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Genes associated with sensation-seeking behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or gambling, may also be associated with sexual promiscuity and infidelity, according to a new study.
Continue reading …The House is currently debating a bill extending tax cuts for the middle class only. I am at last seeing some real fight in the Democrats. Rep. Levin is doing a great job correcting every Republican that steps up and claims it’s a tax increase, and one of the more classic moments came when New York Rep. Crowley pulled up a life-size picture of Leona Helmsley and her dog and pointed out that the dog (named Trouble) would receive a tax cut under Republican proposals. You can watch live at CSPAN . I’ll try and post the clip of Rep. Crowley when it’s available.
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Julian Assange is a wanted man. Sweden’s Supreme Court is the latest on the list of concerned parties around the globe to go after the WikiLeaks founder, giving an extant arrest warrant a boost on Thursday for rape charges stemming from last summer. The timing, of course, is conspicuous here.
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HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – A huge fire swept through a forest in northern Israel on Thursday, killing up to 40 people, many of them prison guards who were trapped in a bus trying to flee the flames, security services said. A fire that broke out in the Carmel Forest near the northern Israeli city of Haifa is seen in this aerial view taken December 2, 2010. The huge forest fire swept northern Israel on Thursday, killing up to 40 people, many of them prison guards who were trapped in a bus trying to flee the…
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Sen. John McCain snubbed a US military study on gays as flawed and said letting them serve openly would be dangerous in a time of war. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates fired fired back. (Dec. 2)
Continue reading …PeeWee PC netbook moves to 2.0, rated to take the worst your tot can deliver
December 2, 2010 No CommentLittle fingers can dish out big pain for gadgets, and unless your little one is beefy enough to lug around a Toughbook you’ll be wanting something small and durable for them. Enter the $449 PeeWee Power 2.0, the latest revision to the company’s series of kid-friendly computers. This netbook is said to survive drops with aplomb, but only has a “water resistant” keyboard, so don’t toss those sippy cups just yet. It also comes loaded with security software to hopefully keep your kids from finding the worst the ‘net has to offer, but with only a 1.6GHz N270 Atom processor on tap, 1GB of RAM, and a mere 30GB of HDD storage, we’re guessing it could also be a good tool to teach them all about patience. Gallery: PeeWee Power 2.0 Continue reading PeeWee PC netbook moves to 2.0, rated to take the worst your tot can deliver PeeWee PC netbook moves to 2.0, rated to take the worst your tot can deliver originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Within seconds Prison Serice lost dozens of members; call center swamped with concerned calls. ‘My friends are among the injured, it is just an awful tragedy,’ says Commander Benny Avalia
Continue reading …2010 Will Be One Of Top Three Hottest Years on Record – Final Details Next Month
December 2, 2010 No Comment
photo: Ray Tsang / Creative Commons We’ve been writing variations of that headline for the bulk of 2010 and as the year winds down, all the projections that this year would be the hottest on record are proving true. While we won’t know for certain until the early part of 2011, when the final temperature data for December is released, NASA ,
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In western New York, a truck jackknifes and then snow buries motorists stuck in the backup. The lake-effect storm dumps at least 2 feet of snow on the Buffalo area. (Dec. 2)
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