“Scientific American reports that although cursing is notoriously decried in the public debate, scientists have discovered that swearing may serve an important function in relieving pain. ‘Swearing is such a common response to pain that there has to be an underlying reason why we do it,’ says Richard Stephens of Keele University in England
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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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AP – Michael Jackson’s comeback concerts will never happen, but you can still get the T-shirt.
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AP – A once-prominent Manhattan attorney was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for a hatching a massive fraud in a desperate attempt to keep his law firm afloat and bankroll a lavish lifestyle.
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AP – President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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AP – Byrd and Melanie Billings had a growing brood of adopted children with autism, Down syndrome and other disabilities, and took care to make their nine-bedroom house a safe place for them, wiring it with surveillance cameras in every room.
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AP – Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission.
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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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AP – Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to “the impartiality of our justice system” Monday, confronting Republican skeptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all but certain to lead to her confirmation.
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If you’ve wondered whether John McCain , in light of recent events, has felt a heightened sense of shame for choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, we have an answer: No! Further, she may have quit because of thinning hair. McCain was a guest on Meet the Press today and was quizzed on the whole Palin resignation fiasco by David Gregory .
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Old Man Lamely Defends the Goldbricking Defeatist He Coronated
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