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Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system

Health & Fitness – Fort Drum is a test case for how the military is handling a looming mental health crisis. The military and its critics agree on one thing - there are not enough therapists to treat all the soldiers who return from Iraq and Afghanistan traumatized by the experience. A report by Veterans for America said Fort Drum had prepared inadequately for the re

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Naomi Campbell

Humor – Naomi Campbell

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Gulf Coast senators seek hurricane aid for elderly, infirm

Do No Evil – Three Gulf Coast senators are pushing legislation to aid thousands of disabled or elderly citizens who remain uprooted nearly 3 years after they were left homeless by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The legislation calls for $204 million in federal assistance to build or repair housing for seniors and disabled residents.

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Chinese President Hu in Japan to enrich bilateral ties

News – Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Japan Tuesday for a five-day visit to enhance the "strategic and mutually beneficial relationship" between the two countries

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Is Beijing Softening on Tibet?

News – So, what's really happening in the talks between Beijing and the Dalai Lama's representatives in the city of Shenzhen? In the old days, reporters in China were so tightly controlled in where they could go and whom they could talk to that they were often forced to scan the pages of the state media for subtle hints of change in official policy.

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Start-Ups Race to Produce 'Green' Cars - WSJ.com

Autos – Spurred by the belief that the market for fuel-efficient vehicles is about to take off, a slew of tiny car companies is springing up in Europe and the U.S. They are racing to produce the next "green" car, betting that soaring demand will allow them to survive alongside the giants of Detroit, Stuttgart and Tokyo.

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Boeing chief defends outsourcing

Money – Boeing's chief executive officer has said that outsourcing production of parts for the 787 jetliner to manufacturers worldwide remains a good plan, despite four production delays and costly penalties.

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Homemade hair care tips, hair loss

Health & Fitness – page contain homemade hair care tips. all are free and easy to make at home.

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Black Hole Rips Apart Screaming Star

Science – In a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a massive central black hole strays too close to the insatiable giant and is torn apart. But before it can be devoured, the star lets out one last scream in a flare of light that slowly echoes across the galaxy. Astronomers on Earth pick up this faint call and use it to map the nucleus of the galaxy from which it emanated.

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Twitter Leads Social Networks in Downtime

Careers & Jobs – A new report from Royal Pingdom reveals that Twitter unsurprisingly led social networks in downtime for the first four months of 2008 with a total of 37 hours and 16 minutes.

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When Genes Go Retro

Science – When it comes to molecules, DNA is the spotlight-grabber and RNA the messenger -- but reverse transcriptase is the one to keep an eye on.

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Massive Letter Writing Campaign to Ron Paul

Do No Evil – Ron Paul listened to supporters and reluctantly ran for the Republican nomination. He was amazed at the support. Now there is a campaign among his supporters to persuade him to run again, this year as a Libertarian.

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U.S. Home Slump Puts Owners `Underwater,'

Real Estate – U.S. home values dropped 7.7 percent in the first quarter to the lowest in almost three years, according to estimates by Zillow.com, an online real estate data provider.

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Which is worse? Heroin or the Taliban?

News – In the US, we have a major heroin problem. We put the people away who use it, sell it, and smuggle it. in the country where it is made, we do nothing but go after the profiteers. The farmers and the manufacturers are let alone, by policy. So, the Afghan farmers growing the poppy for heroin are treated better than the addicts using it in our own

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A first crack at pricing carbon in the U.S.

Money – The first regulated carbon market in the U.S. will take its cue from eBay. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, pronounced "Reggie") is scheduled to go online September 10. It's a cap-and-trade system for carbon that electric power generators in 10 Northeast states need to participate in.

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