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Another great American tradition: foreign aid
Like the rest of America, I will be tuning in Sunday to watch Baltimore's own Ravens play for the Vince Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XLVII. The Super Bowl has become a great American tradition. But there's another tradition that demonstrates our nation's...
Tags: Joe Flacco, Super Bowl, Vince Lombardi, Catholic Relief Services, Sports
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Supreme Court to review free speech of HIV/AIDS groups
Reuters(Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government can require groups that receive federal funding for overseas HIV/AIDS programs to have explicit policies that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. The case is one of six that the...Tags: Trials, Judges, U.S. Congress, International Relations, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Death comes to town in "Malaria"
Every once in a while, you come across a storyteller that really knows how to dazzle you. Last night my fellow geek journo Marc Bernardin shared a link this this video on Twitter with the following description: "I don't know what to call this short film,...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Django Unchained (movie)
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Malian guitarist finds beauty in minimalism
Guitarist Vieux Farka Toure conveys a sense of restrained urgency on his disc, "The Secret" (Six Degrees). His minimalism leaves room for international guest musicians, while he responds with subdued ferocity. Toure also talks about his home with a global...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Africa, Old Town School of Folk Music, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Chicagoan saves one dog at a time from rabies in Africa
NANGALE, Tanzania — Only about half the dogs Anna Czupryna is studying in Tanzania have names. Dogs are different here. They are foragers and night watchmen who are treated more like livestock than pets. But when the dogs of north-central Tanzania...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Teachers, Health and Safety at School, Research, England
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Nueva enfermedad proveniente de garrapatas es identificada
El Hartford CourantLos investigadores de Yale han identificado otra enfermedad transmitida por garrapatas en los Estados Unidos. En un estudio publicado el jueves en el New England Journal of Medicine, los investigadores escriben que han identificado personas en el sur de...Tags: Babesiosis , Anaplasmosis , Meningitis
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Breakthrough: Researchers break down the impulse to itch
Description: Johns Hopkins researchers may have narrowed in on nerve cells in mice that signal when something feels itchy, but not when it causes pain. Even if a stimulus that would normally be perceived as painful is introduced to the nerve cells, the...Tags: Yale University, Itching, Science and Technology, Morphine (drug), Medical Research
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Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker
LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Mental Health, HIV, Heart Disease
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Beyond 7 billion: Bending the population curve
Hunger. Environmental degradation. Political instability. These were among the consequences of rapid global population growth documented in a five-part series in The Times in July. Now, Opinion has invited leading scholars to consider what, if anything,...
Tags: Conservation, Islam, Arts and Culture, University of California, Berkeley, Research and Development
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A legacy we dare not leave
WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we're barreling toward a "world … of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and...
Tags: Conservation, Doha (Qatar), Global Warming, Weather Reports, International Economic Institution
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Ben Affleck on running for Senate: He didn't say 'no'
This post has been corrected, as detailed below.He didn't say "no." Ben Affleck didn't say much, but he didn't say "no" when pressed by Bob Schieffer to chat about the possibility that he might run for a Senate seat in Massachusetts should Sen. John Kerry be tapped as secretary of State. "I’m...Tags: Elections, Ben Affleck, Congo, Argo (movie), Bob Schieffer
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Study links disease, poverty and biodiversity
Poverty and disease often come together. That much is well understood. But how much does poverty foster disease? Or, how much can disease perpetuate poverty? And what’s the role of nature, given that so many infectious diseases are spread by...
Tags: Princeton University, Diseases and Illnesses, Conservation, Social Issues, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Nov 30, 2012
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Dec 26, 2012
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