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Figure skater Johnny Weir drops out of 2014 Sochi Olympics
Figure skater Johnny Weir will not be competing in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014. According to the Associated Press, Weir did not register for the qualifying competition for the national...
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Fairphone, the first ‘ethically sourced’ smartphone, unveiled in London
A device billed as the world’s first ethically sourced smartphone was unveiled in London this week, but despite thousands of pre-orders its designer says the project remains a huge gamble. The Dutchman...
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Family of Fla. man run over by police car calls for ex-cop to be charged
The family of a Florida man killed during a police pursuit over a seat belt violation released dashboard camera footage that appears to contradict the medical examiner’s findings. Marlon Brown, 38,...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how gravity affects the flow of time
On Wednesday’s edition of his popular “Star Talk” radio show, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explained how gravity affects the flow of time and how time passes on different planets with different...
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House Republican leadership aide: ‘Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz’
An aide to a House Republican leaders on Wednesday said that Democratic Texas state Sen. “Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz” (R-TX) because the Republican senator refused to filibuster a bill to...
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Son of Navy shooting victim frets ‘aching emptiness’ of next seemingly...
Chris Gaarde, son of Navy Yard shooting victim Kathy Gaarde, told Cenk Uygur on Wednesday he hoped the tragic incident would prompt action. But he also worried that nothing would change, and the nation...
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Tom DeLay verdict overturned by appeals court
An attorney for Tom DeLay said on Thursday that a Texas Court of Appeals in Austin had overturned a conviction that would have sent the former Republican House Majority Leader to prison for two...
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Anti-gay activists accuse Dan Savage of promoting apostasy with gay equality...
A pair of conservative activists denounced an effort by advice columnist Dan Savage to show some Christians support homosexual equality as “apostasy.” Attorney Matt Barber, president of Liberty Counsel...
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America’s ‘official’ federal poverty measurement is pointless and unproductive
Census data released this week show that after yet another year of anemic “recovery,” the number of Americans living in poverty last year remained stubbornly unchanged. But what is “poverty” as...
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Pope Francis: It is unnecessary to talk about abortion and gay marriage all...
In an interview with the Jesuit magazine America, Pope Francis spoke at length about same-sex attraction and other social issues, such as abortion and contraception. “We cannot insist only on issues...
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Maddow mocks GOP’s rightward drift and wonders what year they think it is
Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow took a hard look at Republicans who are being driven further and further to the right as they alienate moderate conservatives and dip in...
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How the LA Dodgers turned a parking lot into Boston’s hottest tech center
The LA Dodgers might be the best thing that has ever happened to Boston’s startup ecosystem. When Frank McCourt, a Boston real estate developer, bought the beleaguered baseball team from Fox...
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Solar and wind power now cheaper than coal power in the U.S.
It’s less costly to get electricity from wind turbines and solar panels than coal-fired power plants when climate change costs and other health impacts are factored in, according…
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Algae biofuel use cuts carbon emissions 50 to 70 percent when compared to...
Algae biofuel still has some catching up to do in the profitability department, but a first-of-its-kind study of a large scale algae biofuel operation puts it very close to petroleum in a key indicator...
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Venezuela receives $5 billion credit line from China
Visiting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday, and said Beijing has granted his country a $5 billion credit line. Maduro, vowing to strengthen the...
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Cruz announces plan B for defunding Obamacare: ‘Shut down the military’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday warned Senate Republicans that refusing to filibuster a bill that defunds President Barack Obama’s health care reform law “is a vote for Obamacare,” and he also advised...
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Pope Francis lashes out at world economic system for worshiping a ‘god called...
On Sunday, Pope Francis discarded his prepared remarks for Mass after speaking with an unemployed father-of-three who, according to Reuters, told him that unemployment “oppresses you and wears you out...
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Pelosi rips Republican ‘legislative arsonists’ who want to ‘burn down’ the...
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday blasted Republicans as “legislative arsonists” for their plan to shut down the government unless President Barack Obama’s health care reform law is...
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Fate of 5 US sailors ‘undetermined’ as chopper crashes
A US Navy helicopter crashed into the Red Sea on Sunday and the fate of five crew members “is still being determined,” the military said. The MH-60S Knighthawk was flying with the guided missile...
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South Africa rhino-poaching toll hits record near 700
Poachers have killed a record 688 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, more than the entire number slaughtered in 2012, according to figures issued Sunday, World Rhino Day. South Africa is home to...
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