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U.S. Rep. Peter Welch says it was a “stunning personal experience” to hear federal scientists say they had been stymied from talking about climate change.
There was a story about a scientist who got authorized to speak at a conference. He was prohibited from using the phrase ‘global warming.’ He was allowed to say ‘global,’ [...]

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Substitute nicotene . . .

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day 15 on the nicotine patch. if you’ve ever thought about quitting smoking, don’t.

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Florida vets working to repair gunshot damage to Perky’s wing panicked when the duck twice stopped breathing.
But they managed to resuscitate the bird, who leapt to fame when she was found alive in a hunter’s fridge two days after being shot.
Perky now has a pin in her wing, but is expected to make a [...]

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The new RJD2 album is excellent. Sounds like he filtered his old sound through Brian Eno’s brain.

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More than 300 cases of the highly infectious disease, which is spread by airborne droplets and kills 98% of those infected within about two weeks, have been identified in South Africa.
But doctors believe there have been hundreds, possibly thousands, more and the numbers are growing among the millions of people with HIV, who are [...]

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