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Stolen e-mails embolden warming skeptics - Climate Change- msnbc.comFormer Vice President Al Gore, the most recognized U.S. voice on climate change, quickly rebutted Palin and accused the climate deniers in an interview with CNN of "taking things out of context and misrepresenting" what the e-mails actually said. On Thursday, more than 1,700 British scientists ...
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Lawmakers move to block mining of Rx data - Capitol Hill- msnbc.comDrug companies would no longer be able to mine pharmacy records to track which doctors are prescribing their medications, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by two Senate Democrats. The amendment to the Senate health care bill would effectively ban pharmaceutical data mining, the drug company ...
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FCC plans to formalize Internet rules on net neutrality draw fire - USATODAY.comThe Internet has long adhered to one basic principle: Nobody's in charge. That hallmark owes to the Internet's grand design. It's basically a global confederation of unrelated computers, making it impervious to hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. Hackers regularly attack, but can't ...
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Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate - Yahoo! NewsWe have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse. About 17 percent of our $14 trillion dollar economy is dedicated to health care. We pay more for health care ...
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Obama packs political punch into economic speech - Yahoo! NewsU.S. President Barack Obama packed an economic speech with a political punch on Tuesday, blaming Republicans for creating high deficits, mismanaging bank bailouts and obstructing efforts to reform healthcare. Obama, a Democrat, announced new measures to spur job growth, but he spent a good ...
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Hoyer: GOP Obstructionism Damaging The Institution Of CongressHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mary.) offered a lengthy and searing rebuke of Republican leadership on Monday, claiming the minority party has traded an honest seat at the negotiating table for outright obstructionism. Speaking before the Center for American Progress, the Maryland ...
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Arianna Huffington: Journalism 2009: Desperate Metaphors, Desperate Revenue Models, And The Desperate Need For Better JournalismApparently, some in the old media have decided that it is, in fact, an either/or game and that the best way to save, if not journalism, at least themselves, is by pointing fingers and calling names. It's a tactic familiar to schoolyard inhabitants everywhere: when all else fails, reach for the ...
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Murdoch: Media must get readers to pay for online by AP: Yahoo! TechTo thrive in the digital age, media companies need to persuade consumers to pay for news online by providing compelling information in any form they want, News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday. Murdoch said the future is promising for publishers that can adapt to the ongoing ...
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The face of rotted Washington"When the sad and destructive history of the U.S. over the last decade is written, the coddled, nepotistic, self-serving face of Evan Bayh should be prominently included. It embodies virtually every cause."
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Mike Huckabee's long history of freeing convicted felons, then blaming othersMaurice Clemmons was sentenced to 95 years in prison for a variety of felonies. He served only 10 years, because then-Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee freed him. Since that time, Clemmons has committed numerous additional crimes. He spent the past several months in jail for allegedly raping a child. ...
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