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Game Designed to Keep Candidates Honest - Truth Invaders |
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Written by DeDra Satterfield
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
Los Angeles, California - Jeremy Bernstein is mad. While watching TV several weeks ago, he saw a campaign ad for one of the candidates in the upcoming presidential election that gave false information.
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Weather Hampers Phoenix on Mars |
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Written by University of Arizona
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
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NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late Tuesday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions. While engineers anticipated that a fault could occur due to the diminishing power supply, the lander also unexpectedly switched to the "B" side of its redundant electronics and shut down one of its two batteries. |
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Neil Armstrong Gives Papers to Purdue University |
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Written by Imperial Valley News
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
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West Lafayeete, Indiana - The personal story of the first person to land a craft on the moon and to step on its surface will live forever - in the Purdue University Libraries. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong will give his alma mater personal papers that will serve as historic archives and scholarly resources, university President France A. Córdova will announce Saturday during an event in the Purdue Memorial Union prior to the football game against Michigan. |
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Diabetes Treatment Costs Nearly Doubled Since 2001 |
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Written by University of Chicago
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
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Chicago, Illinois - Because of the increased number of patients, growing reliance on multiple medications and the shift toward more expensive new medicines, the annual cost of diabetes drugs nearly doubled in only six years, rising from $6.7 billion in 2001 to $12.5 billion in 2007 according to a study in the Oct. 27, 2008, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. |
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Screening for Breast, Cervical, Colorectal Cancers Encouraged |
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Written by Sunday NewsCape
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
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Atlanta, Georgia - Getting screened for some cancers can actually help prevent them from occurring. In particular, screening helps prevent cancers of the cervix, colon and rectum. Screening also helps find other cancers - such as breast cancer - at an early stage, when treatment can be most effective. Because some cancers are found early and treatment options have improved, more and more people are living many years after a diagnosis. |
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Pet Peeves by Jackie Papandrew |
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Written by Jackie Papandrew
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 |
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It’s been one of those weeks during which someone has violated just about all of my pet peeves. I like to think that I’m not a particularly peevish person. My list of pet peeves is very short and straightforward. It shouldn’t be that difficult to avoid committing these egregious errors. |
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Compassion Not Criticism for Ones Pain by Jerry Maldonado |
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Written by Jerry Maldonado
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 |
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I believe life is a learning process we all go through. Unfortunately, sometimes you hurt people along the way. These are true stories.
This first story comes from my early years as an ignorant teenager. I thought I met the girl of my dreams. |
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Legend of "Machine Gun Kelly" - FBI Historic Headlines |
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Written by Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 |
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It was 75 years ago - September 26, 1933 - that wanted gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly and three others were captured by Bureau agents and local police. That date might not have meant much to history except for the reporting that followed. As the legend goes, the surrounded and frightened Kelly shouted something like, “Don’t shoot, G-Men, don’t shoot!” |
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Student's Award-winning Film Featured in National Health Care Initiative |
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Written by Teri Bond - UCLA
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 |
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Los Angeles, California - “The Cure,” a short film by UCLA student Anthony Onah has been awarded first prize the AARP-UCLA Stolen Dreams film competition and will be featured as part of a nationwide initiative aimed at securing affordable health care and assuring financial security for all Americans. |
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Bridging Gap Between Computer and Social Scientists |
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Written by Tiffany Fox - UC San Diego
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 |
San Diego, California - For all its merits as a mecca for research and learning, the campus at UC San Diego has one liability: It's so vast that spontaneous, cross-departmental collaborations don't occur easily, especially between experts in fields as diverse as the computer and social sciences. |
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