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Indictment Handed Down in Megan Meier
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Indictment Handed Down in Megan Meier "MySpace Suicide" Case

Gadgets & Tech – You probably remember the Megan Meier case, in which a teenage girl committed suicide after a MySpace romance went bad. The romance itself and the boy involved were in fact fictional, perpetrated as a vindictive prank by the mother of a former friend who lived down the street.

View Story Discuss (10) (technologyexpert.blogspot.com) 1 day ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on May 16, 2008 08:34am

Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama
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Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama

Politics – (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.

View Story Discuss (158) (cnn.com) 1 day ago by expursuit

Voted for on May 16, 2008 08:34am

Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane
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Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane

News – A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.

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Voted for on May 16, 2008 08:34am

New bin Laden message coming on Israel: monitor
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New bin Laden message coming on Israel: monitor

News – A pending new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been announced on Islamist message boards and addresses the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, an Internet terrorism monitor said on Thursday.

View Story Discuss (74) (reuters.com) 1 day ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on May 16, 2008 08:34am

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Bone drugs seen helping fight cancer spread

Health & Fitness – A drug prescribed to prevent fractures in breast cancer patients whose tumors have spread may actually help slow the cancer itself, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

View Story Discuss (0) (health.yahoo.com) 23 hours ago by GregD

Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 11:06pm

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Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere

Science – Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus's dense atmosphere.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 08:27am

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Team gets inside a long-suspected HIV hideout in humans

Science – Scientists have broken inside a cell long suspected of harboring HIV during drug treatment and determined it is indeed a reservoir of the virus in humans, where it remains highly infectious.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 08:25am

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Molecular 'clock' could predict risk for developing breast cancer

Health & Fitness – A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman's risk for developing breast cancer and provide a new approach for treatment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 08:22am

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Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules

Science – Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron X-ray diffraction....

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:44am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper

Gadgets & Tech – By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world.

View Story Discuss (0) (technologyreview.com) 2 days ago by GregD

Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:41am

ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows
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ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows

Television – ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

View Story Discuss (15) (news.yahoo.com) 3 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:08am

Televangelist John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics
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Televangelist John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics

Politics – Hagee has often made references to Catholicism as the 'great ,'. That's why it was odd that McCain sought out his endorsement so assiduously. Hagee says now he "better understood" that his use of those descriptions, are 'a rhetorical device long employed in anti-Catholic literature and commentary.'

View Story Discuss (173) (news.yahoo.com) 3 days ago by Goppy

Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:08am

U.S. slashes reward for al Qaeda leader
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U.S. slashes reward for al Qaeda leader

Money – The Bush administration has slashed its reward for the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq from $5 million to $100,000 because it feels he's lost effectiveness and is no longer worth such a steep price.

View Story Discuss (45) (washingtontimes.com) 3 days ago by MyWayOnNow

Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:08am

Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines
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Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines

Health & Fitness – For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.

View Story Discuss (37) (newsvine.com) 2 days ago by idyll

Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:08am

Hundreds Of Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
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Hundreds Of Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation

Do No Evil – The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country, according to medical records, internal documents and interviews with people who have been drugged.

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Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:08am