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  • Doctor walks 700 miles for health care reform

    Doctor walks 700 miles for health care reform

    July 10, 2009

    In an effort to expose the failures of the current health care system, Dr. Ogan Gurel, 45, is trekking nearly 700 miles on foot from Chicago to Washington D.C. in order to bring to the attention...

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  • Climate change unresolved at G8 summit

    Climate change unresolved at G8 summit

    July 10, 2009

    The United States and the leaders of the planet’s largest industrialized nations said yesterday at the G-8 summit that the earth has to go green by cutting half of all emissions linked to climate change by...

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  • Cubas revolution: continuous change

    Cubas revolution: continuous change

    July 10, 2009

    In the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the afore-named magical creature spins straw into gold. That image came to mind during a recent visit to Cuba, a country that if not actually turning anything into gold, has certainly...

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  • A new science show for Discovery channel junkies

    A new science show for Discovery channel junkies

    July 10, 2009

    Can science be funny? Renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson does. And that's why he has teamed up with Comedy Central's Lynn Koplitz for a new science-based radio talk show called . Tyson says the show...

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  • Engineer makes cooking oil breakthrough

    Engineer makes cooking oil breakthrough

    July 10, 2009

    A new use for old cooking oil could help cut emissions from building roads, engineers have claimed. Engineer Helen Bailey has developed a process for replacing bitumen, which is normally used in road surfaces to 'glue'...

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