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U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy dies at 77

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Ouroboros Review has accepted "The Great Escape" for its fourth issue.

ridiculous irony

SPCA exec's dog dies after being left in hot car: The 16-year-old dog dies of kidney failure after being left for four hours

Robin Starr, the CEO of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, says she didn't realize "Louie" was in the car until noon. Starr's husband, Ed, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch he put the dog in her car as she got ready for work Aug. 19.

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Study shines light on night-time alertness -- red light does not affect the circadian clock

Getting wired: how the brain does it -- "[Researchers] have found an important mechanism involved in setting up the vast communications network of connections in the brain."

It's not all in your head: Descending neural mechanisms of placebo-induced pain control

Medical Scans a Significant Source of Radiation