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The 1% aren't like the rest of us
Over the last two years, President Obama and Congress have put the country on track to reduce projected federal budget deficits by nearly $4 trillion. Yet when that process began, in early 2011, only about 12% of Americans in Gallup polls cited federal...
Tags: Personal Income, Culture, Social Sciences, Government, Social Security
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Louis Simpson dies at 89; Pulitzer-winning poet
"A poet," Louis Simpson once wrote, "should wish for enough unhappiness to keep him writing." Simpson may not have wished for trouble, but he kept writing for 60 years — spare, powerful poems about war, infidelity, suburban alienation and other...
Tags: Jamaica, State University of New York, Alzheimer's Disease, Stony Brook, Adultery
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Robots built to help autistic children
Robots aren't known for their soft side. They build cars and defuse bombs; they don't, as a rule, make friends or deal with feelings. But a few groups of researchers around the world are working to build robots for an unusual purpose: Making emotional...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Research, Science and Technology, Autism
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Supplements for depression: What the research reveals
Struggling with the black dog of depression? The supplement aisle abounds with options for people seeking a non-medicinal remedy — but figuring out what works and what doesn't can be a challenge for consumers and experts alike.
That's because...Tags: Prozac (drug), Placebo, Anxiety, Depression, Hormone Replacement Therapy
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For the forgetful in menopause, brain works harder to keep up
Around the time of menopause, many women complain of mental slippage. But, as if to inflict some perverse trick upon them, cognitive scientists have found that they actually perform no more poorly than women who do not have such complaints. (Reassuring in...Tags: MRI (imaging), Post Menopause, Placebo, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Education
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A hard road for the poor in need of cars
Last of three parts
No car, no work. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('div#series-box h4.last').html('Map: Alternatives for poor buyers'); }); That's the conclusion Lisa Twombly reached as she fought to hang on to her job as a caretaker for an...Tags: Personal Income, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Nursing
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McManus: Presidential crystal balls
Unemployment is mired at 9%, and President Obama's poll ratings are mired too. Democrats are dispirited. Republicans are fired up and ready to go. Activists on both the right and the left are demanding change.
So is there any way Obama can win reelection...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Yale University, Herman Cain, Jimmy Carter
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HIV vaccine feat leaves more questions than answers
Only hours after HIV vaccine researchers announced the achievement of a milestone that has eluded them for a quarter of a century, they began plotting their next steps -- and coming to grips with a sobering reality. Their ultimate goal, halting the spread...Tags: Placebo, David Geffen School of Medicine, Health and Safety at School, Blood, Research
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FDA Warns of Celebrex Heart Risk
Times Staff WritersWASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned physicians to consider alternatives to the popular arthritis drug Celebrex because of new evidence that, like the similar drug Vioxx, removed from the market in September, it doubles the...Tags: Cardiologists, University of Washington, Heart Attack, Placebo, Arthritis
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Lawyer who helped prosecute Gov. Ryan tapped for U.S. attorney's post
The lawyer picked Thursday to succeed Patrick Fitzgerald as Chicago's U.S. attorney is a former federal prosecutor best known for taking on corrupt politicians and powerful institutions such as the University of Notre Dame. Zachary Fardon would take...
Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Senate, Litigation, Regional Authority, Justice System
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Vick arrived, leaves with Class of 2013
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.The 208 members of the Owensboro High School Class of 2013 hold a special place in Superintendent Larry Vick's heart. They were in the first grade in 2001, when Vick, superintendent of the Paris, Tenn., Special School District, was chosen to lead the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Elections, Dental Health, Government, Human Interest
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Condom vending machines coming to LC
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.Condom vending machines will return to Lynchburg College in the fall. Although condoms always are available to students for free through the school's health center and resident advisors in the dorms, more than a decade has passed since the school has...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Education, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Teaching and Learning
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