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Powell: Soldier’s convicted of rape shouldn’t be ‘categorically’ discharged

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Maddow chides Virginia GOP’s hand-picked ‘slow-motion disaster’

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Climate activist tells Moyers: ‘We want Walmart to be subservient to human interests’

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Colbert: If atheists can go to heaven, I want my Catholicism refunded

Science

Rugged terrain created by volcanos may have prompted human ancestors’ upright walking

The rugged landscape created by volcanic eruptions and tectonic plate shifts in east and south…

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German brewers demand moratorium on fracking to protect the purity of their beer

The Association of German Breweries sent a letter this week to German Prime Minister Angela…

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EU to ban three harmful bee pesticides from December

The European Commission said Friday that it will ban for two years beginning in December…

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Researcher admits errors in ‘human skin to embryonic stem cells’ study

A blockbuster study in which US researchers reported that they had turned human skin cells…

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Tech News

Peering at bright computer screens after dark could harm health, doctor claims

Light from TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones may disrupt sleep and raise risk of obesity,…

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Yahoo joins bidding war for web broadcaster Hulu

Reports link tech giant to online video service which is also coveted by Time Warner,…

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Media

At the movies, violence is the new sex

Sex may be a turn-off for Hollywood audiences but violence is all over the big…

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Cannes titillated by graphic gay, lesbian sex scenes in featured films

Explicit gay sex has hit the big screen at the Cannes film festival in movies…

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World

Parents patrol immigrant suburbs to deter Stockholm youth from rioting

Parents and volunteers have been patrolling the streets of Stockholm’s immigrant-heavy suburbs to help quell riots that have raged for…

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Ukraine gay rights activists hold first ever march despite fears of violence

Around a hundred gay rights activists marched in Ukraine on Saturday despite fears of violence, marking the first gay pride…

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British zoo worker killed after being mauled by tiger

A British zoo worker mauled in a tiger attack has died of her injuries, police said Saturday. Sarah McClay, 24,…

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Russian lawmaker hit with anti-Semitic remarks after comparing Stalin’s agents to Nazis

An explosive comparison made by a liberal Russian politician between Stalin’s agents and Hitler’s secret police has provoked a storm…

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Report: London machete attacker raised Christian, converted to Islam

When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by…

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U.S. News

Weiner campaign website uses Pittsburgh skyline to represent NYC

Anthony Weiner, running for New York mayor two years after he became notorious for sending…

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Petraeus biographer apologizes for ‘harm’ caused by affair

Paula Broadwell speaks publicly for the first time about the extramarital affair that led to…

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9-year-old girl lectures McDonald’s CEO about children’s nutrition

Nine-year-old Hannah Robertson put McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson on the spot on Thursday at the…

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Republican Massachusetts Senate candidate: Ed Markey is ‘pond scum’

Republican Massachusetts Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez is lashing out at his opponent, Rep. Ed Markey…

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Gohmert: Force women to give birth to fetuses with ‘no brain activity’

Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R) on Thursday told a woman that she wrong to have…

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3 Mexican suspects pleaded guilty to the killing of a U.S. immigration agent

WASHINGTON — Three men have pleaded guilty in US federal court for the 2011 killing…

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Kansas lawmaker opposes ‘encouraging the behavior of purchasing food’ with lower food taxes

A Republican state lawmaker in Kansas says that he opposes cutting the taxes on groceries…

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84-year-old woman with oxygen tank busted for dealing drugs

An 84-year-old woman in Albuquerque has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit drug…

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