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In deploying an all-volunteer army to fight two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has increasingly relied on prescription drugs to keep its warriors on the front lines. In recent years, the number of military prescriptions for antidepressants, sleeping pills, and painkillers has risen as soldiers come home with battered bodies and minds.

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America's Banks 101

2009-05-05T03:44:00.001-05:00

Schoolyard Bullies and Three Card Monte are used to explain the current financial crisis.

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F-16s Chasing Stolen Plane in Illinois

2009-04-07T04:14:00.001-05:00

Two F-16 fighters were dispatched over Wisconsin Monday to track a single-engine plane that was believed stolen in Canada by a student pilot, authorities said. The incident caused the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison to be evacuated as a precaution.

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Stress May Cause The Brain To Become Disconnected

2009-04-02T15:12:00.001-05:00

Does stress damage the brain? In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides an important new chapter to this question.

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5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday

2009-03-22T10:53:00.001-05:00

Albert Einstein said common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. It is also a result of some pervasive and extremely stupid logical fallacies that have become embedded in the human brain over generations, for one reason or another. And now, they're a major cause of everything that's wrong with the world.

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Dollars from dirt: Economy spurs home garden boom

2009-03-22T10:43:00.001-05:00

Industry surveys show double-digit growth in the number of home gardeners this year and mail-order companies report such a tremendous demand that some have run out of seeds for basic vegetables such as onions, tomatoes and peppers.

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Georgia law puts non-offenders on sex registry

2009-03-22T10:42:00.001-05:00

Georgia’s sex offender registry has a peculiar twist: There are a growing number of people on the list who did not commit a sex offense.

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Scientist: Warming Could Cut Population to 1 Billion

2009-03-22T10:41:00.001-05:00

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said that if the buildup of greenhouse gases and its consequences pushed global temperatures 9 degrees Fahrenheit higher than today — well below the upper temperature range that scientists project could occur from global warming

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IMF to Create Billions of Dollars Worth of 'Super-Currency'

2009-03-22T10:40:00.001-05:00

The International Monetary Fund is poised to embark on what analysts have described as "global quantitative easing" by printing billions of dollars worth of a global "super-currency" in an unprecedented new effort to address the economic crisis.

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HR 875: The End Of Organic Farming?

2009-03-21T22:41:00.001-05:00

Many small farmers and organic food activists are claiming that if H.R. 875 is passed, it will mean the end of organic farming in the United States.

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How British Police Are Criminalizing Peaceful Protest

2009-03-21T22:39:00.001-05:00

There is a concerted campaign by UK police to deter, smear, intimidate, harass, and criminalise citizens who did nothing more than attempt to exercise their right to peaceful protest in the name of important causes. This story includes a video as well as PDF report on the way police in the UK are criminalizing legitimate protest.

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Army Investigating How and Why Troops Were Sent Into Alabama

2009-03-21T22:38:00.001-05:00

The U.S. Army has launched an inquiry into how and why active duty troops from Fort Rucker, Ala., came to be placed on the streets of Samson, Ala., during last week's murder spree in that tiny South Alabama community. The use of the troops was a possible violation of federal law.

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2009-03-21T22:06:00.001-05:00

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Paul Craig Roberts: The War on Terror is a Hoax

2009-03-21T20:12:00.001-05:00

According to US government propaganda, terrorist cells are spread throughout America, making it necessary for the government to spy on all Americans & violate most other Constitutional protections. The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated.

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You "Dittoheads" Are Killing America's Newspapers!

2009-03-16T13:13:00.001-05:00

Kathleen Parker -- The biggest challenge facing America's struggling newspaper industry may not be the high cost of newsprint or lost ad revenue, but ignorance stoked by drive-by punditry.

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Grief Therapy: Is Talking about Loss Good for You?

2009-03-15T11:26:00.001-05:00

It didn't take long for the psychologists to begin arriving on the scene. Just hours after Tim K. fired the last bullet..New research suggests that showing no symptoms of trauma at all may actually be a sign of health, rather than being a sign of problems. What's more, some researchers believe that well-intentioned clinicians may be causing more

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Judd Gregg rips Geitner: Your Budget Forecast Is A Lie

2009-03-15T11:25:00.001-05:00

In a hearing before the Senate Budget Committee Gregg dressed down Geithner with facts, figures, and charts. While always keeping his cool, the exchange was somewhere between a mother's scolding, a drill sergeant's questioning and an attorney's cross examination.Gregg politely called the administration's budget forecast a lie.

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Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves

2009-03-15T11:19:00.001-05:00

To place coca leaves in the same category with cocaine, as a United Nations convention on narcotic drugs did 48 years ago, is to disregard simple biochemistry.

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The Day the Sun Brought Darkness (w/Video)

2009-03-15T10:50:00.003-05:00

On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part of North America every year. The Quebec Blackout was different, because this one was caused by a solar storm!

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John Dean: Cheney is guilty of 'murder' if Hersh claims true

2009-03-15T10:50:00.001-05:00

Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh’s bombshell earlier this week that Vice President Dick Cheney controlled an “executive assassination ring” continues to reverberate throughout Washington, with Nixon aide John Dean going so far as to accuse the former VP of murder if the charges are true.

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AIG Paying Millions in Bonuses Despite Receiving Bailout

2009-03-15T10:48:00.001-05:00

Despite receiving $170 billion in federal aid and recording a staggering loss for the last quarter, insurance giant American International Group is doling out tens of million of dollars in bonuses this week to senior employees.

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The success of drug decriminalization in Portugal

2009-03-15T10:46:00.001-05:00

It's been seven years since that country decriminalized all drugs. What lessons are there for American drug policy debates?

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The Watercone: A Simple, Effective Solar Still

2009-03-15T03:21:00.001-05:00

From the page: "In many parts of the world, lack of access to clean, potable water is a major issue. Water may be found nearby, but only in a brackish or polluted state. Areas close to the ocean may see miles of water, but not a drop to drink. UNICEF estimates that every day 5000 children die as a result of diarrhea caused by drinking unsafe water"

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Facebook Wants To Read Your Mind

2009-03-14T12:05:00.001-05:00

Why does Facebook suddenly want to know what I'm thinking?

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Thomas Friedman: "This Isn't Your Grandma's Recession"

2009-03-14T12:03:00.001-05:00

Thomas Friedman explains the complexity of the economic crisis, and why the bottom is not in sight .

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Henry Kissinger: Give Obama "Benefit of Doubt"

2009-03-14T12:02:00.001-05:00

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discusses how important President Obama's success is for the world.

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ANALYSIS: Glenn Beck & Bill O’Reilly Save $400,000/year

2009-03-14T12:00:00.007-05:00

Conservative commentators Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly regularly rail against President Obama’s budget which would fix the Bush tax system. Maybe it’s because Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck benefit tremendously from the broken status quo. According to a new analysis, Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly each save $400,000 under the current Bush tax system.

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China Worried About the Value of U.S. Dollars

2009-03-14T12:00:00.005-05:00

It seems that everyone in the world knows that the excessive spending being done by the administration is destructive except the administration.

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Jon Stewart exposes Apple stock manipulation

2009-03-14T12:00:00.003-05:00

Proving once again that the best way to reach Americans' brain is through their funny bone, Jon Stewart of the Daily Show continued his warpath aimed at irresponsible financial reporting by CNBC, specifically calling Jim Cramer out for his comments on how easy it was to profit from misinformation aimed at Apple.

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It Was The Irresponsible Leveraging, Redirect The Blame

2009-03-14T12:00:00.001-05:00

Over and over, it has begun to drone on throughout society and media. “Loser homeowners”, “irresponsible borrowers”, et cetera… the mantra is being touted the main reason behind the current financial collapse.

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Lesbians subjected to "corrective rape" in South Africa

2009-03-14T11:59:00.001-05:00

Lesbians living in South Africa are being subjected to "corrective rape" and severe violence by men trying to "cure" them of their sexual orientation, human rights groups have said.

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There's Nothing Unique About Jim Cramer

2009-03-14T11:43:00.001-05:00

The mindless complicity in disseminating false claims is not aberrational media behavior; it is, as they acknowledge, the crux of what they do.

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How people can think themselves sick

2009-03-14T11:39:00.001-05:00

Simon Wessely's research on conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome have led to hate mail, yet far from dismissing these illnesses as imaginary, Wessely has spent his career developing treatments for them. Clare Wilson asks what it's like to be disliked by people you're trying to help.

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DEA Website Gives Best Reason Ever to Legalize Drugs

2009-03-14T11:34:00.001-05:00

"The War on Terror and the War on Drugs are linked," a high-ranking DEA agent recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Thirty-nine percent of the State Department's current list of designated foreign terrorist organizations have some degree of connection with drug activities," he said. So, why don't we legalize and put them out of business?

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Australians Are Denied Insurance Because of Poor Genes

2009-03-13T08:51:00.001-05:00

AUSTRALIANS have been refused insurance protection because of their genetic make-up, researchers have shown in the first study in the world to provide proof of genetic discrimination. The findings have led to renewed calls by experts for policies to ensure the appropriate use of genetic test results by the insurance industry.

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Have Milky Way's Cycles Altered Earth's Biological History?

2009-03-13T08:50:00.001-05:00

Early last year, research revealed that the rise and fall of species on Earth seems to be driven by the undulating motions of our solar system as it travels through the Milky Way. Some scientists believe that this cosmic force may offer the answer to some of the biggest questions in our Earth’s biological history.

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'Executive Assassination' Ring Reports To Cheney

2009-03-13T08:49:00.001-05:00

At a “Great Conversations” event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an “executive assassination ring.”

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Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex

2009-03-13T08:46:00.001-05:00

Dwight D. Eisenhower exit speech on Jan.17,1961.Warning us of the military industrial complex.

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Report: Slain Nazi hated Obama, had parts for dirty bomb

2009-03-10T13:45:00.001-05:00

The man, allegedly furious over the election of President Obama, purchased depleted uranium over the Internet from an American company. Police said he had many of the components needed to construct a radiological 'dirty bomb,' which he may have sought to detonate during the inauguration.

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Homeland Security Study to Use Body Odor as a Lie Detector

2009-03-10T13:43:00.001-05:00

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to study the possibility that human body odor could be used to tell when people are lying or to identify individuals in the same way that fingerprints can.

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Global Economic Crisis:World Bank Financial Report Grim.

2009-03-10T13:33:00.001-05:00

Developing nations are facing a massive financing shortfall of up to $700 billion this year as private investment evaporates and global trade collapses, threatening to return many countries to the days of heavy reliance on foreign aid, the World Bank warned yesterday.This could have dire consequences as US & Europe generosity decreases.....

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Cop sues after workmates 'laughed at his beard'

2009-03-10T13:32:00.001-05:00

A Muslim police officer claims he was forced out of his job by colleagues who made fun of his beard and called him a 'f***ing Paki'.

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Top 10 Myths About Sustainability

2009-03-10T01:15:00.001-05:00

Even advocates for more responsible, environmentally benign ways of life harbor misunderstandings of what "sustainability" is all about. Scientific American Earth 3.0 has consulted with several experts on the topic to find out what kinds of misconceptions they most often encounter. The result is this take on the top 10 myths about sustainability.

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The truth about Marijuana

2009-03-10T01:10:00.001-05:00

Uncovering the original reasons behind prohibition laws and demystifying the underground market of this "illegal" industry.

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Republicans and Democrats Are the Same

2009-03-10T01:01:00.001-05:00

The two parties pretend to be different but they both love big government.

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America's Secret War: the proxy war against Iran

2009-03-07T23:06:00.001-06:00

Is the US already at war with Iran? Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to the Iraq-Iran border to investigate claims that the United States is supporting militant groups that are attacking Iran. In the rugged Qandil mountains, she meets up with anti-Iranian guerillas who have been launching raids against the Islamic Republic.

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Batcave or World's Coolest Wine Cellar? You Decide [PICS]

2009-03-07T11:34:00.001-06:00

Ever want a wine cellar but don’t have the space or money to build one? The Spiral Cellars design/build firm will dig a hole right in whatever room you want your cellar in and haul the dirt right out the front door.

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Superpower Collapse: Comparing the United States & USSR

2009-03-07T11:33:00.003-06:00

With vintage Russian black humor, Dmitry Orlov describes the social collapse he witnessed in Russia in the 1990s and spells out its practical lessons for the American social collapse he sees as inevitable.

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Singer Gloria Estefan says CIA tried to recruit her as a spy

2009-03-07T11:33:00.001-06:00

The American Idol star Gloria Estefan has disclosed that the CIA once tried to recruit her as a spy.

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Singer Gloria Estefan says CIA tried to recruit her as a spy

2009-03-07T11:12:00.003-06:00

The American Idol star Gloria Estefan has disclosed that the CIA once tried to recruit her as a spy.

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Jim Cramer Uses CNBC to Manipulate Stocks

2009-03-07T11:12:00.001-06:00

Jim Cramer is a crook. Wall Street is full of crooks. The next time you see CNBC, keep that in mind. They are not reporting. They are trying to sell you something & , quite possibly, trying to manipulate the market. This rabbit hole involves the thugs surrounding Jim Cramer & some of the top financial "journalists" from the NY Times, WSJ, Fortune

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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez tightens state control of food amid

2009-03-05T18:08:00.001-06:00

President Hugo Chavez is tightening state control over Venezuela's food supply, setting quotas for food staples which are to be sold at government-imposed prices.

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Ron Paul Brings Down the House at CPAC

2009-03-02T11:15:00.001-06:00

"I think the conservative movement has had trouble defining conservative. We finally get the house, senate, and presidency, and what did we do? We doubled the size of the department of education - I thought we were going to eliminate it! Here's how you can identify a conservative: they must be willing to defend the constitution."

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Rule by fear or rule by law?

2009-03-01T13:02:00.001-06:00

The government has also contracted with several companies to build thousands of railcars, some reportedly equipped with shackles, ostensibly to transport detainees. According to diplomat and author Peter Dale Scott, the KBR contract is part of a Homeland Security plan titled ENDGAME, which sets as its goal the removal of "all removable aliens" ....

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Genetically Modified Food Trials Use Kids as Guinea Pigs

2009-03-01T12:52:00.001-06:00

Leading scientists call foul in the use of kids aged 6 to 10 as subjects in genetically modified foods trials, claiming a severe breach of medical ethics, specifically the Nuremberg code.

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Former Executive Director of CIA Arrested by the FBI

2009-02-26T16:04:00.001-06:00

Executive to be sentenced for fraud rose to No. 3 rank despite misdeeds

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FBI discovered the sub-prime fraud in 2004!

2009-02-26T09:58:00.001-06:00

2 documents describe how the sub-prime mess could have been averted - one from the FBI showing massive fraud, and the other from S&P showing coverup.

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The Teenager Audio Test - Can You Hear This Sound?

2009-02-26T08:40:00.001-06:00

This sound can generally only heard by people under the age of 25. It has been used as a deterrent device to keep teenagers from loitering in malls and shops, and sounds similar to a buzzing mosquito. Typically the longer you listen to it, the more annoying it gets.

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Texans Unknowingly Donate Children's Blood to Research

2009-02-24T18:07:00.001-06:00

For almost seven years, the state has been indefinitely storing blood from nearly all newborns in Texas without their parents' consent for possible use in medical research.

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Fox News "war games" the coming civil war

2009-02-22T23:04:00.001-06:00

With Obama in office for four weeks, Fox convenes military and intelligence officials to analyze -- and call for -- violent upheaval against the tyrannical federal government.

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The Housing Chart That's Worth 1000 Words

2009-02-22T21:27:00.001-06:00

Below is the Robert Shiller chart that makes this crystal clear (produced by the New York Times and taken from this excellent article by James Quinn). And below the chart is what James Quinn thinks about it.

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IDF:War crime charges over Gaza offensive are 'legal terror'

2009-02-22T21:25:00.001-06:00

The Irony!

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Will Bunch: Reagan and G.W. Bush: Presidents Above the Law

2009-02-22T11:19:00.001-06:00

There is a straight line from the great political escape of Reagan (who went from failed president to near Mt. Rushmore status via a well-oiled myth machine and national amnesia) to the wanton lawbreaking under G.W. Bush. The Iran-Contra experience began to solidify the idea that unity & presidential strength are more important than the law.

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Law and Disorder in America, true story of the prison lobby

2009-02-21T00:13:00.001-06:00

Did you hear the story about two Pennsylvania judges who took MILLIONS in bribes to put KIDS in private prisons? Do you know that the private prison lobby is a very powerful organization, which fights hard to criminalize everything, and make prison sentences longer ("3 strikes law", for example, their crowing glory)? This is where it all leads.

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Brain-Scan Study Rewrites Economic Theory

2009-02-19T19:48:00.001-06:00

In an interesting new study of how money motivates, brought to us by the University of Bonn, researchers discovered that humans don’t just want “more”—we want more in comparison to others.

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The brain scan that tells you exactly what's on your mind

2009-02-19T19:36:00.001-06:00

Scientists have developed a mind-reading technique that lets them peer into someone’s head - and predict what they are thinking.In tests using brain scanners, researchers were able to guess correctly which one of two images a volunteer was thinking about 80 per cent of the time.

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Criminalizing dissent? RNC protesters face terrorism charges

2009-02-19T19:35:00.001-06:00

Democracy Now's Amy Goodman talked to Luce Guillen-Givins who is one of the first people ever to be charged under the 2002 Minnesota version of the federal PATRIOT Act. Guillen-Givins and 7 other members of the group RNC Welcoming Committee — also known as the "RNC 8" — were formally charged with conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism.

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Laundry Detergent Causes Asthma? NY Lawsuit seeks disclosure

2009-02-19T08:53:00.001-06:00

Sierra Club, the American Lung Association & 4 other groups are suing Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and 2 other chemical cleaner manufacturers to demand that they release the ingredients to their products. The groups requested ingredient disclosure from all 4 companies & many others last September, citing the New York law, but were refused.

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Marijuana Inc. - Inside America's Pot Industry

2009-02-18T12:26:00.001-06:00

CNBC takes a look at the budding marijuana industry, especially the Emerald Triangle of California where an estimated 60% of the population is somehow involved in the legal (at the state level) business of growing and selling some of the world's best ganja.

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5 Brain-Manipulating Technologies That Prove Dollhouse Exist

2009-02-18T12:25:00.001-06:00

Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse is about a secret organization that supplies mind-wiped sex ninjas to the rich. It's not set in the future because neuromanipulated technoslaves could exist today.

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Pat Robertson Denounces Rush Limbaugh For Hoping Obama Fails

2009-02-18T12:23:00.001-06:00

"That was a terrible thing to say," Robertson responded. "I mean, he's the president of all the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And if he doesn't, it hurts us all. Anybody who would pull against our president is not exactly thinking rationally."

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Eating Your Veggies: Not As Good For You?

2009-02-18T12:22:00.001-06:00

According to a new study, the nutritional content of fruits and vegetables has been in decline for the past 50 years, even as crop yields have surged.

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Dems look to extend "Fairness Doctrine" to the internet

2009-02-18T12:21:00.003-06:00

The American Spectator reported Monday that Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is taking the call to a new level. The article said aides to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee met last week with Federal Communications Commission staff to discuss ways to give Waxman's panel greater oversight over the Internet.

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Where is Your Money Going? | Recovery.gov

2009-02-18T12:21:00.001-06:00

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act targets investments towards key areas that will save or create good jobs immediately, while also laying the groundwork for long-term economic growth. The charts and numbers below give you an idea of where the money is going.

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Missing Iraq billions could be greatest fraud in US history

2009-02-17T11:40:00.001-06:00

And finally, the government is investigating.

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Postmaster got $800K while calling for mail delivery cuts

2009-02-17T11:39:00.001-06:00

Postmaster General John E. Potter recently warned that economic times are so dire that the U.S. Postal Service may end mail delivery one day a week and freeze executive salaries. He failed to mention that his own total compensation and retirement benefits to more than $800,000 in 2008. That is more than double the salary for President Obama.

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Cats to be tagged to show if they're mass murderers

2009-02-17T11:38:00.001-06:00

It may be a pussycat at home, but behind your back your pet moggy is a ruthless assassin. Millions of other small animals fall victim to our feline friends, with researchers claiming that each cat takes about five lives every year.

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Cat nips owner's lung cancer

2009-02-17T11:34:00.001-06:00

Lionel Adams, 59, is crediting his eight-year-old feline friend Tiger for alerting him and his family doctor to a mass in his lung by repeatedly dragging his paw down Adams' left side.

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