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Emperor Soros's new clothes

Books – Matthew Lynn says hedge-fund pioneer and currency speculator George Soros is still a brilliant player of markets - but as a philosopher, frankly, he's incomprehensible.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 06:25pm

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Do bacteria make the man (or woman or child)?

Science – What happens when Japanese people start eating a Western diet? Could it mean that their famed long life span starts to decline? It certainly could. It could even mean that the people of these islands become less Japanese.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 06:13pm

Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand
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Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand

News – The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km (2050 miles) away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 04:30pm

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Debt woes drive thousands of Indian farmers to suicide

Do No Evil – Crushed by debts most Westerners would deem inconsequential, farmers like Surpam killed themselves at a rate of 48 a day between 2002 and 2006-more than 17,500 a year, according to experts who have analyzed government statistics. At least 160,000 farmers have committed suicide since 1997, said K. Nagaraj of the Madras Institute of Development Studi

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:58am

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Modern technology is changing the way our brains work, says neuroscientist

Science – At a microcellular level, the infinitely complex network of nerve cells that make up the constituent parts of the brain actually change in response to certain experiences and stimuli. The brain, in other words, is malleable - not just in early childhood but right up to early adulthood, and, in certain instances, beyond.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:58am

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Gang of girls 'blew up house with home-made bomb over row about boy'

News – A gang of teenage girls may have blown up a house with a home-made liquid bomb, which killed a man in a neighbouring property, after arguing with another girl about a love rival.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:58am

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China in 'all-out' quake effort

News – Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for "all-out" efforts to rescue victims of an earthquake measuring 7.8 that has hit south-west China, say reports.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:55am

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Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear

Money – Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business-if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelersââ;¬"or buying new onesââ;¬"to cope with rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:55am

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Detainees in America: System of Neglect

Do No Evil – Yusif Osman's death at the Otay Mesa immigrant detention center outside San Diego is a single tragedy in a larger story of life, death and often shabby medical care within an unseen network of special prisons for foreign detainees across the country. Some 33,000 people are crammed into these overcrowded compounds on a given day.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:52am

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Powerset brings the Semantic Web to Wikipedia

Gadgets & Tech – Amid speculation that Microsoft is looking to make an acquisition, Powerset launched a public beta of its Wikipedia search engine. It brings a new, rich semantic dimension via natural language query processing to Wikipedia that greatly improves the search and reading experience.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:50am

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Stocks sag on economic uncertainty

Money – Stocks fell on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over the health of the U.S. economy and surging oil and commodity prices, while Japanese exporters felt the pinch from a stronger yen.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:49am

California Nurses want every American to have 'Cheney Care'
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California Nurses want every American to have 'Cheney Care'

Health & Fitness – Let's consider a hypothetical cardiac patient: Male, 67 years old, high-stress job, and a history of serious heart problems, about to change jobs. He's had 4 major heart attacks. He's had a quadruple bypass. He would be uninsurable for having a preexisting condition. But this case isn't hypothetical: The patient is Dick Cheney.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:47am

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Presidents Shouldn't Lie

Politics – I do not think the President of the United States should be a liar, and believe that the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens agree with me.

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:47am

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Torture: Straight from the Top?

Do No Evil – After 9/11, our highest government officials sanctioned a culture of cruelty that put our troops, our Constitution, and our own standing in the world at risk. The administration has been fighting to stop a public accounting of the internal decisions behind that policy. They fear they could one day face prosecution if their actions have been illegal

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:47am

Why Leisure Matters in a Busy World
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Why Leisure Matters in a Busy World

Health & Fitness – Though Ms. Link works primarily with at-risk populations, she says that we can all improve our quality of life by paying more attention to leisure habits. I had a series of telephone calls and e-mail exchanges with Ms. Link, and the following is an edited version of those exchanges:

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 11:47am