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Some dates to be corrected.
Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
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)
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from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens
from The Blaze
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
CVS CEO: It’s a "contradiction" to help people be healthier and sell tobacco products
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from CNN
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from CNSNews.com (& NewsBusters)
Megyn Kelly Tells James Carville: You Never Saw Bush Complaining About MSNBC Bias
Even the 'View' Crew Are Shocked By Dire ObamaCare News: Is It the 'End' of the Law?
Obama Whines to O'Reilly: 'Absolutely' Unfair to Ask About ObamaCare, IRS, and Benghazi
Cranky Whoopi Goldberg Laments Conservative Guest Host on 'The View': 'It's Sweeps, Apparently'
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from Cyndi's List
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from The Daily Caller
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from Daily Mail (UK)
Australian doctor could be struck off after refusing to carry out abortion on woman who didn't want to have a girl
Mark Hobart approached by Indian woman who was 19 weeks pregnant
She asked for an abortion because she and her husband wanted a boy
Dr Hobart refused and did not refer them to another doctor
He is now under investigation over claims he failed his duty to patients
[from 8 Oct 2013]
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from EarthSky
Kepler discovers a wobbly planet with weird seasons
On Earth, the cycle of precession lasts 26,000 years. The planet Kepler-413b precesses, or wobbles, wildly on its spin axis, in a cycle of only 11 years.
Maarten Schmidt’s 1963 revelation showed that quasars are exceedingly distant and unimaginably luminous. It changed our notion of what our universe is like.
A star set to explode
Scientists say the object nicknamed SBW1 will someday explode as a supernova.
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from East Oregonian
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife believes it has found the state's eighth documented wolf pack.
UPDATE: Man shot, killed near Hermiston
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from Facecrooks
someone made a profile named “___” and he uploaded some of your photos! is that you? Facebook Scam
[Scam Alert] It appears that another variation of this socially engineered attack is circulating. Compromised accounts are sending messages enticing users to download a zip file. Ignore the messages and block the sending account. Try to contact the owner of the account outside of Facebook to let them know about the issue.
Fake and Malicious Facebook Profiles Could be Around 10% of the User Base
Facebook recently revealed some startling numbers about fake profiles on the platform. Many of these are duplicates and pose no threat; however, the number of 'undesirable' accounts could be between 4 and 14 million!
Yahoo email accounts hacked from third party database
[shared from Abine, Inc.]
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from Family Tree Magazine
Mormon church, private companies aim to get more family history records online
Genealogy » Mormon church, private companies collaborate to digitize documents.
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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
The Petroleum Byproduct You Are Most Likely EatingTertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ)
A Groundbreaking Discovery in Geometry Makes Anything PossibleBut see:
TED pulls pseudoscience talk
See also:
A letter to the TEDx community on TEDx and bad science
Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods To Autoimmune Disease
The Petroleum Byproduct You Are Most Likely EatingTertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ)
A Groundbreaking Discovery in Geometry Makes Anything PossibleBut see:
TED pulls pseudoscience talk
See also:
A letter to the TEDx community on TEDx and bad science
Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods To Autoimmune Disease
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from The Federalist
Can We Separate The Art And The Artist? In Woody Allen’s Case, It’s The Same Thing
There's more to art than just showing up
What That Coca-Cola Ad Tells Us About Americanism
Where is manifest destiny calling us? What is the next frontier?
Wellesley Students Demand Removal Of Underwear-Clad Statue
The women of Wellesley crowd onto the feminist fainting couch.
The Lessons Of David And Goliath For The Tea Party And The Establishment
Unemployment Is Freedom. Dependency Is Choice. Numbers Lie.
The Great Deflection
God Complex: Why Hollywood Thinks Sex Crimes Are No Big Deal
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from Forbes
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
CVS to become first major US drugstore to drop cigarettes
Nordstrom to close two stores in Portland metro area
Federal judge rules drivers allowed to flash headlights to warn of speed traps
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from The Heritage Foundation
Conservative Women Take Center Stage on “The View”
Exclusive: Inhofe Demands Obama Answers on Benghazi
CVS Tobacco Decision Shows Businesses' Freedom to Choose How to Run Their Business
Nebraska Cops Ordered to Pay $40k and Return $1 Million Seized from Innocent Woman
Explosive Report: How Obamacare Will Drive People Out of the Workforce
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House GOP bill pushes term limits
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) filed a bill on Tuesday that would amend the Constitution and impose term limits on members of Congress. The measure would call for a maximum of 24 years of service for lawmakers, with 12 years each in both the House and Senate.
Cousin Sam does NOT endorse such an amendment.
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Exclusive: Inhofe Demands Obama Answers on Benghazi
CVS Tobacco Decision Shows Businesses' Freedom to Choose How to Run Their Business
Nebraska Cops Ordered to Pay $40k and Return $1 Million Seized from Innocent Woman
Explosive Report: How Obamacare Will Drive People Out of the Workforce
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from The Hill
House GOP bill pushes term limits
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) filed a bill on Tuesday that would amend the Constitution and impose term limits on members of Congress. The measure would call for a maximum of 24 years of service for lawmakers, with 12 years each in both the House and Senate.
Cousin Sam does NOT endorse such an amendment.
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from Huffington Post
from IdahoReporter.com
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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
Facebook used as evidence of stealing food assistance from state
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from The Independent (UK)
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from Media Matters for America
The Bush Years And What A "Lapdog" Press Really Looked Like
[from 22 Feb 2013]
Fox Benghazi Myths Dispelled By New Bipartisan Review
[from 15 Jan]
from Money Talks News
Cash, Credit or Bitcoin? More Merchants Are Accepting Digital Currency
Think Twice Before Returning Items to These 5 Stores
Amazon, Best Buy, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lowe's, Victoria's Secret
What’s the Best Credit Score?
5 Top Car Safety Checks to Make Before You Buy
Tax Hacks 2014: Beware These 7 Tax Scams
Today’s Deals: Wednesday, Feb. 5
Think Twice Before Returning Items to These 5 Stores
Amazon, Best Buy, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lowe's, Victoria's Secret
What’s the Best Credit Score?
5 Top Car Safety Checks to Make Before You Buy
Tax Hacks 2014: Beware These 7 Tax Scams
Today’s Deals: Wednesday, Feb. 5
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from Mother Earth News
Why the North Star is getting brighter
Researchers found monitoring Polaris's brightness difficult when they found that new technology was too sensitive to photograph the bright star.
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from Mother Nature Network
The science of natural cold remedies
Challenge those viruses with science-proven treatments that could help you get better faster.
[from 28 Jan]
12 health benefits of apple cider vinegar
From soothing sore throats and upset stomachs to fighting hiccups and diabetes, behold the benefits of apple cider vinegar.
[from 20 Jan]
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Greenland Glacier Races to Ocean at Record Speed
Jakobshavn, the glacier widely thought to have spawned the iceberg that sank the Titanic, reaches record speeds.
Challenge those viruses with science-proven treatments that could help you get better faster.
[from 28 Jan]
12 health benefits of apple cider vinegar
From soothing sore throats and upset stomachs to fighting hiccups and diabetes, behold the benefits of apple cider vinegar.
[from 20 Jan]
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from myscienceacademy.org
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Citarum River, Indonesia, has been called the world’s most polluted river. Around 5 million people live in the river’s basin, and most of them rely on its flow for their water supply.
from National Geographic
Greenland Glacier Races to Ocean at Record Speed
Jakobshavn, the glacier widely thought to have spawned the iceberg that sank the Titanic, reaches record speeds.
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from Natural News
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
USDA fines family up to four million dollars for selling bunny rabbits
[from 20 May 2011]
USDA fines family up to four million dollars for selling bunny rabbits
[from 20 May 2011]
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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Caution: GMO Non-Browning ‘Arctic Apple’ Coming Soon – Would you eat it?
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
'Match made in heaven': Elderly nuns adopt aging pit bull
[Today Pets]
Who Won Bill Nye's Big Evolution Faceoff?
ill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham the Genesis Guy fought over the use and the misuse of the word "science" on Tuesday, during a public face-off over evolution that had the air of a presidential debate.
[Today Pets]
Who Won Bill Nye's Big Evolution Faceoff?
ill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham the Genesis Guy fought over the use and the misuse of the word "science" on Tuesday, during a public face-off over evolution that had the air of a presidential debate.
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from The New American Magazine
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from New York Times
from NPR (& affiliates)
from POLITICO
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from PolitiFact
from Popular Science
Engineering The Ideal Olympian: Sochi's Snow Strategy
How to put a subtropical climate on ice
Curved Phones Are No Gimmick
The top-to-bottom curve on the LG G Flex means less glare when watching movies in landscape mode.
Interactive Infographic: The Search For Other Earths
Here are the Earth-like planets, known as exoplanets, the Kepler mission has uncovered.
A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand With A Sense Of Touch
Possible Link Found Between Bacterium And Multiple Sclerosis
A new study found MS-like brain damage in a mouse infected with this bacterium.
A Motorcycle Helmet For The Digital World
The P-1's head-up display is a live GPS.
Now In Japan: Giant Cyborg Cockroaches
New Type Of Bird Flu Kills Woman In China
This is the first time scientists have seen a human with an N8 flu.
Stating The Case For Germs Awareness Month
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from Press TV (Iran)
[from 28 Jul 2013]
from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Churches and Synagogues a Breeding Ground For Toxins, Allergens, Irritants and Germs
Faith often trumps our modern obsession with hygiene and let's face it, we can get sick in any public location. However, worshipers often unknowingly rub bacteria--including the kind found in fecal matter--on their own faces. Researchers found that holy water samples from churches and hospital chapels showed extremely high concentrations of fecal contamination.
Every Part of Your Body Is Linked To An Emotion - Here's How Your Body Responds To What You Think and Feel
Churches and Synagogues a Breeding Ground For Toxins, Allergens, Irritants and Germs
Faith often trumps our modern obsession with hygiene and let's face it, we can get sick in any public location. However, worshipers often unknowingly rub bacteria--including the kind found in fecal matter--on their own faces. Researchers found that holy water samples from churches and hospital chapels showed extremely high concentrations of fecal contamination.
Every Part of Your Body Is Linked To An Emotion - Here's How Your Body Responds To What You Think and Feel
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from Slate's The Vault Blog
The First Modern Organizational Chart Is a Thing of Beauty
With this 1855 chart, Daniel McCallum, general superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad, tried to define an organizational structure that would allow management of a business that was becoming unwieldy in its size.
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
Black Holes Heated Early Universe Slower Than Previously Thought
Virgin Galactic's Billionaire Founder Sir Richard Branson Takes Zero-G Flight
Wobbly Alien Planet with Wild Seasons Found by NASA Telescope
NASA's Next Great Space Telescope Passes Major Milestone
NASA's flagship space telescope has passed a major milestone: The final three mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have arrived at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Giant Astronaut Statue Envisioned for New Apollo Visitor Center in Texas
Robotic Russian Cargo Ship Launches Express Delivery to Space Station
NASA Moon Dust Probe Gets Longer Lunar Life
Record-Breaking 33 'Cubesats' to Launch from Space Station This Month
NASA Moon Probe Broadcasts Space Weather Symphony Live Online
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Police officer says civil service committed "bad oversight"
Citizens grow impatient with hospital situation
Virgin Galactic's Billionaire Founder Sir Richard Branson Takes Zero-G Flight
Wobbly Alien Planet with Wild Seasons Found by NASA Telescope
NASA's Next Great Space Telescope Passes Major Milestone
NASA's flagship space telescope has passed a major milestone: The final three mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have arrived at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Giant Astronaut Statue Envisioned for New Apollo Visitor Center in Texas
Robotic Russian Cargo Ship Launches Express Delivery to Space Station
NASA Moon Dust Probe Gets Longer Lunar Life
Record-Breaking 33 'Cubesats' to Launch from Space Station This Month
NASA Moon Probe Broadcasts Space Weather Symphony Live Online
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)
Police officer says civil service committed "bad oversight"
Citizens grow impatient with hospital situation
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from Think Progress
This Doctor Refused To Abort Her Baby. And Now… He’s In Trouble.
[from 9 Oct 2013] See from The Sydney Morning Herald:
Doctor investigated for refusing abortion
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from The Washington Policy Center (State)
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from The Washington Post (DC)
New surveillance technology can track everyone in an area for several hours at a time
CVS to stop selling cigarettes by Oct. 1
Willful stupidity in the Obamacare debate
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from The Weekly Standard
NBC: All Visitors to Sochi Olympics Immediately HackedBut see from Errata Security:
That NBC story 100% fraudulent
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from Western Free Press
Sen. Mike Lee Supports Article V Initiatives to Amend Constitution
from Western Free Press
Sen. Mike Lee Supports Article V Initiatives to Amend Constitution
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