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FEMA Funds Spent on Divorce, Sex Change
Offbeat  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1286 days ago - hosted.ap.org
The government doled out as much as $1.4 billion in bogus assistance to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, getting hoodwinked to pay for season football tickets, a tropical vacation and even a divorce lawyer...
CANCER HITS 283 RESCUERS OF 9/11
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1287 days ago - nypost.com
Since 9/11, 283 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have been diagnosed with cancer, and 33 of them have died of cancer, says a lawyer for the ailing responders.
Big Changes Urged To Stop Diabetes From Overwhelming The Health Care System
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1288 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
He warned that unless significant changes take place, the next 30 years could see an explosion of deaths, heart attacks, strokes and other awful illnesses.
Norway Possibly Struck By Large Meteorite
Environment  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1290 days ago - livescience.com
The Norwegian newspaper website Aftenposten is reporting that a large meteorite struck a remote region early in the morning.
Relocating Owls: Lock, Stock and Burrow
Environment  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1290 days ago - defenders.org
For more than a decade Fox and his wife, Sam, have been relocating burrowing owls--the only owl in the world that lives in the abandoned shelters of small mammals such as prairie dogs and ground squirrels.
Global Warming IS Driving Polar Bears to Extinction
Environment  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1292 days ago - powerswitch.panda.org
Polar bears are set to become one of the most notable casualties of global warming unless drastic action is taken, says WWF.
Are You a Mosquito Magnet?
Environment  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1296 days ago - webmd.com
It's true. Mosquitoes do exhibit blood-sucking preferences, say the experts. "One in 10 people are highly attractive to mosquitoes,"
Drinking Lemonade Reduces Kidney Stone Recurrence
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1301 days ago - medpagetoday.com
ATLANTA -- A lemonade stand may do as well as a pharmacy to prevent recurrence of renal calculi for some patients, researchers reported here.
Driving Pain :The Long-Distance Transport of U.S. Farmed Animals
Animals  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1305 days ago - api4animals.org
You likely never imagined that the animals were headed to a far-off state, traveling for hours or days on end without food, water, or rest, becoming sick or injured or even dying on the way to their final destination.
Doctors Notify Medical Schools That Use of Live Animals for Student Training Exercises Is Unlawful
Animals  (tags: )

Lyn
- 1307 days ago - healthy.net
Only a Handful of U.S. Medical Schools Still Use Live Animals as Teaching Tools; New York Is Worst Offender, While All Nine Medical Schools in Illinois Now Use Humane Alternatives
 
 
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