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RunDiggMCWTF? TVA ash spill site fails to make EPA hazard list
knoxnews.com — The Tennessee site of one of the nation's worst coal ash spills failed to make a federal list of ash storage ponds posing the highest potential threat to nearby residents - a list that was compiled in response to the massive Tennessee disaster. The system allows the TVA and other ash site operators to rate their own facilities. Hmm... More…
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Star Wars TV Show To Be a Family Drama
movieline.com — In sitting down with Rose Byrne recently, the Australian star of Damages and Fox Searchlight’s Adam, we couldn’t resist asking about her involvement in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, in which she played Dormé — the only of Princess Amidala’s handmaidens who survives past the first scene. More…
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World Bank Calls for Ban on Tiger Farming
ecoworldly.com — The World Bank has debunked the notion that tiger farming could benefit conservation of the species and stated that tiger farming “could even drive wild tigers closer to extinction.” “Stopping all trade in tiger parts, and phasing out these tiger farms, is of the utmost urgency if the tiger is to survive in the wild.” More…
The Enemy Within: 10 Human Parasites
newscientist.com — Symbiotic relationships between a parasite and a host can have beneficial effects, even changing human personality and evolution. Often, however, the damage outweighs the positives. New Scientist investigates some of the most common human parasites and the damaging effects they can... More…
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Bob Costas in 2002: Sotomayor's Ruling Was Bad For Baseball
huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot… — Apparently the Queens, NY native didn’t think much of his fellow New Yorker, Sonia Sotomayor, during her time on the bench. In the 2002 video below, Costas gives an impassioned dissent regarding Sotomayor’s ruling on the baseball strike. “Saved baseball?” Not so much according to Costas… More…
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The Badwater Ultramarathon: 135 miles through Death Valley
sportingnews.com — Runners have 60 hours to complete the hellish 135-mile course. Trouble is they'll be running through Death Valley as temperatures -- at their coolest -- are in the high 90s. At their worst, temperatures will exceed 120 degrees. From serious veterans to people showing up in plush bunny suits or tutus, Badwater has it all. (Multiple photos w/ story.) More…
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Swine Flu? Don't Ask: Doctors Usually Can't Tell for Sure.
washingtonpost.com — Most doctors & health organizations aren't testing for swine flu. In fact, private doctors aren't permitted to; and public health orgs either don't have the money or the motivation...Which flies in face of the same organizations telling public not to get "complacent" with the illness. More…
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