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Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes to allow states to label genetically engineered foods

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Science

UN secretary general warns the world is on track to run out of drinkable water

By John Parnell for RTCC, part of the Guardian Environment Network Freshwater supply and water quality under…

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Japanese specialist tests non-surgical ‘heavy ion radiotherapy’ breast cancer therapy

A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world’s first clinical trial of…

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New PTSD drug may allow vets to reprogram traumatic memories

Researchers claim to have found a promising new therapy in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress…

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British wildlife faces ‘stark’ threat as 60 percent of species assessed in ‘The State of Nature’ report decline

British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which…

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Tech News

Facebook becomes member of Internet freedom group

Facebook on Wednesday became a full member of the Global Network Initiative, a non-governmental organization…

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American teenagers doing more to protect online privacy: study

American teenagers are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites, but taking steps…

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Media

23 leading academics, authors and film-makers accuse New York Times of treating Latin American political leaders differently

Chomsky, Stone and Moore sign petition urging editorial inquiry Here’s a story that the New…

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David Bowie’s ‘Spiders From Mars’ bassist Trevor Bolder dies

Trevor Bolder, the bass guitarist in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars band, has died at…

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World

Sunbathing crocodile sends hundreds fleeing from Indonesian beach

Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-metre (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them…

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Spanish flamenco dancing to celebrate origins in India

MADRID, Spain — Spain’s oldest flamenco festival will visit India in 2014, retracing the origins of the classic Spanish musical…

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France debates teaching more courses in English at universities

France’s lower house will start debating a proposal Wednesday to introduce more courses in English at universities, amid a storm…

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Italian lawmakers approve controversial stem cell therapy

Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of…

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Unknown gunman kills 12 at Baghdad brothel

Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and…

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U.S. News

Mall ejects sisters over ‘Fu*k Cancer’ shirts days after mom’s death

Two sisters say security guards at a mall in Pennsylvania ejected them from the building…

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Swiss banks face massive fines over Americans’ hidden bank accounts

Swiss banks holding US citizens’ funds that are not declared to American tax authorities are…

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IRS official pleads the Fifth: ‘I have not done anything wrong’

The official who was in charge of Internal Revenue Service division that admitted scrutinizing the…

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Massachusetts Lt. Governor resigns to take job at local Chamber of Commerce

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray (D) is expected to resign in June 2013 in the…

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‘The Rendition Project’ sheds new light on U.S. government’s global kidnap and secret detention program

Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions…

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Chinese restaurant owner rides out Oklahoma tornado in restaurant’s walk-in freezer

For years Anita Zhang’s neighbors joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her…

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Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill

The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when…

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Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill

Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday reluctantly withheld an amendment to the comprehensive…

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