NPR – November 3, 2013 Today the beauty of Los Angeles is dramatically symbolic of the ancient prophecy: The desert shall “blossom like a rose.”
Read moreSuicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets | The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/176745/suicide-rate-climbs-30-percent-kansas-government-slashes-mental-health-budgets Budget wars, activism, uprising, dissent and general rabble-rousing. Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets Allison Kilkenny on
Read moreJellyfish are taking over the seas, and it might be too late to stop them – Quartz
http://qz.com/133251/jellyfish-are-taking-over-the-seas-and-it-might-be-too-late-to-stop-them/ Jellyfish are taking over the seas, and it might be too late to stop them Last week, Sweden’s Oskarshamn nuclear power plant, which supplies
Read moreObama Official Apologizes for Balky Insurance Website
http://nyti.ms/16j41n8 WASHINGTON — Marilyn B. Tavenner, the official in charge of President Obama’s health insurance marketplace, apologized on Tuesday to millions of Americans who have
Read moreGrowing Up Poor Changes Young Brains
Exposure to poverty in early childhood was associated with smaller brain structures later in life, but nurturing seemed to offset poverty’s negative effect, researchers found.
Read moreUninsured Find More Success via Health Exchanges Run by States
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/us/politics/uninsured-find-more-success-via-health-exchanges-run-by-states.html?_r=0 WASHINGTON — Robyn J. Skrebes of Minneapolis said she was able to sign up for health insurance in about two hours on Monday using the Web
Read moreIn Fed and Out, Many Now Think Inflation Helps
http://nyti.ms/1eWaGGq WASHINGTON — Inflation is widely reviled as a kind of tax on modern life, but as Federal Reserve policy makers prepare to meet this
Read moreFew Problems With Cannabis for California
http://nyti.ms/1dxbHGY LOS ANGELES — In the heart of Northern California’s marijuana growing region, the sheriff’s office is inundated each fall with complaints about the stench
Read moreWith a Plant’s Tainted Water Still Flowing, No End to Environmental Fears
http://nyti.ms/1bkmmQC TOKYO — For months now, it has been hard to escape the continuing deluge of bad news from the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Read moreFirefox plugin reveals how your internet browsing is being monitored
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/25/mozilla-lightbeam/?ncid=rss_truncated Firefox plugin reveals how your internet browsing is being monitored If someone screams “they’re watching you!” into your face, then you’re either starring in
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