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- Late stab at debt-limit deal to avert US defaultAfter weeks of intense partisanship, the White House and congressional leaders made a desperate, last-minute stab at compromise Saturday to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. There is very little time, declared President Ba...Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines - 10 hours ago
- House rejects Senate Dems debt-limit bill - Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines - 11 hours ago
- On tea party bandwagon, DeMint in driver's seat - Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines - 13 hours ago
- Dems, GOP still at loggerheads as clock ticks - Yahoo! News Singapore - Latest News & Headlines - 23 hours ago
- Police: Planes collide over Alaska, 4 dead - Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines - 30 minutes ago
- AP sources: Significant progress in debt talks - Congress News Headlines - Yahoo! News - 3 hours ago
- Mystery surrounds loss of records, art on 9/11 - Afghanistan News Headlines - Yahoo! News - 12 hours ago
- Reid: Debt negotiations underway at White House - U.S. News Headlines - Yahoo! News SG - 5 hours ago
- Cheers to screams as jet from NY crashes in Guyana - Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News - 12 hours ago
- Comedian Jerry Lewis Thinks American Idol Is Super-Sized Garbage - E! Online (US) - Top Stories - 4 hours ago
- Preliminary report on Alien Tissue and Fluid samples. PROOF, folks. (84 flags)
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Robert M.Collins writes, Samples were shipped from a ranch in Phoenix Arizona where bizarre incidences hadtaken place over many years culminating in a number of entities getting... - Rennes-Le-Chateau and a new found cave full of treasure (70 flags)
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Not sure if this is the right forum for this post, if it is not, mods please move it to where it is appropriate! It is concernign archeology, so this is the best I thought of. It... - The sun is exactly where it should be! (54 flags)
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So many here at ATS seem to think the sun isnt where its meant to be, this may upset a few here but theyre all wrong and I can prove it from several different angles. Firstly,... - Fox News Confused, Baffled By The Moon (45 flags)
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Yesterday, Fox News anchor Jon Scott invited Bill Nye (The Science Guy) to talk about newly discovered volcanism on the moon. Scott, for reasons that arent entirely clear,... - Nuclear Emergency at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Texas? (40 flags)
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I was checking local radiation levels on the monitoring site, when once the map loaded I instantly saw this: WHOA NELLIE!! what in the ``%``** is going on near Dallas, Texas?!...
- Searching for Sharia
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A recent presentation held by the Center for American Progress (CAP) discussed the often heated and controversial topic of Sharia law in the United States in lieu of recent anti-Sharia bills that have... - CAP & SEA
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At the event held by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), CAP Vice President Cynthia Brown gave an overview of the joint report of the potential roles of... - The New Lilliputians
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“Gulliver (the United States) can’t get up because the Lilliputians (the government) are tying him down.”—Mike Morris, chairman and CEO, American Electric Power Company, Inc., July 19, 2011, The Atlan... - Education Reporting Gets Boost
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Hard-hitting reporting of higher education has been so abysmal for so long that when newspapers cut back on their coverage of it, readers seldom notice. Too many reporters were inclined to merely pa... - AIA DINNER: NO TENURE! WITH NAOMI RILEY
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WASHINGTON, July 21, 2011 – Accuracy in Academia is pleased to announce that veteran journalist and author Naomi Riley will discuss tenure in Academia at the next AIA Author’s Night on July 26, 2011. ...
( You can tell the UN didn't read Mother Jones. Then again, it's a fair bet they're science 'deniers.' )
- UN urges anti-drug measures for both Afghanistan and 'consumer countries'
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The head of the United Nations anti-drugs agency has called for strengthening border controls around Afghanistan still the world's leading producer of opium and heroin boosting security in that ... - Afghanistan's Warring Sides Seek Advantage Prior to Possible Talks
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The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is approaching its 10-year anniversary with no end in sight to the fighting. There are efforts, however, to negotiate a political settlement to the conflict. - Pak Taliban put on UN anti-terrorism sanctions list
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has put the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on its international anti-terrorism sanctions list in a move highlighting the growing threat from the group. - Pak Taliban wants Aafia Siddiqui released in exchange for kidnapped Swiss couple
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Pakistan Taliban has admitted that it has a Swiss couple as hostages whom they kidnapped a month ago in the Balochistan province. - Afghans arrest Taliban leader, army turncoat
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Federal police have captured the alleged leader of a ruthless gang of killers who work for a drug cartel in the violent border of Ciudad Juarez, Mexican news media said .
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- 10 Ways to Motivate Your Employees on the Cheap
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How can you keep employees working at peak efficiency when your small business doesn't have the cash to hand out raises? Try these 10 creative and inexpensive tactics. - Why Brands Don't Matter Anymore
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Before you sell your first franchise, it's essential to budget for these key costs. - Guide to Working with Daily'Deal SitesVisit our new center to learn about the potential risks -- and rewards -- of partnering with sites like Groupon.
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If you've got room to spare, subleasing could offset your costs. But follow these five tips to avoid complications.
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As long as there are constitutional law professors we'll never be short of laughter - Why It's Time to Speak about God Again
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America is living under an illusion: the idea that we can expunge God from our national and public belief system and still operate a moral and accountable government. - Stop the Atheists at Ground Zero
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What the murderous butchers of 9/11 could not bring down with exploding airliners and crumbling skyscrapers, a rabid group of atheists are attempting to bring down with a lawsuit. - American by Birth, Exceptional by Choice
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We do not think we are cut from a different cloth; we know we are. Liberals, take note. - Animal Husbandry for People
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Nontraditional childbearing has been around now for decades, so the shock value has worn off. Except for gay marriage, that is, which has expanded the designer-baby universe exponentially.
- Latest attack on clean, safe water passes the House
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The House of Representatives today voted to turn back the clock 40 years on clean water protections, in one of the most sweeping attacks on clean, safe water in our nation’s history. American Rivers a... - Conservation/River Expert Available to Comment on Yellowstone River Oil Spill
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– As damage from the Exxon Mobil oil spill into Yellowstone River continues to unfold, the public needs credible information about how and why this spill occurred, what it means for the Wild and Sceni... - American Rivers Appoints New President
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No description available - “Endangered River” victory on the Chicago River
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American Rivers today announced a major victory for the Chicago River, one of America’s Most Endangered RiversTM of 2011. American Rivers commended the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) o... - Senators Feinstein and Boxer stand up for clean water and river health
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American Rivers today applauded Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for their strong opposition to H.R. 1837, the “San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act,” introduced by Congressman Devin Nun...
- Syrian army begins Hama assault
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The Syrian army begins an operation in the city of Hama, with troops moving into the city amid reports of intense gunfire. - US parties hopeful for debt deal
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Democrats and Republicans express cautious optimism about the chances of raising the US debt limit by Tuesday, as White House talks continue. - Six killed in China knife attack
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Two knife-wielding men kill six people in an attack in China's ethnically tense Xinjiang region, official media say. - Five drown in Moscow boat sinking
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A pleasure boat sinks on the Moscow river in Russia's capital, drowning five people and leaving five more missing, officials say. - Plane crashes at Guyana airport
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A plane carrying 163 people crashes as it lands in Guyana after a flight from New York, causing injuries but no deaths.
- NHS funds 'moved to rich areas'
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Labour accuses the government of switching health spending in England away from poorer areas towards richer parts of the country. - DVT linked to video gamer's death
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A 20-year-old Sheffield man died after playing computer games for up to 12 hours, according to his father. - Round-the-world yachts leave city
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Ten identical yachts are set to sail off from Southampton to begin the 40,000-mile Clipper round-the-world race. - Ex-jockey injured halting horse
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A man is hurt trying to stop a loose horse at Glorious Goodwood races in West Sussex. - Man describes plane crash ordeal
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A man describes the moment a light aircraft crashed into his house in Salford, leaving two men critically ill in hospital.
- US uses debt crisis to cover-up drawing spying rules
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Good week to bury bad news, Mr Bond - A disturbing trend: many innocent Americans arrested for legally filming on-duty public servants
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rs an unsettling pattern in law enforcement interactions has emerged. American citizens, innocent of a crime, filming a public servant performing their duties in public, have been targeted and had the... - Incompetence Sets A Precedent -- GE Alfalfa
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The USDA, FDA and EPA favor corporations over human health and the environment, especially when it comes to genetically engineered (GE) organisms. - Globalist Imperial Network As explained by a globalist.
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The mechanics of world empire, in particular the current corporate-financier oligarchy has been examined in great detail. The US State Department , supporting NGOs funded directly by both US taxpayers... - Turkey’s Military Chiefs Resign Over Staged Terror Plot
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- Wall Street ends worst week in year on debt stalemate
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended the worst week in a year as time runs out on Washington to reach agreement before the government loses its ability to borrow money. - Billionaire Wilbur Ross downplays downgrade threat
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - A downgrade of sovereign debt would not necessarily have a big impact on financial markets, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said. - Growth anemic, debt row poses recession risk
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy stumbled badly in the first half of 2011 and came dangerously close to contracting in the January-March period, raising the risk of a recession if a standoff over th...
- 'In Gitmo I got 30 days in darkness for feeding iguanas' - ex-detainee, Murat Kurnaz
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Guantanamo Bay continues to wreck lives, despite President Obama's pledge to shut the notorious prison. RT spoke to one former prisoner, Murat Kurnaz, who says the US has not issued even a simp... - Administration defends terror prosecution decision
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The administration also said it costs more than $700,000 extra to hold a detainee at Guantánamo than to house a prisoner in a U.S. federal prison - New al Qaeda leader slams Syrian president, praises protesters
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(CNN) -- The new head of al Qaeda describes Syria's president as "the leader of criminal gangs, the protector of traitors," and applauds anti-government protesters seeking to to... - In his rage against Muslims, Norway's killer was no loner
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There is a continuum between the toxic bigotry of the mainstream media, EDL slogans and Breivik's outpourings - Uzbek Ulugbek Kodirov accused of Obama death threats
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An Uzbek citizen has been indicted by a grand jury in the United States on charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
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- What cleantech should know about chasm crossing
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If there’s really a significant gulf, as onetime marketer Geoffrey Moore put it, between selling to early adopters and the majority of technology buyers, what does this mean for companies in cleantech... - Back to the Future
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As posted previously, one of the big challenges the cleantech community faces is the reliance of many pivotal technologies on rare earth minerals that are mainly located in China and increasingly subj... - Solar Parking Canopies – Serious Power, Cool Shade
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One of the hottest cleantech investment segments in recent years has been home energy management (HEM). HEM technologies enable households to remotely and/or more wisely manage their energy use, enab... - Google’s 70 Charging Stations for Employee’s 100 EVs
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Google, Inc. has deployed more than 70 Coulomb Technologies charging stations at its worldwide headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Over 100 employees who own electric cars use the charging stations. Th...
- Why Libertarians Aren’t just Republicans Who Smoke Pot
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Because we also think this kind of intrusion by the state is offensive . Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-10 for H.R. 1981, a data-retention bill that will require your ISP to spy o... - Ridiculing the Innocent
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a web site where he encourages the public to poke fun at the ugliest or most odd-looking mug shots taken by his officers. He has a mug shot of the day contest, where citizens ... - Using Computer Models To Launder Certainty
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For a while, I have criticized the practice both in climate and economics of using computer models to increase our apparent certainty about natural phenomenon. We take shaky assumptions and guesstim... - Restraint of Trade
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Private actors are often accused of collusion to restrain trade and decrease competition, and certainly there are a number of examples of this in history. However, all such private arrangements are u... - Only in Washington
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Only government workers could consider this proposed spending profile to be a “cut” . Below is Boehner’s discretionary spending plan (numbers exclude programmed spending such as entitlements). Th...
- Theyre wil be red faces on Tuesday on interest rates
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Come Tuesday and the economic teams of one of our major trading banks is going to be red faced - Rundle: pen-pinching Klaus a prized Righter, not a freedom fighter
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Poetic really, that the Czechs should present us with two examples of humanity, under the name Vaclav. - The future of financial advice
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Crikey readers have their say. - US debt stall continues to punish markets
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The US market has been down five days on the trot for a 4% fall in total. - Nine wins as Hamish and Andy’s Gap Year succeeds (somehow)
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Hamish and Andy's Gap Year was one of the worst specials they have made so far in their TV careers.
- What to do when Stopped by Police (End the Drug War)
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We’ve been told from a young age that the police are there to protect us, and we should do what they say. But should we? It’s easy to be intimidated by cops, they want you to be intimidated by them,... - Budget Hero - Balance the Federal Budget and Save America!
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Budget Hero Budget Hero is an engaging and journalistically sound game that encourages players to think through the complexities and challenges of the federal budget. It frames the policy debate ... - US Ran Fake Vaccine Project in Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda
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US intelligence launched a fake vaccination drive in the Pakistan town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an effort to gather DNA from members of his family, the Guardian reported Tue... - Obama Executive Orders Impose New Gun Rules
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- After Democracy
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Since the ancient Greeks first speculated that everything they observed in reality was the result of the interaction of tiny particles they called atoms, great thinkers have tried to find a single mat... - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
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Documentary series looking at the brutal, bloody and dangerous history of surgery. Michael Mosley recounts the history of surgery through its catastrophes and successes. 1. Into the Brain. Just over 1...
- Drones Week of Action – Briefing Now Available
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An ‘opinion’ piece’ for Defence Management Journal I was asked to write this week : The news this week that four Afghan civilians had been killed and two injured in a British Reaper UAV strike h...
- The end of the Norwegian fairytale
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- Jul 29, Could Asphalt Roads Become Solar Power Producers?: Solar Energy: Eco20/20
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Researchers at the University of Rhode Island are starting research into using the miles and miles of roads that stretch across our country as solar power producers. It is a well known phenomenon that... - Jul 29, Alternative Energy Hits the Skies: Solar Energy: Eco20/20
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- Space hall of fame: nominate your technology for 2012
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- Turkey’s military chiefs resign (The Envoy)
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The Envoy - ⢠Fear and confusion grip the Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi after military commander assassinated. (Associated Press) ⢠Assassinated Libyan rebel commander Abdel Fatah Younis was re... - Libyan rebel commander shot dead (The Envoy)
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The Envoy - The Libyan rebels' top military commander was assassinated Thursday after being summoned from the front lines for questioning by rebel leaders. Abdel Fattah Younes, 67, a former Muamma... - U.S. accuses Iran of “secret deal” with al Qaeda financier cell (The Envoy)
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The Envoy - The U.S. Treasury Department today announced that it has designated as terrorists six members of an al Qaeda network whose head operates in Iran. This action marks the first time the U.S. ... - (
- Top Ranking CIA Operatives Admit Al-qaeda Is a Complete Fabrication
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http://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/1347 - The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years OnDocuments Spotlight Role of Reagan, Top Aides
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm - Of all the revelations that emerged, the most galling for the American public was the president's abandonment of the long-standing policy against dealing with terrorists, which Reagan repeatedly denied doing in spite of overwhelming evidence that made it appear he was simply lying to cover up the story.
- Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/bush_authorizes.html - o destabilize the Iranian government,
- Click Here to See Photos of the Players in Another Iran Operation -- the Iran-Contra Affair: Where Are They Now?A National Security Council spokesperson, Gordon Johndroe, said, "The White House does not comment on intelligence matters." A CIA spokesperson said, "As a matter of course, we do not comment on allegations of covert activity."The sources say the CIA developed the covert plan over the last year and received approval from White House officials and other officials in the intelligence community.Officials say the covert plan is designed to pressure Iran to stop its nuclear enrichment program and end aid to insurgents in Iraq.)
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President Obama's social media team unleashed a torrent of tweets today, specifically calling out Republicans opposing his debt ceiling plan. President Obama's social media team unleashed a ha... - Breach Of The Week: Your Smartphone Is A Hacker Paradise
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Those calorie counts on fast food menus that make you feel bad about your extra-large fries actually work. Unless, of course, you found the advertisements really convincing. As communities implement s... - Can The Simple Flywheel Replace The High-Tech Electric Battery?
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In my last post, I cautioned about the dangers of learning about venture capital from watching a TV show . After all, would you learn about how to remove a gallbladder from watching ER, or how to beha...
- Mayor Won't Resign After Public Bender [Polidicks]
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# debtceiling House Republicans proved that they hate Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nev.) sufficiently by calling a vote and rejecting h...
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Randal A. Koene joins our blog team with the post "The Darwin Escape". - Transcendent Man Live with Ray Kurzweil
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Read "One Response to the Eight Grand Challenges" by our Richard Yonck.
- Daily Roundup: July 29, 2011
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Inside every keyboard is the perfect material for a wallet: a flexible yet durable circuit sheet with intriguing metallic designs and colors. Using scissors and packing tape, you can make a futuristic... - Movie Review Friday: Water Wars
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Escape to the movies with one of our Movie Review Friday selections. Each week we review a film with an environmental theme. Seen a good eco-flick lately? Send us a short review and look for it in... - Daily Roundup: July 28, 2011
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Cracking Down: The EPA has proposed standards to regulate oil and gas production, including fracking. Reuters Getting Hot In Here: For the first time, a leading climate research institute relea...
- Opinion: Hospital Cuts Demand Sharp Instruments
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As hospital leaders wonder how they can stomach another round of cuts on top of the $155 billion already sacrificed to support health reform, they must focus on eliminating unnecessary or ineffective ... - HHS Officials Explain $47.9B in Improper Medicare Payments
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Officials from the Department of Health & Human Services tell a House subcommittee that billing, coding, and eligibility errors contributed to billions of dollars in improper Medicare payments in 2... - CHS to Buy Tomball Regional Medical Center
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Community Health Systems did not provide financial terms of the deal to buy the assets of the Tomball, TX operation. This is the for-profit hospital chain's second acquisition announcement in 10 d... - MGMA: Proposed HIPAA Disclosures Rule 'Unworkable'
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A Maryland cardiologist has been convicted of fraud after federal prosecutors showed that he inserted unnecessary cardiac stents into more than 100 patients as part of a scheme to defraud the governme...
- Lockheed Martin Wins $72 Million Contract To Install Body Scanners
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