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Brazil Amazon-From paradise to inferno
It was time to show the crime being committed against the Amazon.
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Hundreds Attend Lonely Veteran's Funeral After Sad Obit Goes Viral
World War II vet Harold Jellicoe "Coe" Percival passed away peacefully in his sleep last month at the age of 99. According to his obituary, Harold had "no close family who can attend his funeral."
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THE SAGAN SERIES - The Pale Blue Dot
The Sagan Series is an educational project working in the hopes of promoting scientific literacy in the general population. Created by @ReidGower http://twitter.com/reidgower
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Harvard Just Released Its Epic Study On What Men Need To Live A Happy Life
‘In 1938 Harvard University began following 268 male undergraduate students and kicked off the longest-running longitudinal studies of human development in history. The study’s goal was to determine as best as possible what factors contribute most strongly to human flourishing.
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Midwest Tornado Outbreak: Here's How You Can Help
Survivors of the tornado outbreak in the Midwest need your help – here's how you can provide aid.
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Toxic waste 'major global threat'
More than 200 million people around the world are at risk of exposure to toxic waste, a report has concluded.
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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies – 10 Tips for Getting Rid of Fruit Flies
Are you waging a fruitless battle against fruit flies in your home (pun intended)? Try following these 10 tips for getting rid of fruit flies. Pic by Mike Zacchino | mzacchino@oregonian.com
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'Penniless' man is worth $65 million, court rules - and must give wife half
One of Britain's longest and most bitter divorce battles culminated on Friday with a High Court judge branding a well-connected millionaire a liar and his ex-wife a conspiracy theorist.
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US Holiday Celebrating Bounty Comes as Government Cuts Food Program for Poor
The American holiday of Thanksgiving celebrates bountiful harvests with traditional family feasts. This year it comes just as the government assistance food stamps program is reducing benefit...
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Rare 800-Pound Stingray Caught Off Miami Beach
A rare 800-pound stingray was caught off the coast of Florida’s Miami Beach.
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Wind could ground Macy's parade balloons in NYC
Balloons have been grounded once in the 87-year history of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Crimes against Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving used to be all about the turkey. And the football. And the Macy's parade. Shopping was for the day after - or the weekend.
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1939: The Year of Two Thanksgivings
At the beginning of Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency, Thanksgiving was not a fixed holiday; it was up to the President to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation to announce what date the holiday would fall on.
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Study: Chronic Lateness May Actually Be Medical Condition
Get this: People who are always late may be dealing with a medical condition.
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Giving thanks for the miracle of survival
Leon Gersten could not bear to watch “Schindler’s List,” the movie about Czech industrialist Oskar Schindler who saved 1,200 Jews from Nazi extermination camps. It was too painful for the Holocaust survivor, too close to reality.
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Should you rinse soapy dishes - How soap works
And, as it turns out, my friends and I are split into two camps. Those who rinse dishes after soaping them up and those who don’t..
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Gattaca - Parents audition actresses for their eggs
The hottest role these days for a young actress? Egg donor. Egg “agents” are aggressively recruiting city models and actresses, whose looks are coveted by couples turning to in-vitro fertilization.
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Experts 'prefer cheaper champagne'
The experts have been fooled.
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Men and women 'wired differently'
Men and women's brains are wired in completely different ways which may explain why the sexes excel at certain tasks, brain scans reveal.
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The pre-history of the US dollar
Wampum and tobacco.
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