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Fighting Chronic Fibromyalgia Fatigue

A sleep test helps a woman battle fibromyalgia fatigue, and others tell what works for them.

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India Will Build Asia’s First Commercial Tidal Power Project

image: Atlantis Resources Corp. Another step forward for tidal power (it’s a long, long road, yes…): London-based Atlantis Resources has announced that it will be building a 50 MW tidal power project off the coast of India, in Gujarat’s Gulf of Kutch . The project, a first for Asia, could be scaled up to 200 MW in the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tylenol Products Recalled

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, which makes the popular Tylenol pain relief drugs, says it is recalling a number of lots of its Tylenol products as well as some lots of Sinutab, Benadryl and Sudafed PE because the medications were made at a plant that where production was suspended in April 2010.

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On the Scene….Military Shirts, Florence & Milano

I bought one of these military shirts this Summer and I’m still trying to figure out how to wear it. After I saw this gentleman at Pitti a few days ago I remembered I also had a photo of Robert R. wearing this same style. After looking at the two images I now realize my shirt is too long. I need to shorten the length of my shirt to be in line with my wrist at the hip. I think this is one of those truly versatile and inexpensive items that should be in everyones wardrobe.

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Charges Against 2 Dropped in Mass. Uzi Death

A Massachusetts prosecutor dropped involuntary manslaughter charges against two men in connection with the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with an Uzi at a gun show, citing last week’s acquittal of a third defendant. (Jan. 18)

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MTV debuted its new series Skins last night, an American version of a British teen drama rife with sex and drugs. Not everybody’s a fan: Richard Lawson, Gawker : It goes even further than the Brit version in pushing the idea that teens are “messy jumbles of extremes with very little…

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Randall Terry’s announcement that he will challenge Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries isn’t being taken seriously, but to me, it’s dangerous. Here’s an example of why: “America has never truly debated child killing, because America has never truly seen child killing,” insisted Terry. “We will use FEC and FCC laws for federal candidates to bring America face to face with this massacre of the innocents.” It’s not the threat of using FEC and FCC laws. It’s the “massacre of the innocents” language. This is a perfect example of how to stir up people who are already disturbed and incite them to violence . In a different time and place, it wouldn’t be quite so disturbing. But in today’s world, we have Fox News and a myriad of print/internet outlets willing to pretend Terry is a serious contender. All he wants is the platform, and challenging the president in Democratic primaries gives that to him. “Will I defeat Mr. Obama? I’m not delusional,” said Terry. “But while I may not defeat him, I can expose the genocide Obama promotes in America and around the world. ” Terry added that his campaign had two goals which were creating “a crisis of conscience for Americans regarding the slaughter of the unborn and thereby hasten the end of legalized child killing” and attacking “President Obama’s agenda starting with child killing, but also including our battle against socialism, our enslavement to debt, and more. ” Fighting words. Fire in a crowded room. Was there no lesson learned from the assassination of Dr. Tiller? Just to make sure he gets as much attention as possible, he’s planning to make his formal announcement in front of the Holocaust museum. No symbolism there, none at all. I’m certain Terry will actually get some assistance from the Catholic Church and Southern Baptists, which means that the 2012 campaign just got more dangerous for the president. But Fox News will surely be more profitable, so there’s that. Here’s a sample of Randall Terry quotes from the past. I’m sure we’ll get some really great ones in 2012, too. “I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you… I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good… Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don’t want equal time. We don’t want pluralism.” “When I, or people like me, are running the country, you’d better flee, because we will find you, we will try you and we will execute you.” ["reportedly said of doctors who perform abortions"]

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Media Reality Check: By 8-to-1 Margin, Networks Target Conservative Speech after Tucson Shooting

Almost immediately after the shooting in Tucson that killed six people and left Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords severely wounded, the media establishment linked the attack with a debate about “civility,” suggesting an association between Jared Loughner’s rampage and the words and phrases used in national political debates.

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Comcast Wins Approval to Take Over NBC

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday gave Comcast Corp., the country’s largest cable company, the green light to take over NBC Universal, home of the NBC television network. (Jan. 18)

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Hong Kong’s Ecofootprint Double What’s Globally Sustainable: WWF

photo: eerkmans / Creative Commons Back in November WWF released a report showing how even China’s modest per capita ecological footprint would be too much for the planet if everyone lived like that–we’d need 1.2 planets to support us all. Now they’ve released a sep… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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