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Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say By Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer Wed Nov 25, 3:41 pm ET WASHINGTON – Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests. Slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing preventable deaths from heart and lung diseases, according to studies released Wednesday and...

Mom of teen set on fire: Son focused on recovery MIAMI – In the days after 15-year-old Michael Brewer was set on fire by a group of teens, his mother, Valerie Brewer, sat at his hospital bedside and worried. "How are we going to get through this?" she recalls wondering. She was a switchboard operator. Her husband had been laid off as a maintenance man two months prior. The family didn't have health insurance....

http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/23/dea...can-albinos%2F Deadly Skin Trade Preys on African Albinos Posted: 11/23/09 LONDON (Nov. 23) -- East Africa's albinos have long suffered because of the color of their skin. Some are abandoned as babies by parents who regard their lack of pigment as a curse. Many more are subjected to taunts of "zeru" (Swahili for ghost) in school and on the street. But now Tanzania and...

At the End of the Day, Diversity Has Jumped the Shark by Ann Coulter 11/18/2009 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34484 It cannot be said often enough that the chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre of 13 Americans in which the suspect is a Muslim by saying: "Our diversity ... is a strength." As long as the general has brought it up: Never in recorded history has...

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34129753...d_environment/ Quote: CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons. The cheeky primates have learned how to open car doors and jump through windows in pursuit of tasty sandwiches and snacks.

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10-Pound Baby Delivered In Parking Lot POSTED: 9:42 am MST November 17, 2009 UPDATED: 10:58 am MST November 17, 2009 PHOENIX -- A Gilbert police officer and off-duty detective helped deliver a 10-pound bundle of joy Monday morning in a parking lot off the intersection of Elliott and Lindsay roads, authorities said. According to a news release from the Gilbert Police Department, Matthew Casteel was driving his wife, Megan, to the hospital when...

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Fox News again accused of airing misleading video Quote: Thu Nov 19, 3:36 pm ET For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience, while Fox claims a "production error." Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a...