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Aggression-Promoting Pheromone Discovered in Flies
Animals  (tags: Pheromone, animals, Aggression-Promoting )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - sciencedaily.com
Have you ever found yourself struggling to get your order taken at a crowded bar or lunch counter, only to walk away in disgust as more aggressive customers elbow their way to the front?
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Hammerhead Sharks Have Stereo Vision
Animals  (tags: Sharks, hammerhead, animals )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - news.discovery.com
Ever since hammerhead sharks were first observed over 200 years ago, their distinctive heads have been scrutinized, leading to widespread speculation about their function.
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RIDE FOR LIGHTS: Help Crow Creek Reservation This Winter
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Charity, Philanthropy, society, culture, americans, ethics )

Kat
- 21 hours ago - secure.can-do.org
Right now people are forced to live without power in sub-zero temperatures on the Crow Creek Reservation. We want you to be the first to join our RIDE FOR LIGHTS as we announce the launch of this critical campaign. From December 13th-26th, I will ...
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D.C.'s Panda Heads Home To China
Animals  (tags: Panda, China, Zoo, Cub )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - news.discovery.com
Tai Shan, the Washington National Zoo's only surviving giant panda cub born in captivity and a huge attraction, will return to China early next year.
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U.N. Talks on Climate "Turning Point" Set to Start
Environment  (tags: UN, Climate, Global Worming )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - reuters.com
U.N. talks billed as a "turning point" in a bid to slow global warming open on Monday seeking to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and raise billions of dollars for the poor in aid and clean technology.
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The Dakota Conflict Trials
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Genocide, Prejudice, culture, society, government, politics, rights, safety, death, freedoms, sadness, violence )

Kat
- 20 hours ago - law.umkc.edu
The tale told by the young men created the greatest excitement. Everybody was waked up and heard it. Shakopee took the young men to Little Crow's house (two miles above the agency), and he sat up in bed and listened to their story. He said war was ...
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Rainforests Turned Into Smoldering Ruins
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, rainforest destruction, humans, CO2emissions, climate, animals, world, destruction )

Cal
- 1 day ago - cnn.com
Already 85 percent of Sumatra's forests are gone. What is left is vanishing at an alarming rate -- an area the size of 50 football fields disappears every hour, according to Greenpeace and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Copenhagen Emissions Targets 'Not Enough to Avert Catastrophic Warming'
Environment  (tags: news, environment, copenhagen summit, global warming )

Katie
- 1 day ago - timesonline.co.uk
Emissions cuts proposed by the world's leading countries fall far short of what is needed to prevent catastrophic global warming, according to a study released on the eve of the Copenhagen climate change summit.
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Trafficking Of Native Women Is Widespread
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Women, Women's Rights, society, culture, crime, children, ethics, news, safety, sadness, rights, violence, freedoms )

Kat
- 14 hours ago - thecirclenews.org
Three decades ago, the relatives of an eleven-year-old Native girl in Minnesota forced her to have sex with a man in exchange for alcohol. The story was not front-page news. It was not the subject of a feature-length film with a happy ending. No one ...
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CROW CREEK- HUMAN RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED - 2009 (VIDEO)   video
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Philanthropy, culture, society, rights, children, americans, humans, safety, ethics )

Kat
- 21 hours ago - youtube.com
Losing power is not just an inconvenience, it's life threatening. When a person gets their power cut, they not only lose their heat and lights, but they also lose their food and often times water. Due to freezing temperatures , water pipes can break ...
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Prayer Ceremony at Crow Creek Sioux Land
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Genocide, Prejudice, Hemblaca, society, culture, religion, rights, ethics, government, freedoms, crime )

Kat
- 18 hours ago - bsnorrell.blogspot.com
By now, you have read that IRS auctioned off 7100 acres of land owned by the Crow Creek Farm, a Corporation under the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. IRS sold the land to pay for employment taxes unpaid by the Tribe after the Tribe was informed by a BIA ...
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Finding Grant Money for CNA
Health & Wellness  (tags: CNA, Nursing, Money, Grant, Training, Degree )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - nursingassistantcentral.com
Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant does not require as many years of classes as many other degrees, but it does require around 100 hours of class time, including supervised clinical training, which is never cheap.
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Top Monkey and Ape News Videos of 2009
Animals  (tags: Ape, Money, videos )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - news.discovery.com
Top Monkey and Ape News Videos of 2009
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Andy Joseph: Our Children Need to Hear From Us
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, children, ethics, family, freedoms, rights, interesting )

Kat
- 16 hours ago - indiancountrytoday.com
If you look back at the history and traditions of just about any tribe in America you will find coming of age ceremonies that mark an important passage for young boys and girls. It is an important time for their parents and other adults who shape their...
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A Flight That Almost Cost Me My Marriage
Science & Tech  (tags: Television, Environment, Cost )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - bbc.co.uk
Here's the challenge: how do you illustrate, in a television report, the impact of flying on the environment?
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