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Jackson, MS, USA. When a cold snap hit the Southeast last January, water pipes broke all over Jackson, Mississippi, including those that fed the state capitol and the governor’s mansion. Like everything else in the city of 140,000, state governme
09-11-10
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( Living / The Dialogue )
Beer-Sheva, Israel. A new pre-publication study reveals that women in the United States generally derive more happiness from religious participation than from shopping on Sundays. Additionally, the repeal of "blue laws," which allow store
09-09-10
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09-08-10
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( Living / The Dialogue )
Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Americans are united when it comes to many core values, according to a survey, but the nation is deeply divided about certain issues. Gay marriage, immigration, and universal healthcare lead the list. Those are the some of the f
09-07-10
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( Living / Society )
Washington, DC, USA. It sounded at first like the best of news for South Carolina.
The $26 billion jobs bill passed by Congress earlier this month would send $143.7 million to the state, which has lost between 2,800 and 3,900 teaching jobs over th
09-06-10
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( Living / Society )
Washington, DC, USA. Standardized tests, the focus of many teachers' complaints, are getting a makeover.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Thursday that two groups of states had been awarded $330 million to work with experts to come u
09-05-10
Word count: 179
( Living / Health & Fitness )
Boston, MA, USA. Health conscious consumers who hesitate at the price of fresh blueberries and blackberries, fruits renowned for high levels of healthful antioxidants, now have an economical alternative.
Black rice is the heritage variety of a gra
09-04-10
Word count: 150
( Living / xkcd )
09-03-10
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( Living / The Dialogue )
Houston, TX, USA. Interviews with 360 American leaders who are evangelical Christians finds enormous variety in how leaders engage their personal faith in workplace decision-making.
The study was the largest of its kind and included CEOs, presiden
09-01-10
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( Living / xkcd )
09-01-10
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( Living / Relationships )
East Lansing, MI, USA. People tend to pick their spouse based on shared personality traits, which upends the popular belief that married couples do not become more similar over time. A team led by researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) re
08-31-10
Word count: 143
( Living / Relationships )
Buffalo, NY, USA. Researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve interaction with other people and the fulfillment of an urge for social connection, contrary to the implications of previ
08-30-10
Word count: 155
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08-30-10
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08-27-10
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( Living / Society )
Washington, DC, USA. Nine states and the District of Columbia were awarded stimulus-funded education grants Tuesday, ending an interstate competition called “Race to the Top.” The grants, totaling $4.3 billion, rewarded states for implementing
08-26-10
Word count: 98
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08-25-10
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08-23-10
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08-20-10
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08-18-10
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Atlanta, GA, USA. A study by sociologists from Indiana University found that manipulating terminology and efforts to frame an issue toward a specific outcome — often effective in influencing public opinion — have no effect on public opinion con
08-17-10
Word count: 154
( Living / xkcd )
08-16-10
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Sacramento, CA, USA. It was a federal judge who gave the green light for same-sex marriages to proceed next week, barring an intervention from a higher court, but it may be the work of two of California's top elected officials that ensures that his
08-14-10
Word count: 309
( Living / Relationships )
Edmonton, AB, USA. Results from a study on oral sex indicate there is little doubt that oral sex is becoming a more common activity for young women. Study results show the act has become a fundamental part of what study author Brea Malacad calls th
08-14-10
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08-13-10
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08-11-10
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08-09-10
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Rochester, NY, USA. What could be as alluring as a lady in red? A gentleman in red, finds a multicultural study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Simply wearing the color red or being bordered by the rosy hue makes a ma
08-06-10
Word count: 150
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08-06-10
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New Brunswick, NJ, USA. The Disco era anthem, Macho Man, blared through dance club speakers and into America's consciousness, but does the message still sing true for the 2lst century male?
Does he have to be a macho man?
Are there penalties for
08-05-10
Word count: 125
( Living / xkcd )
08-04-10
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( Living / Health & Fitness )
Camden, NJ, USA. Teenage years have long been linked with a heightened concern with appearance. Some reality TV shows take full advantage and tout happiness as just a nip/tuck away. A psychologist finds that teens fond of these kinds of programs ar
08-03-10
Word count: 164
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08-02-10
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New Philadelphia, OH, USA. Narcissistic heterosexual men target their hostility primarily at heterosexual women, the objects of their desires, while heterosexual men, gay men and lesbian women provoke a softer reaction.
The findings come from a ne
07-30-10
Word count: 128
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07-30-10
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Portland, OR, USA. Is it possible that the more frequently you log on, the more weight you can keep off?
The more people used an interactive weight management website, the more weight loss they maintained, according to a study that evaluated an In
07-29-10
Word count: 127
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07-28-10
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( Living / Society )
Washington, DC, USA. When President Obama signed the economic stimulus bill into law, he singled out funding for installing advanced electric meters. It was part of $3.5 billion set aside for so-called “smart grid” improvements.
“This invest
07-27-10
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( Living / xkcd )
07-26-10
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( Living / Relationships )
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. People who feel insecure about their attachments to others might be at higher risk for cardiovascular problems than those who feel secure in their relationships, according to a new study.
"This is the first stu
07-24-10
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07-23-10
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07-21-10
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07-19-10
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( Living / Society )
Washington, DC, USA. Frank A. Hoffmann, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, is like many Republicans who hope the federal health care law is eventually overturned. But just in case it’s not, Hoffmann helped shepherd legislation si
07-18-10
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07-16-10
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Champaign, IL, USA. World hunger is often seen as the result of overpopulation, bad geography or natural or human-made disasters. But a new book, The Atlas of World Hunger, reveals that the contours and causes of hunger are more complex — and in
07-15-10
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07-14-10
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07-12-10
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07-09-10
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Durham, NC, USA. A study that examined 30 years of standardized test data from the very highest-scoring seventh graders has found that performance differences between boys and girls have narrowed considerably, but boys still outnumber girls by more
07-08-10
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( Living / Health & Fitness )
Aurora, CO, USA. A high fructose diet, as added sugar, increases the risk of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to a study in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).
Hypertension is the most common chronic c
07-08-10
Word count: 163
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