C.I.A. Director Speaks To Senate Committee
Gen. Michael V. Hayden said the decision to record and subsequently destroy video of the interrogations of senior Al Qaeda captives was made by previous directors....
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The Online Gold Standard
At a time when conventional retailing has been sluggish at best, e-commerce is flourishing....
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Growth In U.S. Economy Is Slower Than Thought
The economy inched ahead by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, down sharply from the government’s prior estimate of 3.5 percent....
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Vital Signs: Hazard: High-Fat Diet Raises Risk Of Colon Cancer Return
Survivors with diets high in meat and refined grains triple their risk of recurrence or death....
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Downer Hails Capture Of JI’s Most Wanted
Indonesian police appear to have crippled the military arm of terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah with the capture of its most wanted commander, Abu Dujana....
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Science News

Really? : The Claim: Zinc Can Help You Beat a Cold
2007-11-08 05:30 - Will zinc actually work for countless sneezing and sniffling Americans who turn to it to fight their colds?

Observatory: More Acidic Seas Can Change Behavior of Anxious Sea Snail...
2007-11-08 05:30 - Increasing acidity disrupts the defense mechanisms of a common sea snail, according to a new study.

Well: For Clues on Teenage Sex, Experts Look to Hip-Hop
2007-11-08 05:30 - Suggestive, certainly. Misogynistic, sometimes. But dangerous?

Findings: Go Ahead, Rationalize. Monkeys Do It, Too.
2007-11-08 05:30 - The compulsion to justify decisions may seem irrational but second-guessing may just interfere with more important business.

For Fiji Water, a Big List of Green Goals
2007-11-08 05:30 - Fiji Water plans to become carbon negative ? that is, to more than make up for the greenhouse gases released in the creation, transportation and sales of its product.

A Planetary System That Looks Familiar
2007-11-08 05:30 - Astronomers reported Tuesday that there were at least five planets circling a star in the constellation Cancer, making it the most extensive planetary system yet found outside our own.

Dot Earth: Project to Capture CO2 With Plankton Puts to Sea
2007-11-08 05:30 - A novel ? and contentious ? effort aims to commercialize the removal of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using blooms of plankton.

Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely
2007-11-08 05:30 - The landing brings to a close one of the most eventful shuttle missions in the history of the program.

Rethinking What Caused the Last Mass Extinction
2007-11-07 06:01 - The discovery of thriving communities of survivors at the end of the Cretaceous period is giving some scientists second thoughts about the extinction’s causes and effects.

Skeletons Flesh Out Life’s Past
2007-11-07 06:01 - The bone of skeletons is one of many tissues in our bodies and it can provide clues to the history of vertebrates, as a new book demonstrates.


 
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