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As seen in a co-worker's email signature:

Attitude and Perception are everything. Be kinder, more caring and patient than necessary. Everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

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Consumer Prices Shoot Up at Fastest Pace in 20 Months

Consumer prices shot up at the fastest pace in 20 months in May, fueled by a surge in gas prices, although inflation pressures were moderate in most other areas.

The Labor Department reported that its closely watched Consumer Price Index registered a 0.7 percent increase last month, the biggest advance since Hurricane Katrina shut down Gulf Coast oil production in the fall of 2005.

[...] For May, energy prices rose by 5.4 percent, driven higher by a 10.5 percent jump in gasoline pump prices. The surge in gasoline costs appears to be moderating with the nationwide average falling by 7 cents in the past three weeks to $3.11 per gallon, according to the Lundberg Survey. That was still 95 cents higher than at the start of the year.

Food costs were up 0.3 percent in May as vegetable prices fell while beef, poultry and fresh fruit prices were up.

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Cadbury pleads guilty in salmonella case -- A company admits wrongdoing. When's the last time we saw that?

3 hepatitis C cases linked to NYC doctor -- alarming

Pet-food scandal ignites blogosphere

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7 sex offenders who use MySpace arrested

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Public donates to UW scientist to fund backward-in-time research (by way of yellowmouser)

Pace says he refused to quit voluntarily

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Justice Department probing Gonzales: Meeting with aide comes under scrutiny -- "It's remarkable that he's under investigation and that he's still attorney general," said Stephen Gillers, a professor at New York University School of Law. "At some point, it can no longer be done internally. This cannot be done by Gonzales' subordinates."

Silence in the Senate

Ex-US attorney to 'move on' after probe -- See if you can spot the time inconsistency.

Official close to attorney firings quits

Pentagon may drop mental health question

At first, seizing Scalia tapes called OK -- Who writes these headlines? Who wrote this article? Anonymous AP writers.

FBI investigated Ga. governor in 1940s lynching

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Self-Esteem Myth Busted: Everyone Has It

Bengay Death Highlights OTC Dangers

Landmark study prompts rethink of genetic code

Cannabis 'disrupts brain centre' -- "A separate study has shown that one of these ingredients - cannabidiol (CBD) - has the potential to dampen down psychotic symptoms, and could form the basis of new treatments."

Pesticides, pathogen may be killing bees