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perspective, America is a country in crisis: its debt is rising, its
population ageing and its lawmakers deadlocked. Another view is more
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American beer: The tippler’s lament
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boasts a vibrant craft-brewing movement turning out some outstanding
libations. But as delicious as Dead Guy Ale, Three Philosophers and Big
Sky Moose Drool may be, by volume sold they are ...
Energy: Formation pressures
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North Dakota produced more crude oil than any other state except Texas.
Between 2011 and 2012 production there increased by more than 250,000
barrels a day (b/d). By November last year almo...
Business travel in Brazil: Taking off
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business-travel market will soon be larger than the UK's, says a report
by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), a trade group. When
adjusted for purchasing power parity Brazil’s ...
Daily chart: A Bit expensive
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says: "new coins are generated according to a predetermined formula by
thousands of computers solving complex mathematical problems. As more
coins are generated, these problems get ever...
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban returns to school
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schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in Birmingham, England, on Tuesday on her
way to school for the first time since a Taliban gunman shot her in the
head in October in Pakistan because she advoc...
10 years later, Iraq War vivid for troops, civilians
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Reynolds holds a 2002 picture of her daughter, Kathryn, who had been
deployed to the Middle East before the war in Iraq began. (Photo: Jodi
Samsel, The Cherry Hill, N.J., Courier-Post) On t...
Disney bans solo kids under 14 at U.S. parks
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Twitter to tip off instant replays for March Madness
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Carolina A&T guard Lamont Middleton (30) looks to shoot during
Monday practice ahead of Tuesday's NCAA college basketball tournament
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UCF reacts to planned campus attack
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NASA: Most asteroids won't take the plunge
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streaks across the sky in this frame grab made from a dashboard camera
on a highway in Kostanai, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 15. (Photo: Nasha Gazeta
via AP) WASHINGTON — Bad news, earthlings: Mor...
Study: Climate change to worsen hurricane storm surge
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Guard boats patrol the debris and standing water in New Orleans, on
Sept. 11, 2005. (Photo: Evan Eile, USA TODAY) Could the USA deal with a
Hurricane Katrina every two years? Such a scen...
Study links 180,000 global deaths to sugary drinks
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One in three elderly have dementia when they die
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third of elderly have dementia when they die, according to a new report.
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older adults dies with Alzheimer's disease and...
Report: Samsung developing a smartwatch
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Fishermen hook great white shark off Florida coast
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