Afghan ‘health link’ to uranium

Doctors in Afghanistan say rates of some health problems affecting children have doubled in the last two years.
Some scientists say the rise is linked to use of weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) by the US-led coalition that invaded the country in 2001.
A Canadian research group found very high levels of uranium in [...]

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The man who grew a finger

In every town in every part of this sprawling country you can find a faceless sprawling strip mall in which to do the shopping.
Rarely though would you expect to find a medical miracle working behind the counter of the mall’s hobby shop.
That however is what Lee Spievak considers himself to be.
“I put my [...]

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FDA report shows problems at Merck vaccine plant

Federal inspectors documented unwanted “fibers” on the stoppers of vaccine vials at Merck & Co. Inc.’s vast vaccine plant in Montgomery County.
They also found instances of contaminated children’s vaccines and complaints that were not always investigated at the West Point plant.
Inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration spent 30 days at the [...]

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Wal-Mart announces food donation program after News 4 investigation

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(KMOV) — Wal-Mart has announced a new program to donate 70 million pounds of food from Sam’s Clubs to food banks across the country.
The announcement came just months after News 4 Investigates revealed just how much [...]

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Eugenics and Environmentalism: From quality control to quantity control

Has eugenics faded away with time, or has the pseudo science morphed and cloaked itself under new auspices? Were some of the original founders of population control efforts themselves eugenicists? How and when did eugenicists shift from Galton era ideals to Malthusian population control? The history of eugenics is incredibly detailed [...]

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Police raid suspected meth house, only find fish tank

Police raid suspected meth house, only find fish tank
 

Brooklyn Park police were looking for a meth lab, but they found a fish tank
and the chemicals needed to maintain it.
And a few hours later, when the city sent a contractor to fix the door the
police had smashed open Monday afternoon, it was obvious the city [...]

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Pictured: Inside the cellar where father locked daughter for 24 years and repeatedly raped her

This is the man who today confessed that he imprisoned his daughter in an underground chamber for 24 years and fathered her seven children.
Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, was raped repeatedly since being lured into the dungeon built below the family home in a small Austrian town. Police said she had been “broken” by [...]

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New Florida law would grant cops right to impound cars playing loud music

A new law, up for a final vote next month, would grant police in Sarasota the authority to impound vehicles found playing their stereos too loud and charge up to $650 in fines for repeat violators.
Not surprisingly, the law has proven controversial. On one side of argument, there’s the older residents in the community that [...]

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Gasoline May Soon Cost $10 a Gallon

Get ready for another economic shock of major proportions — a virtual doubling of prices at the gas pump to as much as $10 a gallon.
That’s the message from a couple of analytical energy industry trackers, both of whom, based on the surging oil prices, see considerably more pain at the pump [...]

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‘Extreme porn’ law could criminalise millions

If you use the internet for any purpose that might be construed as other than respectable – be afraid. Be very afraid.
Almost unreported, the UK Criminal Justice Bill is slowly wending its way toward becoming law. It includes a section (Clause 63) on “extreme pornographic images” that may, or may not, affect [...]

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