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Boston Globe - Sat Dec 5, 8:43 pm ET
MIT researchers are working on sensor-studded women’s clothing that would record assaults on them and store the data on a computer. The idea is to provide a domestic violence victim with a record that might prompt her to recognize escalating abuse and seek help.
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Johnson City Press - Sat Dec 5, 7:55 pm ET
Ray Kirkland grew up with all the amenities Johnson City offers.
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San Antonio Express-News - Sat Dec 5, 7:07 pm ET
Wilfredo Rogelio Garcia largely has flown below the radar for several decades while building a reputation as the biggest case runner in Hidalgo County.
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Boston Globe - Sat Dec 5, 6:03 pm ET
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend an international climate summit in Copenhagen, a spokesman said Saturday, ending days of speculation about the country's level of representation at the landmark conference.
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Foreign Policy Blogs - Sat Dec 5, 5:40 pm ET
“People Want Action on Climate Change” - That’s the conclusion of a poll out this week that was commissioned by the World Bank and carried out by WorldPublicOpinion.org. The press release says “People signaled they would support public measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions and step up adaptation measures.” The report on the poll, Public attitudes [...]
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FOX Springfield - Sat Dec 5, 5:21 pm ET
Former NBA player Luc Longley won an eBay auction to name a new species of shrimp that lives on southwest coast of Australia, according to TheScientist.com.
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Naples Daily News - Sat Dec 5, 5:05 pm ET
Let’s remember Pearl Harbor.Monday marks the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack that plunged a woefully unready United States into World War II.By the time the last attacking planes had left the island of Oahu, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was mostly on the bottom of the harbor. Most of our war planes were shot up as they sat on the ground, parked wingtip to wingtip because the base commanders ...
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Albert Lea Tribune - Sat Dec 5, 4:30 pm ET
Robert and Betty Peoble, owner and operators of Peoble Photography and Peoble Divers in Albert Lea, recently attended the 2009 DEMA (Dive Equipment Manufactures Association) annual convention held in Orlando, Fla.
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UPI - Sat Dec 5, 3:50 pm ET
SURABAYA, Indonesia, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A man has been arrested in Indonesia's East Java province for allegedly selling red kangaroos, a protected species in the Asian country, authorities said.
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NPR - Sat Dec 5, 2:32 pm ET
A few years before her death, Barack Obama's mother completed her doctoral dissertation. Nearly two decades later, S. Ann Dunham's fieldwork has been published — a fulfillment of her dream, courtesy of her daughter.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 2:16 pm ET
Link to Audio: http://my.democrats.org/page/-/audio/WS320008Edit.mp3
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 2:00 pm ET
Indonesian police said on Saturday they had arrested a man believed to have smuggled 10 rare kangaroos by boat from New Guinea island.
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AG Weekly - Sat Dec 5, 1:27 pm ET
Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to figure out the commodity markets? Why is it that so many of us fail to market and trade well, leaving large sums of money on the table due to poor marketing or allowing “the board” to get our money when trying to invest.
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AG Weekly - Sat Dec 5, 1:26 pm ET
On Friday, November 20, the USDA released the November Cattle on Feed report. The report is actually a little friendly with placements nearly 2% below average trade guess and on feed supplies slightly below the trade guess.
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Payvand Iran News - Sat Dec 5, 1:24 pm ET
The author of a new book believes capitalism and middle class values can transform the Muslim World economically, culturally and politically. Vali Nasr, an Iranian-American, is a professor of international politics at Tufts University. His views on the Muslim world are based on observations during visits to Muslim countries.