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Republicans kill successful birth-control program in Colorado

Republican legislators in Colorado will not authorize funding for a program that gives free IUDs to low-income women — an effort that many believe was responsible for hugely driving down teen...

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The Healthy Eating Trick We Always Forget

Maintaining a healthy diet and a healthy weight don’t seem that complicated. But, time and again, people struggle with it. What’s the deal? There are plenty of factors — time, money, willpower,...

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5 Super Foods That Naturally Cleanse Your Liver

The liver does not get as much attention in the media as the brain or the heart and many people may be aware of its incredible importance to the body and to overall health. The liver, however, has many...

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8 of The Worst Foods For You

It’s pretty easy to know what foods are good and bad for you. Of course, homemade mac and cheese isn’t exactly the most nutritious food you can eat, and fresh berries are healthy and delicious. Even in...

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10 Ways to Eat Your Compost

Any vegetable gardener has experienced firsthand how much plant matter winds up in the compost. And most produce-loving home cooks, whether they compost or not, know that a lot of the food they bring...

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Augmentin: Uses & Side Effects

Augmentin is a brand name for an antibiotic, called co-amoxiclav, that is used to treat a wide range of conditions, from bronchitis to Lyme disease. It is one of the most commonly prescribed...

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The War On Drugs Is Over (If You Want It): Want to end the war on drugs?...

Want to end the war on drugs? Lobby your local police department. They've quietly had the power to end the whole thing this entire time—and some are doing just that.This week, sick of an opioid...

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America's poor are 'envy of the world,' says richest Congressman

Darrell Issa, the richest man in Congress, said America has made "our poor somewhat the envy of the world."Asked by CNNMoney whether he feels personally responsible to address income inequality in the...

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US Congress Tells Court That Congress Can't Be Investigated for Insider Trading

In a little-noticed brief filed last summer, lawyers for the House of Representatives claimed that an SEC investigation of congressional insider trading should be blocked on principle, because...

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A multimillionaire, first-term Florida congressman flipped shares in a solar...

A multimillionaire, first-term Florida congressman flipped shares in a solar company the same day he acquired them in an initial public offering, despite a federal law that generally prohibits members...

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Princeton Study: Congress literally doesn't care what you think

Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) looked at more than 20 years worth of data to answer a simple question: Does the government represent the...

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What the DMV Wrote on One Woman’s Driver’s License Was So Bad — Now She’s...

Forty-two-year-old Floridian Tammy Lemaster got a little more than she bargained for, when she went in to renew her driver’s license. She wanted to be an organ donor, but a DMV computer mistakenly...

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Colo. mom gets 38 years for using baseball bat to kill man she wrongly...

A Colorado woman was sentenced Friday to 38 years in prison for beating a man to death with a baseball bat because she wrongly suspected him of molesting a child, The Denver Post reported.Forsythia...

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How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about

Several industries have become notorious for the millions they spend on influencing legislation and getting friendly candidates into office: Big Oil, Big Pharma and the gun lobby among them. But one...

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Georgia politician who campaigned against motorcycle helmets dies in...

A Georgia politician who was well known for his efforts to repeal a state law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets died this week in a motorcycle accident.Ben Joseph "Joey" Brush Jr. was killed on...

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Former Police Officer who was busted and jailed for running a warehouse-sized...

Buffalo Police Officer Jorge I. Melendez got caught overseeing a major marijuana-growing operation four years ago.Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda and other department officials were so offended by...

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Chinese billionaire Li Jinyuan takes 6,400 staff on holiday to France.

Chinese billionaire Li Jinyuan, President of the Tiens Group, has treated over half of his company's 12,000 workforce to a four-day holiday to Paris and the South of France – at a total cost of around...

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NFL teams were paid $5.4 million by Dept. of Defense to salute U.S. troops...

Those salutes to American servicemen and women we all watch on the Jumbotron during halftime of NFL games? Turns out they are paid promotions costing taxpayers millions of dollars.It's a familiar scene...

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Survival Basics: The six enemies of food storage

When it comes to stockpiling survival preps, two items are always near the top  list: food and land to grow food.  Those, are the two most valuable commodities to have if the world and society goes to...

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40 Age Erasing Superfoods

The latest science on the muscle-building, brain-enhancing, wrinkle-erasing, heart-strengthening, bone-protecting, immunity-boosting, and inflammation-fighting foods you should be eating every day.1....

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