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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

National News

No one had quantified how much carcinogens linger in people's clothes after they get back from the dry cleaner's, until a high school student started asking questions.

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No one had quantified how much carcinogens linger in people's clothes after they get back from the dry cleaner's, until a high school student started asking questions.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said the House would consider elements of the bill, but refused to consider the entire $447 billion package.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said the House would consider elements of the Obama jobs bill, but refused to consider the entire $447 billion package.
Before Bill O'Reilly was a popular Fox News pundit, he taught high school. With his new book "Killing Lincoln," O'Reilly returns to the role of history teacher with a new perspective on these historic events.

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In 1865, the Civil War came to a close. But just six days after the confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee surrendered, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theatre in Washington DC.
Social scientists looking into Twitter find surprisingly similar patterns in our moods throughout the day -- cheery at breakfast, low in the late afternoon, up again after dinner.

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Social scientists looking into Twitter have found that everyone has mood swings that follow surprisingly similar patterns.
Truckers now have an alternative to sitting around a truck stop -- a movement to encourage them to ride bikes as an antidote to their sedentary life is gaining speed.

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There’s a new sight on America’s highways as long-haul truckers are turning to a two-wheeled antidote to their sedentary life.
Do chemicals remain on your clothes after they return from the dry cleaners? That's what one teenager and a Georgetown University professor wanted to find out. http://bit.ly/qfyD5r

Peter Hart's latest blog post.

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New York Times business writer Andrew Ross Sorkin has been criticized for being too chummy with the Wall Street tycoons he's supposed to be covering. Today he has a piece in the Times (10/4/11) about Occupy Wall Street--which he's decided to check out because it's beginning to make some CEOs nervous...
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Explore radio collecting with its seemingly endless variety of vintage sets.
Read our statement below on threats to reproductive rights from the Conservative Government on the National Day to Remember Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women. Please share widely!
Over 700 protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested on Saturday as thousands marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

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Police arrested more than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters on Saturday as thousands marched in New York.

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