A humor column on how men handle Valentine's Day, from gas-station and hardware-store gifts to drugstore slippers that fit like snow shoes, compliments paid by candlelight, and calling every shade of blue 'blue.'
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Attractive Women, Especially Blondes, Anger More Easily
Mercola relays research in which more than 150 female students were interviewed. Those who rated themselves good-looking were more likely to respond angrily in disputes and expected more of what they deserved, a pattern that held when others judged their attractiveness.
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Federal government closed Thursday - update
OPM declared federal agencies in the Washington DC area closed on February 10, 2010 because of a snowstorm, granting non-emergency employees excused absence, while telework staff were still expected to work and emergency employees to report on time.
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Dockers free pants
A consumer advocate warns that the Dockers 'free pants' Super Bowl offer is really a sweepstakes: you hand over your name and email, and only thousands of entrants win anything. The advice is to skip it and enjoy the game.
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Kleen Energy Exposion at Middletown CT
A gas line rupture set off an explosion during a power generation test at the still-unfinished Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, Connecticut. Officials feared as many as 50 dead and 100 injured; CNN reported two deaths and other media reports put the toll at at least five.
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Super bowl 2010 kickoff time
CBS coverage of the Colts-Saints game at Miami's Dolphin Stadium begins at 6:00 PM EST, with kickoff set for 6:25. Carrie Underwood sings the national anthem, the third year running an American Idol contestant has done so, and The Who play the halftime show.
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Casey Johnson dies of diabetic complication
The coroner's office attributed the death of Casey Johnson, daughter of Jets owner Woody Johnson, to diabetic ketoacidosis, which comes from high blood sugar with no insulin in the blood and most often strikes people with type 1 diabetes. She was found dead at home on January 4.
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Governor declares state of emergency in Pennsylvania
Governor Edward Rendell declared a statewide disaster emergency after a storm dropped six to 30 inches of snow and knocked out power to more than 160,000 customers, most of them in southwestern Pennsylvania. The order frees state and local agencies to act as needed.
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Congressman Ron Paul on Washington's Dirtiest Secrets
Mercola explains why he supports Ron Paul, citing the congressman's push to widen access to alternative medicine, his opposition to expanding FDA powers, his stance against mandatory vaccination, and his Health Freedom Protection Act.
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When are the next NASA spacecraft launches?
A USA.gov explainer on where NASA launches happen: shuttles from Kennedy Space Center, rockets from Cape Canaveral for equatorial orbits or Vandenberg for polar ones, plus secondary sites in Alaska and the Marshall Islands. Some launches can be watched by the public.
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Lancet retracts paper on vaccine-autism link
The Lancet retracted Andrew Wakefield's 1998 paper tying MMR vaccine to autism in 12 children, after the UK General Medical Council ruled several elements incorrect and found the claims of consecutive referral and ethics approval false. Some experts say that does not settle the question.
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Why Are Pfizer's Ghostwritten Hormone Therapy Articles Not Retracted?
Martha Rosenberg notes that ghostwritten hormone therapy papers Wyeth planted in medical journals still stand unretracted, though publication ethics rules treat fabricated data and unethical research as grounds for retraction. Named “authors” signed on after outlines were written.
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Bill Gates aims to save 8.7 million children
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $10 billion over a decade for vaccines, including against severe diarrhea and pneumonia, aiming to reach 90% of children in developing countries and potentially save 7.6 million under-fives by 2019, plus 1.1 million more with a malaria vaccine.
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Has Forbes Gone Psychotic or Taken the Blue Pill?
Dr. Mercola objects to Forbes naming Monsanto “Company of the Year” and dismissing critics as vicious, and he urges readers to boycott the magazine. He likens the award to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize and Time's choice of Ben Bernanke.
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Where can I learn about teen dating violence and prevention?
A resource page on domestic violence that lists the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233, and federal sources of help, noting the National Library of Medicine calls domestic violence the most common cause of injury to women aged 15 to 44.
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FAF recalls children's neclaces sold at Walmart
The CPSC and FAF Inc. recalled about 55,000 children's crown and frog pendant necklaces sold at Walmart from November 2009 through January 2010 for $5, because they contain high levels of cadmium, which is toxic if swallowed. No incidents were reported; buyers can return them for a refund.
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Where can I learn about the Free Application for Student Aid?
A guide to paying for college: start with the school's financial aid office and Federal Student Aid's tools, then file the FAFSA, which from 2010 skips questions irrelevant to the applicant and lets online filers pull data the IRS already holds.
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Where is a good place to stargaze in my area?
An encyclopedia-style overview of astronomy, covering what it studies, how it differs from astrology, its history and its observational and theoretical branches, rather than any guidance on where to stargaze.
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