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Nov 19, 2008 - 2:57 PM - by ebe
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 AP - More snow was forecast for the Great Lakes region on Wednesday, while chilly temperatures were expected in the... [Read More]
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House panel backs Waxman as energy chairman (Reuters) |
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Nov 19, 2008 - 2:57 PM - by ebe
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Reuters - Rep. Henry Waxman of California narrowly won a preliminary contest on Wednesday to replace Rep. John Dingell of Michigan as chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Taboo Lifts on Sex in Nursing Homes (LiveScience.com) |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 8:41 PM - by ebe
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LiveScience.com - Nursing-home residents have sexual needs too. And now researchers are finding ways to educate staff on the taboo topic and provide accommodations for the elderly to shack up under some privacy.
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The Nation's Weather (AP) |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 8:41 PM - by ebe
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 AP - Heavy snow and blustery winds were forecast for the Great Lakes region and the Northeast on Tuesday, while rain... [Read More]
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Broad drilling ban to stand (AP) |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 8:41 PM - by ebe
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 AP - House Democrats have no interest in restoring the broad ban on oil and gas development off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but will... [Read More]
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Thought for Tue, 18 Nov 2008 |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 7:32 AM - by ebe
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From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere... If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good. - Dr. Seuss, One Fish two fish red fish blue fish, 1960...
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North Dakota OKs spraying oil wastewater on roads (AP) |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 7:32 AM - by ebe
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AP - North Dakota's health department will allow salty oil field wastewater to be sprayed on roads as a deicer or for dust control even though oil companies and environmental groups have questioned the practice.
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A ton of illegal ivory seized in 5 African nations (AP) |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 7:32 AM - by ebe
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AP - An undercover investigation of the illegal wildlife trade in five African nations led to the seizure of about a ton of ivory along with hippo teeth and cheetah, leopard and python skins, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.
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Ancient graves yield clues to family relationships (AP) |
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Nov 18, 2008 - 7:32 AM - by ebe
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AP - A stone-age burial in central Germany has yielded the earliest evidence of people living together as a family. The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they were a mother, father and their children.
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Indonesia quake kills 4, buildings collapse (AP) |
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Nov 17, 2008 - 8:19 AM - by ebe
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AP - A powerful earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging hundreds of homes and briefly triggering a region-wide tsunami warning, officials said as they surveyed the damage.
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Thought for Mon, 17 Nov 2008 |
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Nov 17, 2008 - 8:19 AM - by ebe
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If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion. - Lin-Chi...
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Thought for Sun, 16 Nov 2008 |
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Nov 16, 2008 - 4:04 PM - by ebe
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Buddha: With the relinquishing of all thought and egotism, the enlightened one is liberated through not clinging. ...
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Grandma Is Better Babysitter Than Mom (LiveScience.com) |
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Nov 15, 2008 - 12:33 PM - by ebe
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LiveScience.com - Common wisdom might suggest that because of their age, grandmothers are inappropriate caretakers for infants and children. Sure, they might have years and years of parenting experience from bringing up their own children (and they must be OK parents because their children obviously lived long enough to have children) but people over 50 simply can't run as fast or react as quickly as young parents. And they presumably tire more quickly and must want to take a load off even... [Read More]
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Natural gas rush stirs environmental concerns (AP) |
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Nov 15, 2008 - 12:33 PM - by ebe
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AP - Advanced drilling techniques that blast millions of gallons of water into 400-million-year-old shale formations a mile underground are opening up "unconventional" gas fields touted as a key to the nation's energy future.
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