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The promise of stem cell research
July 28, 2006Stem cells are relatively undifferentiated cells, that is, they have no specific tissue function. They are capable of self-renewal or of being stimulated to develop into specialized (differentiated) cells. There are two kinds of stem cells:...
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Weird fun
July 28, 2006MovieREVIEWPrairie Home Companion Directed by Robert Altman, written by Garrison Keillor Rated PG-13, 105 min. There’s pleasure on so many levels in Robert Altman’s “Prairie Home Companion,” it’s hard to know where to begin. The movie...
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Anti-Flag delivers strong politics
July 28, 2006CDREVIEWFor Blood and Empire Anti-Flag 2006, RCA I remember when Joe Strummer, the late punk rock icon and member of The Clash, participated in the Boston Marathon. Speaking of the grueling training required for it, he...
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The Little Tramp redux
July 28, 2006“We have more power because we know more. They’ve given me earplugs for the noise at least.” The speaker of those words is Venezuelan metalworker Miguel Moreno. He had recently attended a showing of Charlie Chaplin’s...
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News bias in The Associated Press
July 28, 2006A new study conducted at Sonoma State University shows widespread bias in Associated Press (AP) news reports favoring U.S. government positions. On October 25, 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union posted to their website 44 autopsy...
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