confluence of factors

Homegrown hate groups increase in number: Watchdog group blames recession, election of first black president

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GOP: Did Bush team force Bank of America merger?

physician, heal thyself

Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class

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Pet's death linked to Miami's serial cat killer -- He's still out there.

Third Bubonic Plague Case Found -- in New Mexico

Jeremiah Wright: 'Them Jews' Keeping Him from Obama -- I think he is fully discredited by now.

Moms Want "Racy" Books Out Of Young Adults Section | "Racy" Books Will Stay In Young Adult Section

Judiciary Committee meltdown over Sonia Sotomayor schedule

Rove: Dowd 'twisted, deranged' -- That's not an ad hominem attack or anything.

Why Creigh Deeds won big in Virginia -- as Democratic gubernatorial candidate against Terry McAuliffe

it's a con man's world

Humans prefer cockiness to expertise (thanks, supergee)

new edition

First new element for five years makes periodic table

a star beyond

Betelgeuse: The incredible shrinking star?

I was first alerted to this by dionysus1999. I really don't want this to be true; Orion is prominent in my personal cosmology and it would sadden me to see the constellation altered.

metastasizing minutiae

Tangled proteins may spread Alzheimer's through brain

what a way to go

162,000 women's robes recalled after 6 deaths: Several women have died after the robe caught fire, some while cooking

Anyone hear about this in broadcast media?

No smoking: Vote could bring new limits: Historic anti-smoking vote grants new power over marketing, ingredients

Dissolvable 'tobacco candy' spurs debate: R.J. Reynolds says it's for adults; some lawmakers say it'll get kids hooked