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VIDEO Depicted as gorilla, African American doctor sues UCLA for racism
May 23, 2012A respected African American faculty surgeon filed a racial discrimination suit against the UCLA Medical Center and UC Regents after they refused to take action on blatant acts of racism.
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Chicago activists protest Heartland Institute conference
May 23, 2012Over a dozen environmental activists gathered to protest the Heartland Institute, which put up ads comparing environmentalists to the Unabomber.
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Drink coffee, live longer?
May 22, 2012Some positive science to report: drinking coffee keeps the Grim Reaper away-at lease for a while longer.
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Thousands wrongly convicted
May 22, 2012In the last 23 years alone, more than 2,000 people were falsely convicted, but probably far more people are in prison for crimes they did not commit.
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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return medals at NATO protest
May 22, 2012U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars threw their medals towards the site of the NATO Summit May 20 in what was called the most dramatic antiwar action by ex-GIs since Vietnam.
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