Monday, August 6, 2012

Obama Signs Bill for Camp Lejeune Water Victims

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President Obama signs bill helping victims of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune Marine base

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Report: States Passing Fewer Immigration Laws

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Report: State legislatures passed 20 percent fewer immigration laws in first half of 2012

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Human-Triggered Earthquakes Surprisingly Common

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Injecting liquid wastes from fracking, oil extraction and other processes causes a surprising number of small earthquakes.
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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Iran test-fires missile, IRNA reports

Iran has "successfully" test fired its newest version of the Fateh-110 missile, state media reported Saturday, touting the accomplishment despite international concerns about Tehran's growing military capabilities.
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Gov. Rick Scott signs spaceport legislation for Cecil Airport

Jacksonville Local News – Jacksonville.com and The Florida Times-Union

Calling it a boon to the economies of both Jacksonville and the state, Gov. Rick Scott ceremoniously signed legislation Saturday designating Cecil Airport as a spaceport.

The legislation, passed by the Florida Legislature during the last session, prepares the way for commercial industry to set up space-related operations at the former military base on Jacksonville's Westside.

The Jacksonville Aviation Authority, which controls the airport, is in the midst of working on a Spaceport Master Plan, the first such plan in the country.

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Can Facebook Show How to Reduce the Growing Energy Use of the Internet?

Scientific American - News

More than 750 million users, 532 million kilowatt-hours of energy consumption and the attendant 285,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide : those are Facebook's numbers for 2011.

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Covert support for Syria rebels gets OK

President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday.
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Free birth control under health law starts today

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Starting Wednesday, millions of American women will no longer pay for birth control pills, Pap smears or mammograms -- not even a co-pay.

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Poison Shows Culture Began 20,000 Years Earlier

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The discovery of poison in a South African cave indicates the late Stone Age may have had an earlier start in Africa than previously thought by some 20,000 years.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Fewer own guns, but now they own more

A decreasing number of American gun owners own two-thirds of the nation's guns and as many as one-third of the guns on the planet -- even though they account for less than 1% of the world's population, according to a CNN analysis of gun ownership data.
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