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UN official: Biodiversity loss could hurts medical research

Health & Fitness – SINGAPORE - The world risks losing new medical treatments for osteoporosis, cancer and other human ailments if it does not act quickly to conserve the planet's biodiversity, a senior United Nations environmental official said Wednesday.

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World Food Program warns of 'silent tsunami' of hunger

Health & Fitness – A "silent tsunami" of hunger is sweeping the world's most desperate nations, said Josette Sheeran, the WFP's executive director, speaking Tuesday at a London summit on the crisis.

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Whirlpool suspends 39 workers, says they lied about smoking

Health & Fitness – As annual health care premiums rise more than 10 percent a year, many companies are trying to rein in costs by encouraging healthy living.

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What Is the Deadliest Fish in the World?

Science – Ever wondered what the Deadliest Fish in the World is?

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Code of Hammurabi

Science – Set down about 1750 B.C., the Code of Hammurabi incorporated many earlier laws. While the code is, first and foremost, a legal statement about stern justice, it also reveals much about life at the time.

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High-calorie diet linked to boys

Health & Fitness – A woman's diet around the time of conception may influence the gender of her baby, research suggests. The study suggests a high-calorie diet at this time - and regular breakfasts - might increase the odds of a boy.

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Petraeus picked to lead Central Command
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Petraeus picked to lead Central Command

News – Petraeus to oversee war in Afghanistan as well as Iraq Petraeus takes over for Adm. William Fallon, who resigned General took command in Iraq in January 2007 Central Command position subject to Senate confirmation

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Ron Paul Is Not a Reagan Republican

Politics – Even Reagan was not a "Reagan Republican" in the sense that term is used today, but a neocon. Besides, one has to be under 50--and Ron's support is youth support--to have some significant involvement with Ronnie. For young people, Reagan is as distant as John Quincy Adams. It is less inaccurate to call Ron a Taft Republican. But that won'

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Pentagon News Networks

Politics – Embedding Military Propagandists into the News Media

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The Involuntary Drugging of U.S. Detainees

Health & Fitness – A Crisis for the Health Professions

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A Counterproductive War on Terror

Politics – Though George W. Bush sold many Americans on the idea that the "war on terror" began on 9/11, it actually traces back much further to the reaction of Muslims to what they viewed as U.S. covert and overt interventions in the oil-rich Middle East.

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Connecticut's Immigration Duel

Politics – Two Connecticut cities have taken opposite approaches to dealing with undocumented immigrants. Last summer, New Haven became the first city in the country to issue municipal IDs regardless of immigration status. Meanwhile, in February, Danbury deputized some of its police officers to act in concert with agents of the federal Immigration and Custom

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The Sudden Emergence of Tom Paine

Politics – The explosive success of Common Sense emboldened the radicals to follow with pamphlets and articles extolling the goal of independence, excoriating King George as "a full-blooded Nero," and anticipating the great benefits of free trade with all the world that would flow from an independent status.

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Janet Jackson would go lesbiana for Alicia Keys

Celebrities – This will not help Alicia fight off all those pesky gay rumors, but Janet Jackson named Alicia Keys when she was asked who she d have a lesbian fling with.

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Antiwar Radio: Charles Goyette Interviews John Dean

Politics – John Dean, White House Counsel for Richard Nixon and author of Pure Goldwater, discusses the corruption and war crimes of the Bush administration, the process of researching the book, Goldwater's personal discussions with Richard Nixon regarding becoming U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Goldwater turning down the vice presidency from Gerald Ford, his per

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