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Outlawed Chemicals, Lead Still a Worry in Toys
Offbeat  (tags: children, toys, lead, chemicals, health, protection )

Lone
- 1 day ago - washingtonpost.com
Despite a new law that bans six chemicals from children's products and lowers the amount of lead allowed, a public interest group has found a number of
Obama Plans to Send 34,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
World  (tags: Afghanistan war, USA troops, violence, conflict, death )

Lone
- 1 day ago - mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional
Schools Up Teen Pregnancy Prevention Efforts
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, Teen pregnancies, sex education )

Lone
- 1 day ago - cherokeephoenix.org
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Credit intervention, education or adults being more realistic with teenagers about sex education, but officials from two area schools believe teen pregnancy rates are declining
41-Year-Old Pacifist DJ Discovers His Real Father Is Legendary Serial Killer Charles Manson: Report
Society & Culture  (tags: Charles Manson, son, interesting, news )

Lone
- 1 day ago - nydailynews.com
Who's your daddy? Oh, damn. It's Charles Manson. A 41-year-old man, who was adopted as a 10-year-old and raised in Illinois, spoke out recently about the harrowing discovery
New Magombera Chameleon Species Discovered in Tanzania Jungle By Dr. Andrew Marshall
Animals  (tags: New Species, found, tanzania, GoodNews, wildlife )

Lone
- 1 day ago - nydailynews.com
It's not the most conventional way to make a scientific breakthrough, but Dr. Andrew Marshall's not complaining.
A Day To Honor Native Americans
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, honor, american heritage day )

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- 1 day ago - huffingtonpost.com
This Friday, November 27, we celebrate the second ever national Native American Heritage Day, to honor the original native residents of this great land of ours
Mexican Gangs Bring Drugs, Violence to Native American Lands
Society & Culture  (tags: mexicans, drugs, reservations, violence, crime, culture )

Lone
- 1 day ago - scrippsnews.com
Mexican gang leaders have found new territory to conquer -- expansive American Indian reservations where populations are often low-income and police presence low
Path of the Leader
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, veterans, celebration, culture )

Lone
- 1 day ago - kingsbayperiscope.com
The skies cleared and temperatures rose Thursday afternoon for a special celebration, the National Native American Heritage Month Celebration Program, in front of Naval Submarine
Obama Should Give Nation's Apology to Native Peoples
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, President Obama, apology, Native Americans )

Lone
- 1 day ago - lansingstatejournal.com
President Obama recently signed a proclamation making November Native American Heritage Month. Addressing some 500 leaders from federally recognized Native American tribes, he committed the United States to fulfilling its trust responsibilities and calle
Siberian Tiger Population Falls Sharply: Survey
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, tigers, Russia, poaching, habitat, endangered, extinction, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 12 hours ago - google.com
A survey of a representative portion of the tigers' range in the Russian Far East found only 56 of the large felines, according to the report coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Russian government and non-governmental organizations.
 
 
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