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Texans exercise their Second Amendment rights to ward off smart meters
Well, "Texan," singular. But the movement to combat the insidious, intrusive device is real.
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Record drought sends cattle hoofin’ East [VIDEO]
American expansion took ranchers West. Now the drought is forcing them back East in search of greener pastures.
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Arctic sea ice at record low — until the new record next year
Or, to be more optimistic, in 2014.
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20-foot radioactive ant will make you pretty concerned about nuclear power
Nuclear power didn’t make this radioactive ant — art did. But the 20-foot insect, which is made out of beads of uranium glass, is not just a terrifying work of art, but a commentary on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown. The ant is part of an installation called “What The Birds Knew,” by artists Ken […]
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Massive explosion at oil refinery in Venezuela leaves 41 dead
The massive fire destroyed hundreds of nearby homes. Local residents complained of a gas smell shortly before the accident.
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A single sticker turns your bus commute into a monster rampage
All the monster sticker needs is a window on a moving tram or bus. The goal: Move your head so that the monster eats the heads of people (or dogs) that you pass.
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In New Legal Initiative Against Cheese Maker, FDA Seeks Oversight Over Entirely Local Operation
At first glance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-year legal assault on Estrella Family Creamery in Washington state appears entirely vindictive. The FDA seems intent on using its enormous enforcement powers to cruelly stomp on and obliterate a tiny business that serves as the livelihood of the Estrella family, and a source of eating […]
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Tropical Storm Isaac scrambles GOP plans, heads directly for New Orleans
The most recent prediciton for Tropical Storm Isaac shows that it's due to hit New Orleans on the seventh anniversary of Katrina's landfall.
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Threatened sea lions are being killed off to save threatened fish
This is a pretty complicated Sophie’s Choice-esque eco-problem brewing in the Columbia River at the base of the Bonneville Dam, in the Pacific Northwest. California sea lions are protected. But they eat Chinook salmon and steelhead, which are also protected. So, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has given the states of Washington and Oregon permission to […]
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Cuts to food stamps will hit red state residents hardest
The states with the highest hunger rates include the GOP strongholds of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennesee, West Virginia, and Louisiana.
