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3 hrs ago | Common Dreams

Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster

The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Environment, US News, Liberal Political News

6 hrs ago | BBC News

Calls for breast gene test change

A Scottish breast cancer charity has called for the same genetic testing criteria to be in place north and south of the border.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Genetics, Biology

10 hrs ago | Detroit News

Winning ticket for $590M-plus Powerball sold in Florida

Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

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Related Topix: Lottery, Florida, Zephyrhills, FL, Pasco County, FL, Agriculture

15 hrs ago | KCBD-TV Lubbock

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." "Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Psychology, University of Nevada-Reno, UMass Lowell

19 hrs ago | Patch.com

Best of Craigslist: 'Phallic' Landscaping Stone; Clown Wanted for Hangout

The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Elmhurst, Wheaton and Glen Ellyn area.

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Related Topix: Wheaton, IL, Glen Ellyn, IL, Elmhurst, IL, Lombard, IL, Dinosaur, Paleontology

23 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com

Tornado tossed mom, 2 sons from their Granbury home as it was destroyed

Bruises and cuts covered Christy Green's face, and a deep red gash stretched across her forehead.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Granbury, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Meteorology

Sat May 18, 2013

KFBB

Tornadoes in Texas Kill Six

Rain showers benefit Montana agriculture, but severe weather is another story. Storms should not be taken lightly, as some North Texan residents learned first hand Wednesday evening.

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Related Topix: Texas, Jon Tester, US Politics, Weather, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Agriculture, Tornado, Natural Disasters

Sunherald.com

Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Geology

ABC11

Raleigh holds annual backyard chicken coops tour

Chicken connoisseurs in North Carolina's capital city are holding their annual tour of backyard pens, part of a national movement of backyard poultry farming.

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Related Topix: Agriculture

The Miami Herald

A Native American tale with international pedigree

It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen.

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Related Topix: A Christmas Tale, Movies, Entertainment, Psychology, Topeka, KS, A Dangerous Method

KMIZ

Bright explosion on moon visible from Earth

A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday.

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Related Topix: Explosion, NASA, Astronomy

The Toronto Star

Earthquake: 5.2 quake felt in Toronto, began in Ottawa Valley; more tremors expected

Shawville, Que., Mayor Albert Armstrong thought a large truck had slammed into the three-storey brick walls of City Hall.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Canada, North America, World News, Huron, OH, Geology

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Resetting the Theory of Time

Generations of physicists have claimed that time is an illusion. But not all agree.

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Related Topix: Physics

www.science20.com | Cash

9th Circuit Court Of Appeals Denies Claim That GM Alfalfa Is A 'Plant Pest'

Sierra Club and organic farmers counting on the 9th to do for them what the marketplace and a US District Could would not have found those limits; Circuit Judges upheld the lower court's determination that Roundup Ready Alfalfa was not a 'plant pest' under the Protection Act.

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KOLO-TV Reno

Alaska Volcano Continues to Erupt, with Lava, Ash

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Geology

CNN

'Crazy ants' may kill out fire ants

Researchers at the University of Texas are warning that the invasive species from South America has the potential to change the ecological balance in the southeastern United States, largely because the ants can wipe out colonies of what's been widely considered the insect villain of the region, the fire ant.

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Related Topix: Entomology

Long Island Business News

Organic industry clout grows with demand

The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Life, Food, Organic Food, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader, Representative Austin Scott, Republican, Representative Vicky Hartzler

The Las Vegas Sun

New study: fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water

A new study says natural gas drilling, or fracking, hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas but researchers say the geology there is more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where drilling takes place.

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Related Topix: Geology, US Geological Survey, Technical Services

Thu May 16, 2013

NewsOn6 Tulsa

OJ Simpson testifies in bid for new Vegas trial

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people... The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp ... (more)

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Related Topix: Agriculture, US News, Tax

WNEM-TV Saginaw

Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo

Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland - a deeply Catholic nation - were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat of a conscious animal and death by bleeding.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Donald Tusk