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About the Annual Meeting Experimental Biology is the annual meeting of six societies comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and 50 guest societies. Primary focus areas include anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, investigative pathology, nutrition, pharmacology, and physiology. EB 2017 is open to ever...
Recent years have brought more attention to the role of carbohydrates in our diets and the differences between healthy and unhealthy carbs, most often in the context of weight control. A new study highlights one more reason to avoid sugary beverages, processed foods and other energy-dense carbohydrate-containing foods ...
There's no denying that hamburgers are delicious. But according to a new study, men who ate them often were much more likely to develop prostate cancer. Scientists have long known that foods can raise or lower a person’s risk for developing cancer. But unraveling which foods can lead to which cancers—and for what k...
Early deployment of biggest American force in Europe since cold war may be attempt to lock Trump into strategy The Kremlin has hit out at the biggest deployment of US troops in Europe since the end of the cold war, branding the arrival of troops and tanks in Poland as a threat to Russia’s national security. The...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Watch the convoy of tanks arrive in Poland Russia says it views the arrival of more than 3,000 US soldiers in Poland as a threat to its own security. The troops are part of President Barack Obama's response to reassure Nato allies concerned about a more...
The deployment of 1,000 US soldiers to Poland is nothing but a PR move, Russian security expert Dmitry Yefimov told Sputnik. In an interview with Sputnik, Russian security expert Dmitry Yefimov described the deployment of 1,000 US soldiers to Poland as little more than a PR move. Earlier this week, Bartlomiej M...
The easiest joke to make about IKEA is that few of its products—from shelves to meatballs—are made from what they seem. But even particleboard still requires wood—and a lot of it, when you’re selling 100 million products every year. According to Pacific Standard, IKEA uses almost one percent of the world’s commerci...
(PHOTO: COURTESY OF IKEA) • One percent of all the world's commercially used wood—totaling 17.8 million cubic yards in 2012—is used to make IKEA products. • One in two babies in America today is born to an unwed mother. In 1980, the number was one in five. • One percent of Americans live in Iowa; so do 31 p...
Resource and energy independence We’re cutting costs and protecting resources by making more from less, turning waste into resources and switching to renewable energy. By using resources more sustainably, we can be part of global efforts to protect the environment and tackle climate change. Already, 91% of materials us...
Public approval of his handling of the economy and healthcare largely steady PRINCETON, NJ -- After six messy weeks -- defined chiefly by the partial government shutdown and troubled rollout of the federal government's healthcare exchange website -- President Barack Obama's reputation with the American public has f...
Polls All Commentary & News Stories - Who Are the Adults Who Act and Govern as Children? - Jack Hellner, American Thinker - Barack Obama and the Perpetual Presidency - Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times - Obama Is Still Electoral Kryptonite in Swing States - Rachel Stoltzfoos, The Federalist - Ba...
Current approval at 9%; 2013 average now 14% PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' approval of the way Congress is handling its job has dropped to 9%, the lowest in Gallup's 39-year history of asking the question. The previous low point was 10%, registered twice in 2012. These results are from a Gallup poll conducted Nov...
Hidden-camera video shot during an undercover investigation of sheep shearing in Australia and the U.S. has revealed what the animal rights organization PETA says is evidence of widespread animal abuse, including kicking, stomping, and gaping wounds to skin, ears and penises inflicted by clippers. “PETA's in-depth ...
You’ve never seen anything like this before. These videos will make you think twice about buying that wool sweater or scarf. Update: In August 2016, officials in Victoria charged a minimum of six shearers with at least 70 counts of cruelty to animals, the first-ever charges anywhere in the world against wool-indust...
President Trump on Tuesday acknowledged that he has no proof that people of Middle Eastern descent have joined a large migrant caravan moving toward the U.S.-Mexico border, tempering a claim he has made in recent days. “There’s no proof of anything. But there could very well be,” Trump said in remarks in the Oval O...
Vice President Mike Pence speaks following a ceremony signing the "America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018" into law in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (AP... (Associated Press) Vice President Mike Pence speaks following a ceremony signing the "America's Water Infrastruc...
President Donald Trump told reporters assembled in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he has "very good information" that there are "Middle Easterners" in the caravan, but admitted he has "no proof." Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, ...
This undated photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks on Friday, May 25, 2018, shows a wolf-like animal that was shot on May 16, 2018, after it was spotted in a private pasture with livestock... (Associated Press) DENTON, Mont. (AP) — A central Montana rancher shot a wolf-like animal after it was spot...
CLOSE Days after a wolf-like creature was fatally shot on a ranch in Denton, Montana, officials are still unable to determine what type of animal it is. Buzz60 Canid creature shot near Denton (Photo: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks) Was it a wolf, some type of hybrid, or a creature that hasn't been seen in Mon...
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Summer heat has overstayed its welcome for many in September. But if you’re looking forward to cooler weather, Thursday’s autumnal equinox is a reminder that fall is finally on our doorstep. The 2016 fall equinox arrives Sept. 22 at 10:21 a.m. Eastern. What happens on the equinox — and why are day and night not qui...
EVERY year on September 22 the autumn equinox occurs, marking the end of summer. Here's everything you need to know about the autumnal equinox and whether you can actually balance an egg on this day. Rex Features 2 The autumn equinox signals the end of summer and start of autumn for the northern hemisphere ...
A federal judge in Mobile on Thursday ordered Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to start granting marriage licenses to gay couples, and he immediately took steps to do just that. The ruling came shortly after U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. "Ginny" Granade heard from lawyers of gay couples who had not been able...
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The federal judge who overturned Alabama's gay marriage ban ordered a reluctant county to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, signaling to probate judges across the state that they should do the same. Milton Persinger, left, and Robert Povilat wait for a marriage license at the ...
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that an Alabama county official couldn’t refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, providing clarity to other officials around the state struggling to make sense of conflicting state and federal court orders. U.S. District Judge Callie Granade ordered Probate Judge Don...
Sources tell THR that Curry will have a "substantial" role at NBC News, while Savannah Guthrie has been officially offered the "Today" post. Ann Curry is not leaving NBC News, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, batting down reports that she is negotiating an exit agreement from the company that could pay her the ...
Charles Sykes/NBC NBC News officials are in negotiations to have Savannah Guthrie, a relatively new face at the “Today” show, replace Ann Curry as the show’s co-host. The co-host position has been offered to Ms. Guthrie, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations, who insisted on anonymity because t...
GIF Police officials in Beverly Hills investigating the LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 drivers who tore through a neighborhood at excessive speeds say that the parties involved do not have actually have diplomatic immunity like they claimed. The problem is, they appear to have skipped town, Beverly Hills Police ...
This frame grab from a video shows a yellow Ferrari speeding through a stop sign, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Middle Eastern sheikh who allegedly said he owned a Ferrari caught... (Associated Press) This frame grab from a video shows a yellow Ferrari speeding through a stop sign, Thursday, ...
The story of the Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 that were caught on camera speeding through a Beverly Hills neighborhood, ignoring stop signs and narrowly avoiding pedestrians, has taken another turn for the weird. Having been confronted by a video journalist, the cars’ owner — who’s name has not been released —...
Story highlights The CIA officially acknowledges Area 51, long a fixation for conspiracy theorists, in documents The area, 125 northwest of Las Vegas, was a testing ground for Cold War aerial surveillance Document release could be just the beginning of Area 51 information, expert says Area 51 has long been ...
WASHINGTON — Newly declassified government documents made public Thursday are shedding some of the official mystery surrounding Nevada’s role in developing spy planes of the Cold War. A history of the U-2 reconnaissance program written by CIA officials in 1992 and released this summer to a national security institu...
While news producers scramble to put together a segment explaining today’s stock market crash, they will inevitably try to tie it to larger unrest. And there’s a lot to choose from: the unrest and instability in Greece, the Gulf oil spill, and maybe even the immigration law in Arizona deserve quality reportage. But acc...
Combine one part nervous traders, one part Greek crisis and one part trader error. Stir in one part central bank complacency. Bring to boil. Panic. That combination produced one of the wildest days ever in financial markets, with the Dow Jones industrial average at one point down almost 1,000 points while the euro ...
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The stock market plunged Thursday in a harrowing five-minute selloff that appeared to be triggered by a breakdown of trading systems. After dropping nearly 1,000 points, the market rebounded but still closed down 3.2%, leaving Wall Street struggling to figure out what happened. PM Report: Stocks Plunge, Fear Return...
Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE With a federal judge's signature on a proposed order initially submitted by prosecutors Oct. 17, the deal is sealed: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is criminally charged with federal contempt of court. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Photo: Nick Oza/The Republic) PHOEN...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio to stand trial in December on a criminal contempt charge of violating the terms of a court ruling against the controversial sheriff in a 2007 racial profiling case. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announces newly launched program ai...
Newt Gingrich got visibly worked up in response to a question about the Occupy Wall Street protests. He attacked the idea that Wall Street bankers should go to jail for the economic crisis, calling out D.C. regulators – including former Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd and Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank by name. “I...
Presidential challenger Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to lead in a time of economic peril but sounded less conservative than his Republican rivals in their debate Tuesday night, defending the 2008-2009 Wall Street bailout and declaring he could work with "good" Democrats. Republican presiden...
Call this one the stay-on-message debate. The candidates stuck to their talking points in Hanover, N.H.. The moderators focused narrowly on the subject of the economy. Herman Cain talked about his “9-9-9” plan – a lot. Text Size - + reset Opponents pile on 9-9-9 plan 1213456468001 POLITICO 44 In an ...
This year, the primary debates have been more important in shaping the race than they have been in past elections, The Wall Street Journal's Fred Barnes writes. Speeches, policy papers, endorsements have been ignored, Barnes writes, but the six debates since May have drawn huge audiences -- 6 million TV viewers for the...
All eyes might be on Texas Gov. Rick Perry at tonight’s debate, but Mitt Romney stole the pregame buzz by trotting out an unexpected endorsement from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The New Jersey governor announced his support for Mr. Romney at a Tuesday afternoon news conference and followed up with a call to tho...
President Trump escalated his war of words with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday evening, asserting that his "nuclear button" is "much bigger & more powerful" than the North Korean leader's and threatening that the U.S. arsenal "works." Trump was responding to Kim's annual New Year's Day speech on Monday,...
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!
HONG KONG — President Trump’s tweet Tuesday taunting the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the relative strength of the two nations’ nuclear arsenals set off a torrent of concern on Twitter — and a few jokes about masculine preoccupation with size. Noting that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, had claimed that ...
Angola’s popular prison rodeo. Photos: (top) Mario Tama/Getty Images (below) Liliana Segura “Welcome to the 46th annual Angola Prison Rodeo, the Wildest Show in the South!” It’s 9 a.m. and I’m driving through the gates of Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola, and listening to KLSP, 91.7 FM. I...
The rumors started seeping out of Ukraine about three years ago: A young Russian film director has holed up on the outskirts of Kharkov, a town of 1.4 million in the country's east, making...something. A movie, sure, but not just that. If the gossip was to be believed, this was the most expansive, complicated, all-cons...
Twins joined at the head — the medical term is craniopagus — are one in 2.5 million, of which only a fraction survive. The way the girls’ brains formed beneath the surface of their fused skulls, however, makes them beyond rare: their neural anatomy is unique, at least in the annals of recorded scientific literature. Th...
On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Hag...
This week we’ve been sharing our favorite articles of the year on Slate. This is the final installment, our overall top 10 stories of the year. For our full list—including the top 10 articles about sports, politics, tech, and more—check out Longform’s Best of 2011. —The Editors Lawrence Wright • The New Yorker ...
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The long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos are likely early signs of the structural failure that will ultimately destroy this moon of Mars. Orbiting a mere 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the surface of Mars, Phobos is closer to its planet than any other moon in the solar system. Mars' gravity is d...
We’ve said it before: Mars’ moon Phobos is doomed. But a new study indicates it might be worse than we thought. One of the most striking features we see on images of Phobos is the parallel sets of grooves on the moon’s surface. They were originally thought to be fractures caused by an impact long ago. But scientist...
(Reuters) - California is examining new World Health Organization findings to determine whether to add red meat and foods like hot dogs, sausages and bacon to a cancer-alert list, setting the stage for a potential battle with the meat industry over warning labels. Bacon is fried up in a pan in a kitchen in this pho...
Joe Raedle via Getty Images The World Health Organization on Monday announced it was classifying processes meats and red meats as carcinogens. Bacon lovers, it may not be easy to brush off the World Health Organization's new ruling that red and processed meats cause cancer -- at least not in California. Followi...
Crawl of outlinks from wikipedia.org started March, 2016. These files are currently not publicly accessible. Properties of this collection. It has been several years since the last time we did this. For this collection, several things were done: 1. Turned off duplicate detection. This collection will be complete, as th...
Michele Bachmann Bachmann still hasn't paid presidential campaign staffers Five Iowa staffers say they've refuse to sign a gag order the campaign demands (updated: Bachmann official denies) Over a year after she dropped out, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has refused to pay five staffers from her failed president...
Michele Bachmann Refuses to Pay Iowa Presidential Staffers After 375 Days Contact: Peter E Waldron, 727-415-7189, Contactamerica1@msn.com; www.peterewaldron.com TAMPA, Fla. Jan. 10, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN), former presidential candidate and a leader of the Tea Party C...
More than 100 cats are reported to have been found mutilated across the South of England in the past year amid fears a prolific cat killer continues to operate across the region. Forty severed cat corpses – as well as several butchered foxes and rabbits - have been collected with severed heads, tails and paws since...
In early December 2015, PETA offered up to £2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing and dismembering cats in Croydon and West Norwood. With the twisted individual apparently still on the loose as the killing spree continues – authorities suspect two puppies and a...
The so-called Croydon Cat Killer is believed to have claimed another two victims, it has emerged tonight. The cat ripper is thought to be responsible for the murders of cats in Guildford and Orpington in the space of three days. The deaths were confirmed by animal welfare group South Norwood Animal Rescue and L...
The death toll shows no sign of abating. A fortnight ago a decapitated cat was found in Archway, north London. Last Monday another was discovered in Guildford, Surrey. Then a body turned up on Thursday in Orpington, Kent. In March dead cats were found in the London districts of Richmond, Tottenham and Streatham. ...
(CNN) — A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet for refusing to serve alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith. In a bid to get her job back, Charee Stanley filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday for the revocation of a reasonable reli...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet because of her refusal to serve alcohol due to her religious beliefs. Charee Stanley, 40, filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Detroit last week. Her attorney says the Atlanta-b...
Namibia has started dehorning rhinos in national parks and private conservation reserves to save the animals from poaching after 14 of the pachyderms were slaughtered this year, according to the Environment Ministry. Namibia has one of the world’s largest populations of black rhinos, which are under threat from poa...
Back in 1989, Namibia took a radical step in its attempt to ward off poaching: it began purposefully removing some of its rhinos' horns. None of those dehorned rhinos were poached. Now, the country is hoping the same tactic might save its critically endangered black rhinos from extinction. As Vice News reports, the...
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Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Space Invaders, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Gauntlet, Tron — the names of coin-operated arcade games that have swallowed countless quarters are enshrined in legend. Except in the small town of Marshfield, Massachusetts, that is, where coin-op games were banned under a local ordinance in 19...
For many parents in the quiet beach suburb of Marshfield, a stitch has been added to the moral fabric of their community. This week the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld a ban on coin-operated video games. It is believed to be the first outright ban on computer games to hold up under judicial scrutiny. ''This is ...
Bacteria, viruses and parasites cause around 2m cases of cancer in the world each year, experts believe. Of the 7.5m global deaths from cancer in 2008, an estimated 1.5m may have been due to potentially preventable or treatable infections. Scientists carried out a statistical analysis of cancer incidence to cal...
Roughly one in six cancers is caused by an infection, according to a global study highlighting the power of vaccines in cancer prevention. French researchers pooled data on 27 cancers from 184 countries to calculate the fraction of cases attributable to viral, bacterial and parasitic infections. "Around 2 milli...
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This teen just got into all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford. How's your day going so far? As ABC 7 reported Tuesday, Ifeoma White-Thorpe, a senior at New Jersey's Morris Hills High School, has now been accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth an...
O ut of almost 800 submissions from 43 states, twelve finalists were chosen, and the top three –and– were welcomed to the National Liberty Museum for the Selma Award Ceremony. The ceremony kicked off with a spectacular red carpet welcome for the students, who were accompanied by their family members and their a...
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Story highlights Ifeoma White-Thorpe hasn't decided which school she'll attend in the fall High school senior has also been accepted into Stanford (CNN) Talk about an embarrassment of riches. A New Jersey teenager has to make a decision soon most high school seniors can only dream of -- deciding on which Iv...
For the past 30 years, the Mind & Life Institute has pioneered the field of contemplative science. In pairing the oldest wisdom traditions with cutting-edge scientific research, contemplative science uncovers groundbreaking and holistic insights into the human mind and condition. These insights represent some of the mo...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption A special service was held for the Dalai Lama at St Paul's Cathedral in London The Dalai Lama has said he is giving away to charity £1.1m in prize money that has been awarded to him. The Tibetan spiritual leader received the annual Templeton Prize in Lo...
Mobb Deep Songs Remixed: Listen to 7 of the Best The rap world is reeling from the shocking news that Prodigy, iconic rapper and one-half of Mobb Deep, died Tuesday (June 20) at age 42. He had been admitted to the hospital days earlier due to complications caused by a sickle cell anemia, a condition he'd struggled ...
Mobb Deep's Prodigy Mourned by Nas, Just Blaze & More Hip-Hop Peers Prodigy, one-half of the legendary '90s rap group Mobb Deep, died Tuesday (June 20) at age 42. The prolific MC was hospitalized in Las Vegas several days ago due to complications caused by his sickle cell anemia. Known for his rugged rap scheme...
Prodigy, the rapper best known for his work as half of long-running New York duo Mobb Deep, died in Las Vegas, after a hospitalization due to complications from sickle-cell anemia. He was 42. The group’s publicist sent the following statement to XXL: “It is with extreme sadness and disbelief that we confirm the...
Mobb Deep's Prodigy Dies At 42 Enlarge this image toggle caption Bryan Bedder/Getty Images Bryan Bedder/Getty Images Prodigy, one-half of iconic New York rap duo Mobb Deep, has died, according to a statement provided to NPR by a publicist for the group. The statement goes on to say that the rapper, born Albert ...
Prodigy, one-half of the seminal New York City hip-hop outfit Mobb Deep, died Tuesday at the age of 42. Mobb Deep's publicist confirmed the rapper's death in a statement to Rolling Stone. Related Prodigy: 10 Essential Tracks From the Mobb Deep MC Rapper Prodigy died at the age of 42, but his legacy of mixing st...
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Christian Kirksey, linebacker for the Cleveland Browns, stands at 6-feet-2 but in the recently released Madden NFL 15 video game, he barely reaches the shins of his opponents. Madden NFL 15 was launched on Microsoft's Xbox One on Aug. 26, and Kirksey is the biggest topic in social media commentary about the game. I...
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The tired spat between Google and Microsoft just got a lot more interesting after reports that the search giant tipped off European authorities to antitrust concerns, a tip that will now cost the Windows-maker nearly a billion dollars. When news of the fine levied by the European Union's competition watchdog broke on W...
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Welcome to Wiki for The Secret This is a wiki for solving the 12 puzzles contained inside The Secret, a puzzle book published in 1982 by Byron Preiss. To set up the puzzle, Preiss traveled to different locations in North America to secretly bury a dozen ceramic vases, or, as he called them, "casques." Each casque c...
In 1982, author and publisher Byron Preiss traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to m...
The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair Pe...