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Why science policy should take popular culture seriously
Knitting an EDF logo might seem like an odd thing to do. But people are odd. Science policymakers should remember that I’m surrounded by badgers. I’ve never actually seen one live, though I’m told my...
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Hackers attack top Czech news websites
Hackers attacked several top Czech news websites on Monday, overloading them with hundreds of thousands of requests per second to make them inaccessible, publishers said. “News servers have been facing...
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Police: 17 injured in 400-inmate brawl at Tucson prison
A fight involving more than 400 inmates broke out Sunday morning at a prison near Tucson, Arizona, leaving 17 prisoners injured along with two members of the prison staff, according to The Associated...
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Fake bishop tries to sneak into Vatican meeting
An Italian man dressed up in fake ecclesiastical robes was escorted out of a meeting of Catholic cardinals by Swiss Guards on Monday after trying to sneak into the closed-door Vatican meeting. The man...
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Kinky Friedman: ‘I want my ashes spread on Rick Perry’s hair’
Jewish country singer and former gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman announced over the weekend that he had completed his last will and testament and it calls for his ashes to be sprinkled on the...
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Conservative site ‘Daily Caller’ chides Ashley Judd for nude scenes
The conservative news site The Daily Caller mocked actress and activist Ashley Judd on Sunday night for doing nude scenes in her films. “We are used to knowing just about everything there is to know...
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Gay and lesbian couples look to Obama on immigration rights
Erwin de Leon married a US citizen nearly three years ago, but the Filipino is still in immigration limbo for one simple reason — his spouse is a man. De Leon and his husband John Beddingfield, the...
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Florida company building life-sized ‘Noah’s Ark’ turns heads with elephant...
A company in Hialeah, Florida has embarked on a crusade of biblical proportions: they’re building a full-size version of “Noah’s Ark” from the book of Genesis, according to NBC Miami. That probably...
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Tony Perkins: Tolerating LGBT students means ‘boys invading girls’ locker rooms’
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Monday warned that school policies baring discrimination against LGBT students could result in “teenage boys invading girls’ locker rooms.” In his...
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Prosecutor: Berlusconi hosted ‘prostitution system’ in Milan villa
Silvio Berlusconi hosted a “prostitution system” at his villa near Milan, where he paid women for sex with cash and favours, a prosecutor at the former prime minister’s trial said on Monday. Prosecutor...
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AR-15 assault rifle stolen from unmarked San Francisco police car
Authorities in San Francisco are working to recover an AR-15 military-style rifle that was stolen from an unmarked police car over the weekend. Police spokesperson Sgt. Michael Andraychak on Monday...
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Obama on the death of Hugo Chavez: We support the Venezuelan people
President Barack Obama said within hours of the death of American foe President Hugo Chavez Tuesday that the United States was interested in a “constructive” future relationship with Venezuela....
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TSA to allow small knives on flights
Pocket knives and sports equipment — banned on US flights since the September 11, 2001 attacks — are to be allowed back in aircraft cabins, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said...
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Gun control debate fueling ‘explosive’ rise in far-right extremist groups:...
The number of anti-government, far-right extremist groups has soared to record levels since 2008 and they are becoming increasingly militant, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center....
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Stock markets surge as Dow closes at all-time high
Stock markets in New York and London climbed to new highs on Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its highest closing level and the London market surpassed a level last reached five...
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Donald Trump — but not Chris Christie — to speak at the Conservative...
Donald Trump and Chris Christie are both outsized personalities, but only one of them is apparently big enough to speak at the CPAC conservative gathering next week – and it is not the New Jersey...
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Gov. Rick Perry backs 20-week abortion ban in Texas
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Tuesday endorsed legislation that would prohibit abortion after 20-weeks of pregnancy. State Sen. Glenn Hegar (R) and state Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R) introduced the Preborn...
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Parody: Mitt Romney says he lost because minorities understood his message
Mitt Romney explained in his first post-election interview that he lost the 2012 election because minorities clearly understood his message, The Onion reported on Tuesday. “At the end of the day, we...
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Bill O’Reilly screams at Alan Colmes for pointing out Obama’s sequester plan
On his show Tuesday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly ripped into liberal commentator Alan Colmes for allegedly “lying” about President Barack Obama’s plan to avert across-the-board spending cuts....
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Egyptian women and ‘Tahrir Bodyguards’ declare war against rampant ‘sexual...
Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and a reticent society to confront...
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