

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Christina Bellantoni - Sep. 28 (Opinion) - Claremont Graduate University has no student or education record for an individual named Christine O'Donnell. Christine was awarded a 2002 Abraham Lincoln Graduate Fellowship in Constitutional Government from the Claremont Institute in Claremont,

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US hurricane sparks mass evacuation

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By James Meikle - Sep. 03 (News) - Tens of thousands told to vacate islands off North Carolina as US east coast braces for hurricane-force winds and rain Tens of thousands of people were told to evacuate islands off North Carolina last night and hundreds of thousands more warned to expect hurricane-force winds and heavy rain across the US north-eastern coast, as hurricane Earl came within about 85 miles of the shore. More states along the east coast declared emergencies as shelters were prepared and residents as far north as New England were told to expect fallen power lines and trees over the Labour Day holiday weekend. Despite signs that the hurricane?s force was weakening and its centre would miss much of the US mainland, families from North Carolina through Virginia ...

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