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The casualties from the rise of Glenn Beck have not even started to accumulate. Some will not even know what hit them. Those in doubt should ask CNN’s Lou Dobbs.
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While the government’s health care initiative moves from the House to the Senate, the heated debate about this legislation continues across the country both at...
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If the Iranian regime is trying to send Obama hints that it is not interested in a compromise over its nuclear program, the regime has found a new way to do so:
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Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just the deaths of frogs and salamanders, University of...
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Lemmings jump off a cliff and swim listlessly till they grow exhausted and die. Confused? Ever wondered how you would eventually die? Let me give you five options.
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A treasure trove of history preserved by nature for millions of years in eastern India is threatened with extinction.
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Here today—gone tomorrow? Is that possible in the animal kingdom? Where have all the dinosaurs that ruled the earth for millions of years...
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A Hawaiian monk seal pup lazes in the sun at the beach fronting Kiahuna Plantation Resort, in this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo. The Caribbean monk seal was declared officially extinct by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service...
