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Why America is flunking science

Don’t just blame poor education for our nation’s scientific illiteracy — but our politics and pop culture added by: atomiclegion

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Why America is flunking science

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time (AP)

AP – WASHINGTON — The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.

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Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time
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Disillusioned FBI Launches Nationwide Hunt For Some Kind Of Truth

WASHINGTON—FBI director Robert S. Mueller III announced Monday that the entire manpower of his increasingly disillusioned agency has been diverted into a massive nationwide search for some semblance of genuine, concrete truth.

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Alabama Physician Chosen as Surgeon General

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. An administration official said Obama will announce the nomination of Dr. Regina Benjamin later Monday

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Alabama Physician Chosen as Surgeon General

Elderly man in Lanzhou vandalizes 30 cars that run through red lights

74 year-old Lanzhou resident Yan Zheng-ping attacking cars that cross red lights A 74-year old retired literature teacher from Qilihe district in Lanzhou, who personally “declared war” against unsafe drivers who drive through red lights, and has vandalized 30 cars using a brick.

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FUTURE FARMS: High-Rise, Beach Pod, and Pyramid Pictures

might have to go this way if global warming is not stopped.

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FUTURE FARMS: High-Rise, Beach Pod, and Pyramid Pictures

Nintendo says there is No Zelda Timeline despite a really good video explaining it.

A guy made a video on YouTube doing what I remember GameTrailers did quite a while ago, explaining the Zelda timeline. This guy did a complete job imo, very well done, and should be watched.

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Nintendo says there is No Zelda Timeline despite a really good video explaining it.

Artists make money by forgoing traditional galleries

It isn’t easy to make money as an artist these days, but three crafty New Yorkers are managing to sell their work — and make a living — outside the traditional gallery system. Nancy Smith, 57, is something of an artistic wheeler-dealer

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Why Microsoft wants your Hohm?

Microsoft just launch Hohm beta for people to track, plan, save, and share their energy consumption. added by: mashdata

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Why Microsoft wants your Hohm?

Swim club that kicked out minority kids wants them to come back

A private suburban swim club accused of racism after it canceled the memberships of dozens of minority children says it will seek a meeting with the kids’ camps to work out an agreement for them to return. Amy Goldman, a member of The Valley Club, said those able to attend a hastily called meeting Sunday afternoon voted unanimously in support of reinstating the memberships of the Creative Steps day camp and two other camps as long as safety issues, times and terms can be agreed upon.

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