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JSTOR drops charges against Swartz; US government will pursue

In July, Aaron Swartz, an internet freedom activist and former Harvard Ethics fellow, was arrested and charged with data theft for downloading millions of academic
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Piercing the Veil, More Drug Companies Reveal Payments to Doctors

by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen, ProPublica Eight pharmaceutical companies, including the nation's three largest, doled out more than $220 million last year ...
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Forces Behind the Egyptian Revolution

By Michael Collins (Washington, DC) -- Two critical forces behind the Egyptian Revolution are missing from the front pages, or any pages, of ...
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Oxfam Report: Pakistan flooding crisis could worsen

Malnutrition and homelessness are a continuing threat to victims of the July 2010 floods that stuck Pakistan. The flooding covered one-fifth of the country and ...
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The Plot to Destroy Social Security

Michael Collins (Washington, Dec 10)  Bill Clinton showed up at the White House for an "impromptu" press conference to discuss the president's tax compromise ...
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Status of legal challenges to the health insurance reform law

The ink used to sign the Affordable Care Act into law was barely dry before opponents – from state legislators and religious groups to anti-abortion ...
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Mayo Clinic launches social media training hub for health care providers

With yesterday’s public launch of its Center for Social Media, the Mayo Clinic is embarking on a new project to advance its own online social ...
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A global public health policy based on science, not demagoguery

by Bonnie Bricker and Adil E. Shamoo. Edited by Erik Leaver As the swine flu threat level grew at the end of April, World Health Organization ...
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Green Power: Here if you can afford It

Green power is a government-endorsed, but not mandated, source of electricity for homes, businesses, automobiles, machinery and all kinds of appliances. The term “green power” ...
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The facts behind Israel's "Gourmet Gaza" claims

The IMEU offers the following facts and figures on Israel's blockade and how, after more than 1,000 days, it has affected life for the roughly ...
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Center for Constitutional Rights files suit over “social isolation” experiments in prisons; prisoners keep arriving

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a federal suit (Aref, et al. v. Holder, et al, pdf) challenging social isolation policies at two ...
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GAO: After spending $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. still lacks a strategic plan

Since 2001, the United States has spent over $1 trillion to “secure, stabilize, and rebuild” Iraq and Afghanistan and more recently, to address the terrorist ...
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Insurer UnitedHealthcare ends practice of dropping clients ahead of law

Private insurer UnitedHealthcare said it has ended its “limited” use of rescission, the practice of dropping patients from insurance coverage after they become sick. The ...
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Elderly American homelessness on the rise

Homelessness among people 65 and older -- the U.S. Census Agency’s definition of the elderly -- is on track to increase 33 percent by 2020, ...
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Advocates seek Congressional support for more research into autoimmune diseases

Can you name an autoimmune disease? Apparently, only 13 percent of Americans can. That needs to change, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association ...
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WHO calls avoidable maternal deaths ‘shameful’

The World Health Organization (WHO) today labeled as "shameful" the fact that 90 percent of maternal deaths in the Western Pacific Region could be avoided ...
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Airport scammers or scanners?

Plenty of people have misgivings about full body scanning technology. Some doubt its effectiveness in preventing terrorist attacks, others believe it’s an invasion of privacy, ...
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Global wind power sees large increases in investment

China and the United States are currently heading a worldwide upsurge in the installation of wind power capacity to the surprise of some analysts. The ...
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Bush loyalists still touting, getting away with torture

Although the practice is roundly rejected by the international community and was banned by President Barack Obama the day he took office, some just won’t ...
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HHS and DOJ expand health care fraud ‘strike force’

U.S. health care fraud occurs so often and is so widespread that 10 cents of every dollar spent on health care goes toward paying for ...
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Epic releases EMR app for iPhone

As is its custom, Epic Systems this month quietly released a long-awaited iPhone app for secure, mobile access to electronic medical records. Called Haiku, the ...
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A bright future for environmentally friendly nature films?

If you take a look at current and upcoming film releases, you will notice that there are more and more eco-friendly films either already being ...
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Public disclosure of physician-industry ties part of a new trend in transparency

Led by academic institutions, numerous healthcare organizations have instituted public disclosure requirements. This week, Minneapolis-based Park Nicollet Health Services became the first Minnesota healthcare system ...
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