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Thousands Protest ACTA in Europe
4 hours ago
by reitze
Thousands took part in co-ordinated protests across Europe in opposition to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a controversial anti-piracy pact signed by 22 EU members. "it's setting up dangerous new pressures to censor the internet to remove users and put pressure on [Internet Service Provide ...
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Romney Wins CPAC Straw Poll
6 hours ago
by adammm
Mitt Romney won the Washington Times/CPAC presidential straw poll Saturday, taking 38 percent of the votes of 3,408 activists gathered for the conference. Santorum was second with 31 percent, Newt Gingrich third with 15 and Ron Paul fourth with 12. In an online straw poll run by CPAC, Romney edged S ...
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Romney Wins Maine Caucuses
6 hours ago
by MURPHY
Mitt Romney won narrowly in the Maine caucuses over Ron Paul Saturday, receiving 2,190 votes to Paul's 1,996. Rick Santorum received 989 votes and Newt Gingrich 349, but neither candidate campaigned in the state. Romney won at least 8 delegates and Paul took 7, with six more to be allocated. Romney ...
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Space Folds Astronaut's Eyeballs
9 hours ago
by 726
NASA astronaut Mike Barratt, who made a trip to the International Space Station, came back with significant changes to his vision -- raising concerns about plans for long-duration human space flight. Barratt's retinas have microscopic folds on them and his optic nerve has flattened. "There are physi ...
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Is Cat Parasite Altering Our Brains?
10 hours ago
by MUSTANG
An evolutionary biologist in the Czech Republic believes that human brains are being affected in significant ways by Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that can spread from cat feces to humans. Research by Jaroslav Flegr finds a link between the parasite in humans and their likelihood of car wrecks and a ...
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Banks Pay $26 Billion Mortgage Settlement
11 hours ago
by ExpsRedemption
Federal and state officials announced a $26 billion foreclosure settlement Thursday with five of the largest home lenders. Parties to the settlement include the Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development and 49 state attorneys general (all but Oklahoma). At least $17 billion wil ...
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Walker Uses Mortgage Fund on Budget
12 hours ago
by reinheitsgebot
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is using $26 million of its $140 million share in the national mortgage settlement to plug a state budget hole. The rest of the state's share of the $25 billion settlement will go toward helping homeowners hurt by foreclosure abuses. Walker, previously critical of usi ...
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Pentagon Wants Better Bunker Busters
13 hours ago
by BruceBanner
Pentagon officials are trying to ensure that 20 upgraded 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs are battle ready, "possibly for use against Iran," Fox News reports. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb is the largest non-nuclear weapon in the Air Force arsenal, but Iran's underground uranium enrichment fa ...
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Poll: 20% of Repubs Leaning Obama
// politics
14 hours ago
by reinheitsgebot
A poll recently released by a conservative website found that 20 percent of Republicans are likely to vote for President Barack Obama. The survey, conducted by Wenzel Strategies for WorldNetDaily, showed that one in five Republicans are leaning towards or would "definitely" re-elect Obama. In contes ...
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Ship Named U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords
14 hours ago
by Monstman
The Navy is naming a ship for Gabrielle Giffords (D), the retired Arizona congresswoman recovering from a 2011 gunshot wound to the head. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus unveiled a rendering of the USS Gabrielle Giffords and announced that the ship's sponsor is Roxanna Green, whose nine-year-old daughter C ...
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