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Barak: When I was PM we built much more in West Bank

During New York meeting, UN’s Ban expresses disappointment in Israel’s decision not to extend settlement moratorium, but Barak says construction not cause of stalemate in peace talks

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Surgery Riskier for Redheads? Evidence Slim

Redheads may feel pain more sharply, but the facts don’t support their reputation for excessive bleeding during or after surgery, U.K. surgeons argue.

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Aromatase Inhibitors May Raise Heart Risks

Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take newer hormone drugs known as aromatase inhibitors are 26% more likely to develop heart disease than those who take the old standby tamoxifen, researchers report.

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Lenovo launches IdeaPad Y460p and Y560p laptops, IdeaCentre K330 desktop

Lenovo ‘s just announced two new laptops and a desktop, the IdeaPad Y460p, Y560p, and the IdeaCentre K330. First up, the Idea Pad Y460p and Y560p are 14- and 15.6-inches with 16:9 widescreen displays, and come with a range of processors up to the Intel Core i7, an up to 750 GB hard drive, and up to 8GB of DDR3 memory. The laptops also feature JBL speakers and Dolby Home Theater. The IdeaCentre K330 also features up to a Core i7 CPU, up to 16GB of DDR3 SDRAM, twin RAID0-configured hard disk drives, and up to 4TB of HDD storage, and DIrectX-11 graphics. It also has a host of optional add-ons, including an integrated DVD or Blu-ray player, TV tuner, and HD graphics support. The IdeaPads will be available on January 11, 2011 with an $849 starting price, while the IdeaCentre will start at $699 and should be available in early 2011. The full press release and another shot is after the break. Continue reading Lenovo launches IdeaPad Y460p and Y560p laptops, IdeaCentre K330 desktop Lenovo launches IdeaPad Y460p and Y560p laptops, IdeaCentre K330 desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Congress’s New Science Chairman to Fight "Global Freezing"

Photo: Abeeeer , Flickr I present to you the United States of America — the wealthiest, most prosperous nation on the planet. It is a nation whose storied tradition of embracing science — we put the first man on the moon, dammit — that has helped foster its prosperity. Now, this great nation, which has revolutionized information and clean energy technology, to name a few, is on the brink of being run by some of the most sterling scientific minds of our generation. Meet, for instance, the man who will be the Science Chairman in the House of Representatives… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Woman Claims Cop Beating in Dog Waste Dispute

A New York woman says a cop beat her after claiming she didn’t pick up her dog’s waste. The Queens DA and NYPD are investigating her allegations. (Dec. 9)

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Haiti to verify vote count after violence over preliminary results

Washington/Port-au-Prince – Haiti’s electoral authorities on Thursday said they will verify the vote count from last month’s elections after the disputed preliminary results triggered violence across the country. ‘We are going to create a commission to verify the count,’ Philippe Augustin, a member of the…

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Bill O’Reilly says Bernie Sanders and the "Left"  are "Harmful" to America

Click here to view this media Bill O’Reilly has a big problem with any member of Congress that stands up for their principle beliefs except for Republicans of course. Democrats who aren’t named Ben Nelson aren’t true Americans in BillO’s world. Yesterday his Daily “memo” was directed at the left of Congress and his vitriol was targeted to mostly Bernie Sanders for believing the new tax deal that the House has now rejected. Bill O: Bill O’Reilly: “A Gallup poll says 66% of Americans believe President Obama did the right thing by not raising taxes on anyone. {} Sanders and others like him believe the affluent don’t have the right to their own assets; they want the money to impose ‘income equality.’ Sanders does this in the name of ‘social justice,’ but if you really want to be honest about it, he’s a thief! There’s no fairness in seizing assets. So why are we listening to people like Bernie Sanders? Talking Points believes it is time to call these far-left people exactly what they are – harmful to America.” Whenever Conservatives in Congress hold up bill after bill with procedural motions and filibusters, literally taking Congress hostage, The O’Reillys of the right are walking on cloud nine when legislation that will help working class families is destroyed by his ideologues, but if a left wing politician makes a stand, they’re just “harmful” to America. O’Reilly also uses very misleading polling done that suggests more Americans wants all the tax cuts extended. In poll after poll, Americans want the Bush tax cuts to go the way of the garbage, but if you leave that part out of a question, the results are skewered to favor an extension of all tax cuts because middle class families need as much help to make ends meet as they can get. Here’s the Gallop poll he cites: Two major elements included in the tax agreement reached Monday between President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress meet with broad public support. Two-thirds of Americans (66%) favor extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for all Americans for two years, and an identical number support extending unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. If we have real choices in a poll, the results are much different: In a survey conducted before Obama and GOP leaders agreed to temporarily extend all Bush-era tax cuts, most Americans (80%) favor preserving at least some of the tax cuts. However, just a third (33%) of Americans say they favor keeping all of the expiring tax cuts; 47% favor keeping just the tax cuts for income below $250,000, while just 11% want to end all of the tax cuts. Only about one-in-five Democrats (18%) favor keeping all of the tax cuts, compared with 33% of independents and 53% of Republicans . Only 53% of Republicans are in favor of keep the bush tax cuts in place which to me is an amazingly low number, but Bill doesn’t mention that at all. The FOX push to eliminate the Democratic party and progressive ideals has been droning on for years and they are working in overdrive to make sure only Conservative principles are cherished. People are angry, but because our media is feckless when they discuss the two parties in Congress, they enable outrageous behavior by a Republican minority party that was kicked out of office in 2008 after they destroyed this country and financial stability around the world. We keep telling you that the right media juggernaut keeps becoming a bigger threat to our democracy like never before. It could alter historical trends for analysts and historians as we move forward in uncharted territory. Look what they were able to do to Clinton while he was in the White House without 24/7 cable. Bernie Sanders is standing up for his beliefs and should be celebrated. BillO dutifully brought on Bush’s Brain, Karl Rove, the architect of American decline to then say stupid stings like this: To answer the rhetorical question posed in the Talking Points Memo, Fox News analyst Karl Rove explained why we listen to folks like Bernie Sanders. “You have to pay attention to them,” Rove said, “because there are so many of them in the Senate. If that was the case, things would be much different on the Hill. the number “2″ is too many of those people for the likes of Karl Rove.

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Senate Blocks Repeal of ‘don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would have repealed the military’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allowed gay troops to serve openly. (Dec. 9)

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