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Corporate America Responds to Needs in Haiti
Written by American Red Cross   
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Companies large and small, representing industries across the United States, have taken action to support their neighbors in Haiti by donating millions of dollars to the American Red Cross and by encouraging their customers and employees to follow suit. This support is making it into the hands of survivors and enabling more help to be on the way.
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Haiti Earthquake: ICRC Aids 3,000 Survivors Living in Desperate Conditions
Written by International Red Cross   
Sunday, 24 January 2010
While the more affluent are leaving Port-au-Prince for the countryside, hundreds of thousands are camping out in squares, sports fields and other open areas transformed into makeshift camps. Yesterday, some 3,000 camp-dwellers in Primatur received much needed aid.
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A Plan for Rebuilding Lives in Haiti by Dorian de Wind
Written by Dorian de Wind   
Sunday, 24 January 2010

The disaster in Haiti has brought out both the best and the worst in people.

A man of God, Pat Robertson, suggested that Haiti’s catastrophic misfortunes flowed from the “fact” that ancestors of the present victims made a pact with the devil. Fortunately, a flood of prayers and goodwill for the victims drowned out such drivel.

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Driven to Distraction: New Study Shows Driving Hinders Talking
Written by University of Illinois   
Sunday, 24 January 2010
It is well known that having a conversation (for example on a cell phone) impairs one’s driving. A new study indicates the reverse is also true: Driving reduces one’s ability to comprehend and use language.

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Discovery of Algae’s Toxic Hunting Habits Could Help Curb Chesapeake Fish Kills
Written by John Hopkins University   
Sunday, 24 January 2010

A microbe commonly found in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways emits a poison not just to protect itself but to stun and immobilize the prey it plans to eat, a team of researchers from four universities has discovered. The findings about algae linked to massive fish kills could lead to new ways to slow the growth of these tiny but toxic marine creatures.

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NIST Issues First Release of Framework for Smart Grid Interoperability
Written by Sunday NewsCape   
Sunday, 24 January 2010
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber security strategy, and other elements of a framework to support transforming the nation’s aging electric power system into an interoperable Smart Grid, a key component of the Obama administration’s energy plan and its strategy for American innovation.
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Fiber-Optic Providers Leading Internet, TV, and Telephone Service Choices
Written by Comsumer Reports   
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Fiber-optic service providers for Internet, TV and phone services scored tops overall in Consumer Reports latest survey of telecom services. Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, whose networks are fiber-optic based, received top scores for Internet and TV service and were among the better phone providers. Results of Consumer Reports survey of some 69,000 reader experiences with telecom services are featured in the magazine’s February issue.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on Union Members in 2009
Written by Sunday NewsCape   
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Washington, DC - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released today on Union Members in 2009:
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Fantastic Armor of a Wonder Snail
Written by NSF   
Sunday, 24 January 2010

Deep within the Kairei Indian hydrothermal vent field, two-and-one-half miles below the central Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a gastropod mollusk, whose armor could improve load-bearing and protective materials in everything from aircraft hulls to sports equipment.

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Cruising for Calories by Jackie Papandrew
Written by Jackie Papandrew   
Saturday, 16 January 2010

Jackie PapandrewAs I sat on my couch recently eating a donut and burrowing into my Snuggie – that blanket-with-arms contraption I ridiculed so incessantly that Santa felt compelled to bring me one this year – I was comforted to hear on TV that researchers now believe a bit of fat around the hips and thighs is actually good for the heart. This is marvelous news, especially since a “bit of fat” is one of those purely subjective terms that can be stretched to include quite a few donuts.

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