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lameautarch informed me that gold is selling near $1000 per oz. That's an insane price, especially considering that through much of the year the price of gold was falling.

He said it had something to do with the fact that China recently revealed that it has been hoarding gold, as well as the fact that the Fed continues to inflate the money supply even while credit markets are miserly tight.

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ADHD Tied to Brain's Reward Pathway | Deficits in brain's reward system observed in ADHD patients

Infections may speed Alzheimer's memory loss -- "Catching a cold or the flu could speed memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease[.]" So can "even bumps or bruises".

Scientists find three new gene links to Alzheimer's

Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study

Moths as good as mice for many drug tests: study

Mice Levitated in Lab

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Charlie Sheen demands Obama meeting on 9/11 cover-up

A recent poll found that up to fully one-quarter of Democrats believe that 9/11 has conspiratorial overtones.

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Mother mad coach took players to church; School district says trip was voluntary

The head football coach at Breckinridge County High School [in Kentucky] took about 20 players on a school bus late last month to his church, where nearly half of them were baptized, school officials say.

The mother of one player said her 16-year-old son was baptized without her knowledge and consent, and she is upset that a public school bus was used to take players to a church service — and that the school district's superintendent was there and did not object.

"Nobody should push their faith on anybody else," said Michelle Ammons, whose son, Robert Coffey, said Coach Scott Mooney told him and other players that the Aug. 26 outing would include only a motivational speaker and a free steak dinner.

"He said it would bring the team together," Robert, a sophomore, said in an interview.

Two other parents, however, said in interviews that their sons told them that Mooney had said the voluntary outing to Franklin Crossroads Baptist Church in Hardin County would include a revival.

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Assemblyman Mike Duvall resigns after his sex comments are broadcast: KCAL-TV in Los Angeles played a tape of the married Yorba Linda Republican speaking about sex with two women. He apparently did not realize a microphone was on during a legislative hearing.