A fundraising letter from Bill Clinton and George W. Bush thanking the more than 130,000 people who had donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and asking for further contributions toward earthquake relief and rebuilding.
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WHO and Big Pharma: Guilty of Blackmail and Extortion in Swine Flu Fiasco?
Dr. Mercola reports that the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly will open an emergency inquiry, proposed by Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg and signed by 14 members from 10 countries, into drug industry influence on WHO's decision to declare an H1N1 pandemic.
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Cancer Stricken Dennis Hopper Files for Divorce
Actor Dennis Hopper, 73, has filed in Los Angeles Superior Court for divorce from his wife of nearly 14 years, citing irreconcilable differences. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2009 and doctors say it has spread to his bones.
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Clinton Bush Haiti Fund launched
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush launched clintonbushhaitifund.org after the magnitude-7 Haiti earthquake, coordinating fundraising at President Obama's request. The piece lists the mailing addresses and online options for donating and notes the domain was registered on January 13, 2010.
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Physician group updates mammogram screening guidelines
The American Academy of Family Physicians now says mammography for women aged 40 to 49 should be individualized and recommends biennial screening for women 50 to 74, following the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. It also advises doctors against teaching breast self-examination.
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The Critical Role of Wheat in Human Disease
Mercola relays the claim that wheat germ agglutinin, concentrated by long breeding for higher protein and highest in whole wheat, can damage tissue without any genetic susceptibility, stimulate pro-inflammatory messengers at tiny doses, shrink the thymus in rats and cross the blood-brain barrier.
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When can I e-file my 2009 federal tax return?
A rundown of IRS electronic filing options, including Free File for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $56,000 or less and free electronic payment methods such as funds withdrawal and EFTPS.
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Where can I learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
A reference page listing websites about Martin Luther King Jr., the MLK Day of Service, and National Park Service contact details for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta.
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Dexter actor Michael C Hall's been battling Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer
Actor Michael C Hall said he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, which he called a treatable and curable condition, and that he has nearly finished treatment with the disease in remission. Hodgkin lymphoma is diagnosed in about 8,000 Americans a year and kills roughly 1,200.
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Earthquake in Haiti (PR)
A State Department release after the January 12, 2010 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, carrying official remarks, the 1-888-407-4747 line for Americans seeking family in Haiti, and donation routes through the Center for International Disaster Information or by texting HAITI to 90999.
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Haiti Earthquake: Tsunami Warnings Issued for Jamaica, Cuba
A magnitude 7.0 quake struck Haiti near 5:00 pm, reportedly killing many and leaving Port-au-Prince “catastrophically” damaged with power out everywhere. USAID has been asked to help, Obama and Clinton pledged aid, and tsunami warnings went out for Cuba and Jamaica.
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Scientists Figure out the Cause of Brain Farts
Neuroscientists call these lapses maladaptive brain activity changes and report a predictable neural pattern up to 30 seconds ahead: on a familiar route the frontal lobes power down, the default mode network stirs, and the brain slips into an error-prone state.
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Wyeth Is As Contrite As AIG
Martha Rosenberg reports that Wyeth is behind new articles in the Journal of Women's Health and Menopause promoting bazedoxifene, a SERM awaiting FDA approval, written by its own advisory board members, months after a Senate inquiry into the company's ghostwriting.
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Watch bear giving birth in her den from wildearth.tv
Filmmaker Doug Hajicek installed an infrared camera in the den of Lily, a pregnant two-year-old black bear near Ely, Minnesota. Traffic crashed bear.org, so the feed moved to wildearth.tv, which was itself suffering an outage.
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Decrease in Labor Force Keeps Unemployment Rate out of the Double-Digits
The labor force shrank by 661,000 last month as discouraged workers gave up, which kept the unemployment rate from passing 10.4 percent even as underemployment edged up from 17.2 to 17.3 percent. Economists quoted expect double digits by the third quarter.
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Eureka, Ferndale earthquake struck California leaving no injuries
A magnitude 6.5 quake struck about 27 miles southwest of Eureka, California at 4:27 p.m., cutting power and phone service across Humboldt County. The National Weather Service expected no tsunami, aftershocks continued, and authorities reported no injuries.
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Female facebook users color their bras
Thousands of women began posting bra colors as Facebook statuses, a chain-letter game many took for breast cancer awareness. The piece questions mammography screening, citing studies on over-diagnosis and false results, and urges diet and lifestyle changes instead.
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Abbi Tatton leaving CNN
CNN confirmed that internet reporter Abbi Tatton, a Situation Room original who joined the network in 2000, is leaving. Reports put her last appearance in early January 2010; a spokesperson wished her well, and her next move has not been reported.
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