Friday, March 7, 2014

In the news, Saturday, February 1, 2014


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JAN 31      INDEX      FEB 02
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Some links to some sources may require subscription.

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from ABC News (& affiliates)

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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

Brief Filed in New York City Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Center Case

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from Breitbart

OBAMA COMPLAINS MICHELLE DOESN'T GET SALARY AS FIRST LADY
At a campaign stop in Colorado on Wednesday, President Barack Obama attempted to win over women voters by complaining about how First Lady Michelle Obama did not receive a salary for her First Lady duties.

U.S. BOARD ALLOWS GYNECOLOGISTS TO TREAT MORE MEN

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from CNSNews.com (& NewsBusters)

Don't Laugh At Allen West for Being A Black Conservative
Former Congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) responded to allegations that the Tea Party is racist and gave a verbal dressing down to a former aide to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Jon Stewart Laughs at Nancy Pelosi When She Pleads Ignorance on Failure of Health Care Website

NBC: GOP Inviting 'Duck Dynasty' Star to SOTU Not 'Dignified'; 'Trying to Make A Partisan Political Point'

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from The Daily Beast

No, Women Don’t Make Less Money Than Men
It’s the bogus statistic that won’t die—and president deployed it during the State of the Union—but women do not make 77 cents to every dollar a man earns.

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from The Daily Caller

Laura Bush says first ladies don’t deserve salaries

Iranian commander: We have targets within America
A top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards boasted Saturday that his forces have plans in place to attack the United States from within, should the U.S. attack the Islamic Republic.

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from EarthSky

Largest human migration takes place around now
Hundreds of millions return to their home villages around the Chinese New Year. In a week to 10 days, 3.6 billion passenger miles are clocked on trains, buses, and cars.

View from space: Site of Superbowl XLVIII
A satellite view of the Meadowlands in in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It’s the Superbowl’s first northern, cold-weather venue.

7,000-year-old hunter-gatherer had dark skin, blue eyes
Researchers analyzed the DNA from a tooth belonging to the 7,000-year-old remains of European hunter-gatherer to determine his appearance.

Video: Solar eclipse from space
On Jan 30, the moon moved between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse only visible from space.

NASA to create the coldest spot in the universe aboard the ISS
The researchers plan to study matter at 100 pico-Kelvin. At such low temperatures, ordinary concepts of solid, liquid and gas are no longer relevant.

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from East Oregonian
[may require subscription]

PGG seeks negotiation with multi-national partner

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from Examiner.com

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from Facecrooks

Facebook has long been opposed to users’ identifying themselves with fake names on the site. However, according to a recent interview with Mark Zuckerberg in Bloomberg Businessweek, the site may be mulling the idea of eventually allowing people – in some cases – to use fake names.

There is no such thing as a Facebook lottery. Avoid messages and notifications that claim you have won large sums of money. These are advance fee scams. If you had really won a cash prize, you wouldn't have to pay a processing fee to receive it.

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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Domino’s, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s are Serving Up Something Strange
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from The Federalist

The 5 Stupidest Myths Non-Sports Fans Will Push At Your Super Bowl Party
No, sewage systems are not threatened by the "half-time flush."

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from Health and Happiness
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

13 Homemade Bread Recipes – Never Buy Bread Again

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from The Heritage Foundation
from Mother Nature Network

Adventures in dental tourism: A visit to Costa Rica's Meza Dental Care
How this blogger traveled thousands of miles to Costa Rica to save more than $10,000 on dental care.

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from MSN

Why doesn't the NFL pay taxes?
The IRS sees it as a nonprofit, but Sen. Tom Coburn's new bill aims to sack that tax-exempt status. Good luck, senator. [from 19 Sep 2013]

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from New York Times
from One Minute Healings

Sprouting Seeds, Legumes and Grains
[shared from Yum Universe]

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from Popular Science

The Curse Of The Cruise Ship Cannonade
What can be done to stop the sudden and overwhelming onset of an infectious disease outbreak on a cruise ship?

Interactive Infographic: The Lifespans Of Pathogens
Which microbes can live the longest on the floor?

Plants Trick Flies Into Sex, Making Subsequent Relationship Awkward

How A Simple New Invention Seals A Gunshot Wound In 15 Seconds
An Oregon startup has developed a pocket-size device that uses tiny sponges to stop bleeding fast.

Cancer Cells Tamed By Trip To Outer Space
Low-grav experiments may point the way toward more effective treatments on Earth

Wartime Bunkers: The Perfect Place For Research And Innovation

13 Things You Need To Know About Concussions
Ahead of the Super Bowl, here’s the lowdown on brain damage in sports.

Gallery: The Month In Zoo Babies
A selection of newborns from zoos around the world

The Week In Numbers: Tuition For Space School, New Peanut Allergy Treatment, And More

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

X-Ray Images in the Eagle Nebula
Our X-Ray Universe: Amazing Photos by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory

The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps
It took quite a bit more than seven days to create the universe as we know it today. SPACE.com looks at the mysteries of the heavens in our eight-part series: The History & Future of the Cosmos. This is Part 3 in that series.

Getting to Grips With Your New Telescope
Got a new telescope? Here's how to use it.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)

Star's new photo site up
6,381 photos, so far

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from ThatsNonsense.com

The latest rumours to spread over the Internet relating to the grand old “chemtrails” conspiracy saga are the claims that the recent snow showers in the United States are fake.

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from U.S. News and World Report

Census Bureau Links Poverty With Out-of-Wedlock Births
D.C. had the highest rate of out-of-wedlock births in 2011, Utah the lowest.
[from 6 May 2013]

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from The Weekly Standard
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