Screens Blog: Come Back, Little Britney
I had some hope last night, I guess, but now I know the truth: Britney’s gone, and she’s not coming back....
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French Serial Killer Michel Fourniret Is A Suspect Over British Student’s Death
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Tracing Business Acumen To Dyslexia
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Capital One Says It Will Cut 2,000 Jobs
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Betting To Improve The Odds
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Science News

Animated Bambi Debate Arouses Pastoral Passions
2008-04-24 05:30 - A new book argues that Disney movies like ?Bambi? inspired generations of environmentalists, while others criticize the films? distorted views of nature and animals.

Europe Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears
2008-04-24 05:30 - European countries plan to use coal, generally the dirtiest fuel on earth, in new power plants.

Observatory: Mercury Migrating Out of Rivers to the Shore
2008-04-23 05:30 - In the South River in Virginia mercury has moved from the river to the shore by way of spiders.

When Language Can Hold the Answer
2008-04-23 05:30 - Does language shape what we perceive or are our perceptions pure sensory impressions?

PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat
2008-04-22 06:01 - The group is offering $1 million to the first person to create a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012.

Big City: For Urban Tree Planters, Concrete Is the Easy Part
2008-04-22 05:30 - If you?re a forester perversely inclined to ply your trade in New York City, a new initiative makes now a pretty good time to make a go of it.

Port Authority Plans a Web Site to Help Offset Pollution
2008-04-22 05:30 - The interstate agency is setting up a Web site where drivers and airline passengers can buy credits to offset carbon emissions created by the trips they take.

In Lean Times, Biotech Grains Are Less Taboo
2008-04-22 05:30 - Governments, consumers and food companies are feeling pressures to relax resistance to genetically engineered crops.

Essay: Recipes for Disaster
2008-04-21 05:30 - Is the economic implosion of the United States a crisis or an opportunity? Two eco-millenarian novelists disagree.

Idea Lab: Leafonomics
2008-04-21 05:30 - How to preserve your forests and make money in the process.


 
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