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Posted on March 20 2010 Read more...

One Unexpected Creature Discovered a Way to Cheat Death

When we think of immortality or eternal youth, many of us probably imagine things like gods, vampires, the Fountain of Youth, and even the Land of Faerie. Throughout history, there have been many legends and tales about creatures who cheated death or people who set out on a quest to find [...]

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China’s Capital Of Capitalism Weathers Recession

China’s entrepreneurial zeal means it’s now second only to the U.S. in the number of billionaires, according to Forbes magazine, which says China’s billionaires have doubled over the past year to 64.
Nowhere is China’s private sector more apparent than in the city of Wenzhou, 300 miles south of Shanghai, which produces [...]

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In Changing China, Being ‘Suicided’ Or ‘Harmonized’

Nowhere is the blistering pace of change in China more obvious than in its language. Chinese, the language with the most native speakers, is constantly coining and importing new terms to describe new ideas and things.
Lately in China, it’s become fashionable to use the passive voice when authorities have done something [...]

Posted on March 19 2010 Read more...

Hendrix Tops Elvis

The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Valleys Of Neptune enters The Billboard 200 at #4, putting the rock legend back in the top five nearly 40 years after he died at the tragically young age of 27. No other artist has cracked the top five this long after his death. Elvis Presley is [...]

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End In Sight, Health Care Battle Tilts Obama’s Way

One by one, Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama’s direction.
In full campaign mode, his voice rising, the president all but claimed victory, declaring to a cheering audience in Virginia, “We are going to fix [...]

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Democrats Grind Out Health Care, A Vote At A Time

President Obama was in Ohio on Monday to give his third campaign-style, outside-the-Beltway health care overhaul sales pitch in the past half-dozen days.
But back in Washington, the furious action was behind the scenes, as Democratic leaders continued their desperate arm-twisting for health care’s too-close-to-call end game. And interest groups shoveled [...]

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Fake TV Game Show ‘Tortures’ Man, Shocks France

France is reeling from a documentary about a psychological experiment disguised as a game show. Researchers staged a fictitious reality show to see how far people would go in obeying authority, especially if television reinforces that authority.
The disturbing results have alarmed the French.
The fictitious game show had all the trappings [...]

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7 Things Never to Say to Your Boss

Everyone has a boss. Even if you “work for yourself,” you’re still an employee to your client.
A big part of maintaining the boss-employee relationship is to never allow a boss to think you dislike your work, are incapable of doing it, or–worse–consider it beneath you.
These sound like no-brainers, but many [...]

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Attack Ad Against Health Bill Uses Democrat’s Young Daughters

s the House gears up for this weekend’s dramatic vote on health reform legislation, Democrats are taking flak from all sides. In southern Ohio, opponents of the bill have created a blowback effect by airing an ad targeting Rep. Steve Driehaus to stand firm as a “no” vote on the [...]

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Credit Scores Can Drop After Getting Loan Help

WASHINGTON  — Some homeowners who sign up for the government’s mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: Lower credit scores.
For borrowers who are making their payments on time but are on the verge of default, the Obama administration’s loan modification program can reduce their credit score as much as 100 [...]