... of many jokes, parodies, and even some serious discussion. In Great Britain, in October of 2007, a London High Court judge in an uncommon ruling on what secondary school children could be shown in the classroom determined there were nine key errors in scientific fact. Mr. Justice Burton was quoted as saying that some of these points he determined as untrue had been ... years ago gave his opinion, "We're moving beyond a point of no return." And these are just a few of the observable and measurable events taking place on our planet quite recently. Damage to coastal areas is a great concer...

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... , as most will remember, is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics, and is often found in hospitals and other health facilities. The new initiative is a plan to reach out to the general public in the places that they communicate most in an effort to give everyone a better understanding of how MRSA is spread, how to prevent it, and what to ... , and using various other media sources to get the word out. It is the belief of CDC as well as other medical personnel that the more informed the public is about MRSA, the better control can be kept on its spread. "Recognizing the...

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... the case of the anthrax killer have yet to reach a satisfactory conclusion. Narrowing It Down To catch the killer, the FBI subpoenaed samples of a particular strain of anthrax from labs around the world. They examined these samples for four mutations that would help identify a match to the ... strain that was used to kill five people in 2001. The first sample received ... from Dr. Bruce Ivins was not properly submitted and was destroyed. He was required to give a second sample, but this sample was of a different anthrax strain than the ... Director Vahid Majidi admits that missteps were...

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... and injury tolls into the thousands. The cause of the conflict goes back to the fall of the former Soviet Union, the division of states, and then the succession of certain states from Georgia, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia. According to the Associated Press, NATO came out in support of Georgia after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev refused to comply with a cease-fire order brokered for the two nations by France ... . The conflict is far from over, as debate over who started it in the first place continues. According to Georgian officials, Russia started it by mobilizing tens of t...

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... been decided by those in charge that the local organizations might need a little more training in drug trafficking, racketeering, extortion, etc. So the higher ups in the organization are sending those that can train in these areas, which of course does not look good for the Charlotte area. "There seems to be ... a concerted effort to better organize the gang here in Charlotte," says FBI Special Agent Ray Duda ... . "And that effort was initiated by leaders in El Salvador." The MS13s are not your average gang. They seem ... like than gang. With leaders and a more central control, train...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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... , which in turn gives these seafaring terrorists a new way to line their pockets. And these tyrants mean business. During one incident this year, a showdown between government officials and pirates saw the latter holding a Ukrainian ship ransom for $20 million. That money, which has been as high as $30 million in some cases, has helped to finance ... the war in Somalia, according to some reports. Groups like Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. had designated a terrorist organization, are on the receiving end of some of these funds. According to Roger Middleton, author of a key report on the situa...

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... CNN and pop-culture portal YouTube collaborated on two debates between the candidates, so that potential votes could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. Never before has that been done. Because YouTube is such an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because the new arrangement allowed for the people's voices to be heard, more and more people got ... involved. People who wouldn't have normally watched a traditional debate, where the questions are pre-determined ... by political experts tuned in to hear the candidates weigh in on what the America...

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... back during World War I and World War II. They were meant to help citizens provide for themselves in an attempt to help the war effort. In fact, almost one third of the vegetables consumed in the United States in 1943 came from these Victory Gardens. This time the effort is aimed at helping the environment. What Is A Victory Garden? A victory garden is just a garden, but, at ... where it was produced to where you find it in your own neighborhood. The cost is measured in terms of miles traveled and the gallons of fuel it takes to transport it. On average, it travels a distance of 1,500 m...

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... emotional, spiritual, and physical force if need be (Lengel). In 2009, two of the church's top members, Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David ... Miscavige, who succeeded L. Ron Hubbard as Scientology's leader. The issues included physical abuse of staff, mental abuse ... Haggis, Hollywood director of "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash," left the chu...

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U.S. security has seen a dramatic increase since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Although the airlines have been cooperative so far, British Airways is finally voicing its frustration as the security becomes ever so tighter. As many of the traveling public would agree, chairman of British Airways, Martin Broughton, criticized the airport checks proposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for being "completely redundant." At an annual conference of the U.K. Airport Operators Association in London, Broughton explained that the TSA is requiring foreign airports to increase checks on U...

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... television no matter where you are. Some offer a GPS navigational system to help you find driving directions. Of course, many people would be lost without the option to text their friends and family, as well. Cell phones have become a part of people, a way to establish a unique identity. It's not ... and more. Some people even choose to personalize their key pad with different colors and options for each number on the phone. A cell phone is now such an integrated part of society, it is almost abnormal for someone not to own one. Unfortunately, cell phones have impacted society in a nega...

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... them know that you are going back to school and how this will affect your work. Will you need a special schedule? Will this schooling make you more valuable to the company? Playing up this angle will make for an employer who is glad to do whatever it takes to help you succeed. You will also have to talk to your family or ... the important people in your life. How will this affect them? How are you going to make sure that you set aside quality time just for them? What can they do to support you? Including them and letting them know that you will need ... work and at school while trying ...

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... print warnings or instructions for breakage on their packages. According to the EPA, the first step in a CFL breakage cleanup is evacuating and airing out the room. Have everyone leave the area, then open all doors and windows to the outside of the room while closing doors to the rest of the house. Leave the area yourself. Air out the room for 15 minutes before the cleanup begins. After the room has been aired ... and the mercury dissipated, carefully sweep up the glass shards and place in a box or sealed ... ...

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... are no longer having their doors beaten down by unhappy husbands and wives looking to sign for their freedom on the dotted line. In these tighten-your-belt times, more and more couples are opting to stay unhappy together over doling out money they don't have for the pricey endeavor that is divorce. These days, salaries are stagnating, more and more people are losing ... their jobs, and the value of our homes is creeping ever downward. That is not an ideal economic situation in which to be spending thousands ... when times are tough divorce rates go up, such as during the 1997 recession...

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... hours after the montage aired, highlighting the large number of protests they received online. The announcer said the "feature was edited" and "not done to upset anyone" (Chavez). The host, Dan Hicks, read the following statement during the coverage: "It was our intent to begin our coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being here in our nation's capital for the third ... time. Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like t...

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... - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than a fizzle. That's likely what lawmakers had in mind when they enacted the law that requires television stations to make the switch which has been rescheduled for June 12, 2009. While certainly 6.5 million households that now receive signal via antennae rather than from satellite or cable will turn on their sets ... to raise a stink. Their sets will merely become trash. One overall affect, then of the decision to do away with analog television for the United States is that landfills will pick up about 6 million energy hogging...

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... and raised in Ireland, has now moved to Oregon to be with his new love. 2) Level playing field for those with physical impediments- Christina is an intelligent, funny, well read, educated woman, who everyone agrees has a wonderful personality. She has a pretty face, but she tips the scale at nearly 400 pounds. While a woman this size has a chance of meeting a "chubby chaser" on ... in her locale are slim to none. Most men will overlook the wonderful things about Christina and never give themselves the chance to fall in love with the woman she is. Stuart, a fairly corpulent man himself, ...

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... of American youth. The message in the music altered the way its fans thought, spoke, and behaved. The result: A generation of young people who think that gangbanging, violence, the degradation of women and a life of crime is what the cool crowd does. The music is no longer about the music, the story, and the enjoyment of a good beat. Being a fan of dancehall music is now about a reverence for the life it portrays ... . And unfortunately, it's not a life to which most of us would want our children to aspire. The dangerous effects of the dancehall culture aren't just on boys, either ... . ...

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After 18 years of "an absolute living hell," Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin were released from prison, where they were currently serving out their sentences for the murder of three second-graders in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found dead in a ditch with their bodies mutilated and hog-tied ... to life in prison, said he was "very much in shock, very overwhelmed. I'm just tired. This has been going on for over 18 years, and it's been an absolute living hell" (CNN). Even though it promised freedom, the boys i...

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... largest exporter of natural gas on earth. The "Snow White" undersea reservoir, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle and located in Hammerfest, the northernmost city in the world, pipes gas from the sea bottom (Reiss). Despite being one of the world's leading exporters of both oil and natural gas, Norway is now being closely scrutinized for research purposes. As Washington prepares to ... revamp offshore drilling safety rules after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico last year, the Norwegian system is ... being studied by regulators, oil companies, and communities liv...

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... and Alan Simpson, is a revised draft of the plan proposed earlier this month, that also resulted in great controversy. Changes to the second draft include higher domestic cuts than the original version, as well as a decrease in the health care savings from overhauling the medical malpractice system. Unlike the original proposal, the revised version does not call for a cap on medical malpractice awards, but instead ... for the programs will decrease, and the cap on income subject to Social security taxes will increase. The plan also calls for an increase in the price of gasoline by fifte...

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... banks in the great bailout of "08 and "09 is the mere fact that we the people are getting tired of making the rich richer while we all get poorer. So in order to grasp why it is that a Federal Bailout of the banking system was required and in order to get okay with the fact that it ... your kids can keep going to private school, you can add that new room for your mother-in-law to use when she visits. It means you can take care of the emergencies when the stuff of life conflicts with the stuff of day to day cashflow. It was a shame that bailout funds were required ... , and there are tho...

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... and keeping global respect. To that end Obama will likely implement a quick stimulation package that will partner with the nation's renewed sense of togetherness to create garner international respect. A strong, unified America that can lead them down the right path is what the world is looking for, and if he plays his cards right, Obama might just be able to deliver. "North Korea won ... celebrate Karzai-style democracy just because of Barack Obama." Because of that, there will probably still be an American presence in Iraq for awhile yet - they may just fade into the background just a...

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