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Alex Jones: Taylor Swift ‘loves genetically-modified bacteria poop’
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who earlier this year led the push to have CNN host Piers Morgan deported, is now calling on singer Taylor Swift to stop endorsing Diet Coke. Jones’ criticism, released...
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Eight Senate Republicans vote against the Violence Against Women Act
Eight Republican senators voted Monday against proceeding to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), a bipartisan bill to aid victims of domestic and sexual violence. Sens. Ted Cruz...
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Couch potatoes have lower sperm count
Men who watch television for 20 hours per week have almost half the sperm count of those who watch very little television or none at all, according to a study published on Tuesday. US researchers...
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NASA science balloon breaks longest flight record
After more than 55 days flying over Antarctica, NASA’s huge Super-TIGER scientific balloon has broken the record for the longest flight of its kind, bringing back a wealth of data, the US space agency...
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Scientists ‘print’ 3D object with stem cells
Scientists on Monday said that for the first time they had printed 3D objects using human embryonic stem cells, furthering the quest to fabricate transplantable organs. Once fine-tuned, the technology...
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Hackers steal data from U.S. Department of Energy
The US Department of Energy on Monday confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack in January, which stole employee and contractor data, but said no classified data was compromised. The agency, in a...
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Reps. Blumenauer and Polis to propose overhaul of marijuana laws
Now that former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) have retired from the House of Representatives, two new lawmakers have stepped up to lead the push to reform marijuana laws. Democratic...
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Volgograd to vote on reverting back to Soviet-era name ‘Stalingrad’
It is a name synonymous with perhaps Moscow’s greatest military triumph, an internecine six-month standoff that killed well over 1 million people. But in 1961, Stalingrad was quickly renamed Volgograd...
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NBC reporter on leaked memo: Obama admin. using ‘elastic’ definitions to...
NBC News correspondent Michael Isikoff said Monday the Obama administration was using murky legal definitions to justify its use of drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists. “Remember, we are talking...
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Former exec. of South Carolina GOP defends mocking Trayvon Martin’s death
Former South Carolina GOP executive director Todd Kincannon on Monday defended a series of provocative, racially-charged tweets he sent out during the Super Bowl. Kincannon told HuffPost Live that...
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Jon Stewart on Super Bowl ads: Candy feels pain, kissing a Jew is...
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart reviewed the Super Bowl on his show Monday night, lampooning the events highlights and bloopers. Stewart was particularly intrigued by the new and controversial Super...
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Mississippi, Alabama take last place in elections performance study
Mississippi, Alabama and Washington D.C. make it harder than any other states in the union for citizens to vote, according to a new study from the Pew Charitable Trust. To compile the list, researchers...
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FBI team to investigate attack on Turkish embassy
The United States has sent an FBI team to join the Turkish investigation into a deadly suicide bombing on the US embassy in Ankara last week, the mission said Wednesday. Friday’s bombing, the second...
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Watch live: Chris Rock and other celebrities rally for gun control
Elected officials, advocates and celebrities including Amanda Peet, Chris Rock, Adam Scott and others hold a news conference to call on Congress to act on gun control legislation. Watch live, broadcast...
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‘Dr. Ruth’ and Neil DeGrasse Tyson settle the question of ‘Does size matter?’
In a meeting of scientific minds, astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson hosted sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer on his “Star Talk” podcast, and what started as a viewer’s question about the former...
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Legal gun owner arrested for chambering round at Connecticut Chuck E. Cheese
A Connecticut woman was arrested at the children’s restaurant Chuck E. Cheese in Newington on Monday after she was accused of pulling her gun and chambering a round while threatening another mother....
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Cancer rates decline in African-American men although racial disparities remain
A new joint report from multiple health agencies said that U.S. cancer deaths among African-American men have declined, but that racial disparities remain. According to CNN, the widest gap in treatment...
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Boy Scouts postpone decision: Gay ban will continue until at least May
The Boy Scouts of America national board on Wednesday delayed until May a decision on dropping a ban on LGBT members. The board had been expected to vote on Wednesday on a policy that would have...
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California Supreme Court’s medical marijuana ruling could trigger ‘green rush’
Right now nearly 200 cities and counties in California ban medical marijuana dispensaries, but all those markets could be set to open later this year thanks to a case the California Supreme Court began...
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Two ‘young children,’ one woman dead in Denver murder-suicide shooting
Police are investigating a shooting in Denver that left three people dead and another injured. Denver Police said that that one woman and two children under the age of 10 were found dead at the 4900...
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