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For Women Warriors, Deep Wounds, Little Care

By Helen Benedict, a professor of journalism at Columbia and the author of the novel The Opposite of Love and the forthcoming The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 26/05/08): This Memorial Day, as an ever-increasing number of mentally and physically wounded...

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You Can't Trust

This is a very well written article containing a lot of theories about our health and safety. It points out many different examples of how we can not trust the goverment or anyone else to make sure we are safe. We've seen many times on the news how the goverment...

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Sports Training and Spines

Sports Training and Spines May 26th, 2008 As more kids train harder and earlier at sports that require high skill and repetitive movements with the hope of becoming pros, we are seeing more spinal injuries. Tennis and golf are particularly stressful if training becomes intense. Gymnastics is damaging too if...

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Desperately Seeking Student Loans

Little do some college-bound students realize, but getting accepted to their university of choice is just the first step, the first hurdle to overcome on the way to that Bachelor's Degree. Scoring high on the SAT's and convincing the university that it has to accept you are almost easy, compared...

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Health minister Ann Keen’s expenses scam (Times Online)

The health minister Ann Keen is this weekend revealed to have insured her 70-year-old husband’s life for £430,000 â€" and to have claimed the premiums on parliamentary expenses.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...

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