Approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University. While cough and cold medications for children are widely marketed in the United States, how frequently they are used had not been scientifically studied.
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America’s favorite working-class hero reminds us of her $109 million post-White House windfall in this revealing moment on Falafel Bill O’Reilly’s teevee show. (Plus a bonus clip!)
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In the wake of the intelligence bungles that propelled the United States into the Iraq war, it’s no secret that the nation’s spies have been working to improve the quality of their analysis. Now the top U.S. military intelligence agency has come up with a new tool for teaching recruits critical thinking skills: videogames. The U.S. Defense….
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To help presidential contenders, congressional candidates and the rest of us get perspective on the odiferous legacy of the Bush-Cheney regime, the Lowdown is presenting a two-part factual accounting of the administration’s achievements since 2001.
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What is so depressing about our press corps’ bizarre penchant for picking and choosing which members of the ruling class are “genuine” and which ones are not is that the United States simply cannot afford to have another election decided by this trivial nonsense.
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The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation’s most advanced spy technology for DOMESTIC purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea’s legal authority. Sophisticated overhead sensor data will be used for law enforcement once privacy and civil rights concerns are resolved,
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U.S. gasoline supplies should start the summer driving season at their highest level since 1999, helping to temper a surge in pump prices linked to the soaring cost of crude oil.
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Google knows almost everything connected to the Web, but there is one major source of untapped data the company has scarcely touched to date. Can you guess that area? If you cried “e-commerce transactions” you would be right …
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Wal-Mart’s video historian of 30 years has opened it’s archives to the world in a last-ditch effort to salvage itself from bankruptcy. The archives include some 15,000 tapes documenting the history of the company. The less controversial videos are available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FlaglerSafety The others are $250/hr.
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Used games, the bane of publishers and the bread and butter of retailer GameStop, is a $1.3 billion business in the U.S. alone, reports research firm OTX. Their findings from the MI6 summit breaks down the used games biz, showing the buying habits of folks who dabble in the pre-owned, all of which is detailed at the report at Gamasutra.
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