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Since 2003, Print Newspaper Ad Revenue Has Fallen 57.8%

Newspapers have also lost $16 in print ads for every $1 gained in digital ads.TheAtlantic.com

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Behaving like animals: "The Bonobo and the Atheist"

Tessa Kendall reviews Frans de Waal's new book, The Bonobo and the Atheist. How much of our humanist behaviour do we owe to our cousins in the animal kingdom?'Sensitivity to the emotional states of...

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Charles Krauthammer Admits GOP "Ranks Below Colonoscopies In Popularity"

 Comments248Charles Krauthammer JANUARY 17, 2013 8:00 PMA New Strategy for the GOP You cannot govern from the House. By Charles KrauthammerIt has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are...

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New Zealand Anti-Cat Campaign

An anti-cat campaign in New Zealand is pitting bird enthusiasts against defensive cat lovers. New Zealand has almost no native land mammals, leaving their ecological niches free for birds, many of them...

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Why I own guns

A customer shops for a new gun at a sporting goods store in Illinois on Jan. 19.Many gun-control advocates don't understand why rational people choose to arm themselvesBy Sam Harris | January 26,...

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Stan "The Man" Musial Dies: No. 6 Was Greatest Cardinal

January 20, 2013 10:30 am  •  By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196Loading…Stan "The Man" Musial, the greatest Cardinal of them all, died Saturday (Jan. 19, 2013) at age 92. (AP...

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Republicans had a plan to replace Obamacare. It looked a lot like Obamacare.

Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), first and third from left, introduce the Patients’ Choice Act with Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), second and fourth from...

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Watch out, Republicans! You’re helping Obamacare succeed.

(Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)By Sarah Kliff, Published: July 25 at 10:46 amE-mail the writerRepublican opposition to Obamacare is, Norm Ornstein writes this morning, “spinning out of...

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Zimmerman Juror says defendant "got away with murder"

Host  Robin  Roberts,  left,  with  Juror  B29  from  the  George  Zimmerman  trial,  center,  and  attorney  David  Chico on  "Good  Morning  America,"  in  New  York  on  Thursday,  July  25,  2013....

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"Logicians Call The Slippery Slope A Classic Logical Fallacy"

Thanks to Philip Lingle's blog, "Mystery and Metaphor," for making this article available.http://mysteryandmetaphor.com/Logicians call the slippery slope a classic logical fallacy.  There’s no reason...

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NPR: Can Elderly Patients With Dementia Consent To Sex?

Audio File: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=204580868Excerpt: "As you can imagine, some families wouldn't want to think of their mom who was married for 40 years having a...

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"Why more guns won't make us safer" by Sean Faircloth

Hand guns seen on display for purchase in Colorado.People may think firearms will protect them, but statistics show otherwiseBy Sean Faircloth | February 2, 2013106 COMMENTSIN HIS ARTICLE on gun...

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Scientists can implant false memories into mice

Optical fibres implanted in a mouse's brain activated memory forming cellsContinue reading the main storyRelated StoriesNeuron growth 'cuts memory space'Switching on a light in the brainCan you trust...

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"Think You're Well-Read? Take Our World Lit Quiz?" Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2013/0718/Think-you-re-well-read-Take-our-World-Lit-quiz/Pride-and-Prejudice-by-Jane-AustenMy score: 64%

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Terminally ill “Simpsons” co-creator to leave entire fortune to charity

(Credit: Wikipedia)A dying Sam Simon takes a big swipe at environmental groups while announcing plans to give away everythingBY PRACHI GUPTA - SalonSam Simon, the 58-year-old nine-time Emmy-winning...

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Republican Self-Destruction Is Most Visible In Presidential Politics

Except in The Bible Belt, Republicans don't have a prayer.***

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Republican Obstructionism: The New Normal

Eugene Robinson:  "Here’s the basic problem: The Democratic Party seems likely to grow ever stronger nationally while the GOP remains firmly entrenched locally. This means the stubborn, maddening,...

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It's Not So Much That Big Companies Are Criminal, But So Casually and...

It is the American way to forgive "job creators" even when they no longer create jobs.  http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/automation-robotization-and-job-loss.htmlWith common criminals, we...

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The 400 Richest Americans Control The Same Amount Of Wealth As 150 Million...

Obama looks ahead to budget battleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSObama: "Growing inequality isn't just morally wrong; it's bad economics"John Sutter talks to philosophers about the morality of extreme income...

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Reagan and Bush Official Bruce Bartlett Says The Republican Party Is "Insane"

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