Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 5:15 am, Over one day old
AP - Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of climate change on public health, a former senior EPA official claimed Tuesday.
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Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 5:15 am, Over one day old
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON? A federal judge handling the appeals of more than 200 Guantanamo detainees vowed Tuesday to hold lawyers' "feet to the fire" to insure that the cases are handled as quickly as possible.
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Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 5:15 am, Over one day old
NewsFactor - YouTube users are up in arms about Viacom's legal victory forcing Google to hand over data showing which videos they watch and when.
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
AFP - Iraq said on Tuesday it will not reach any security pact with Washington unless it sets a date for the pullout of US-led foreign troops, a proposal turned down by US President George W. Bush.
Read Iraq to reject US deal without pullout timetable
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
AP - Angry parents whose children were crushed to death in schools that collapsed in China's mighty earthquake are no longer being allowed to march, wave banners and vent their rage in public.
Read China shushes parent protesters about earthquake
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
Reuters - German industrial conglomerate
Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) plans to slash almost 17,000 jobs
worldwide to speed up cost savings and boost margins as it
prepares for a global economic downturn.
Read Siemens to cut 16,750 jobs
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
Reuters - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake
rattled southern Peru early on Tuesday, startling residents in
the Andean country's second-largest city, Arequipa, who ran out
of their homes into the streets.
Read Magnitude 6 quake startles southern Peru
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
LiveScience.com - While the quest for the proverbial Fountain of Youth is endless and
typically fruitless, one method known to extend the human lifespan by
up to five years has quietly become accepted among leading researchers.
Read Live Longer: The One Anti-Aging Trick That Works
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
AP - Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
SPACE.com - NASA's
Phoenix Mars Lander delivered a second sample of Martian dirt to its onboard
wet chemistry laboratory, NASA officials said Monday.
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