Things Your Body Can Do After You Die

Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 11:47 AM EDT (CNN)

From getting hitched to saving the environment, here's proof you can still be a busybody long after you kick the bucket.

death, health, body

Congressman Cracks Down on Soft Porn at the PX

Seeded on Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:36 PM EDT (Newsweek)

You know something's wrong when the word areola appears in a bill circulating on Capitol Hill.

georgia, military, gop, crime, us-news, paul-broun

It's not immoral to want to be immortal

Seeded on Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:01 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Is it right to want to try to live forever? This ethical question is being kicked around quite a bit these days.

health, immortality

Giving Hillary Credit for SCHIP

Seeded on Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:58 AM EDT (Factcheck.org)

One of Clinton's signature claims has come under fire from political foes, quoted by the Boston Globe, who say she doesn't deserve credit for expanding federal health insurance for millions of children.

clinton, politics, obama, campaign-2008, schip

Substance Abuse

Seeded on Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:53 AM EDT (Factcheck.org)

A widely forwarded e-mail claims that Obama's bills are more substantive and numerous than Clinton's. Don't believe it.

bills, senate, clinton, politics, presidential-election, obama, campaign-2008

Penn out as Clinton chief strategist

Seeded on Sun Apr 6, 2008 6:54 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The manager of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign says Mark Penn has asked to give up his role as chief strategist of the campaign.

penn, campaign, election, 2008, clinton, politics

Obama aims for pro-gun vote - Carrie Budoff Brown - Politico.com

Seeded on Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:51 PM EDT (Politico)

Barack Obama did not hunt or fish as a child. He lives in a big city. And as an Illinois state legislator and a US senator, he consistently backed gun control legislation. But he is nevertheless making a play for pro-gun voters in rural Pennsylvania.

politics, presidential-election, barack-obama, campaign-08

Inoculated Against Facts

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:01 PM EDT (The New York Times)

ON March 6, Terry and Jon Poling stood outside a federal courthouse in Atlanta, Ga., with their 9-year-old daughter Hannah and announced that the federal government had admitted that vaccines had contributed to her autism. The news was shocking.

health, health-care, vaccines, autism

Improving Higher Education

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:14 PM EDT (Harvard Crimson)

There is considerable ferment in the academic world today—about the high cost of college, about the curriculum and what students actually learn and should learn, about teaching methods, and about the quality of student life.

college, education, harvard, higher-education, harvard-crimson, freedman

Vaccine protects against prostate cancer in mice

Seeded on Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:37 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

NEW YORK - An experimental vaccine can provide long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically predisposed to the disease, new research indicates.

cancer, health, prostate-cancer, vaccines

Girl's death probed after parents rely on prayer

Seeded on Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:20 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

WESTON, Wisconsin - Police are investigating an 11-year-old girl's death from an undiagnosed, treatable form of diabetes after her parents chose to pray for her rather than take her to a doctor.

death, health, wisconsin, prayer, diabetes

Clinton Says Nomination Battle Could Continue for Months

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 2:53 PM EST (The New York Times)

As voters in Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont and Texas headed to the polls potentially to decide the Democratic nomination for the presidency, Senator Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged voters to settle in for a nomination fight that could roll on for months to come.

clinton, politics, obama, election-2008, march-4

Five reasons Clinton could come back

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 2:49 PM EST (Politico)

For weeks, the widespread expectation among most campaign journalists has been that the race for the Democratic nomination will, for all practical purposes, come to an end Tuesday night with a victory for Barack Obama.

clinton, politics, presidential, primaries, obama, election-2008, march-4

Conflicting Answers from Obama on NAFTA Meeting

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 10:29 AM EST (Politico)

For four days after a news report alleged that Sen.

election, 2008, politics, president, obama, nafta

They've Got You Covered?

Seeded on Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:39 PM EST (FactCheck.org)

Obama and Clinton ads both claim all Americans would be covered by their health plans. Clinton's would come close. Says the non-partisan group, FactCheck.org

clinton, politics, health-care, obama

Battle-Tested

Seeded on Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:12 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

With the emergence of Sen.

clinton, politics, mccain, obama, campaign-08

Plucking Cells out of the Bloodstream

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:30 PM EST (EW.com)

A new implantable device can extract stem cells for therapeutic transplant or program cancer cells to die.

technology, stem-cells

Hate Springs Eternal

Seeded on Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:17 PM EST (The New York Times)

Supporters of each candidate should have no trouble rallying behind the other if he or she gets the nod. Why, then, is there so much venom out there?

election, clinton, politics, obama, campaign-2008

Mothers freeze own eggs for use by infertile daughters

Seeded on Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:49 PM EST (The Times)

AT least six British mothers have frozen their eggs so their infertile daughters can use them to give birth to their half brothers or sisters.

health

Kids Love Campaign 2008

Seeded on Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:38 PM EST (msnbc.com)

"I voted for Barack Abooma!" bragged Davita Randall the other day. One should perhaps forgive the mispronunciation. After all, she and her brother Davin, also an "Abooma" enthusiast, are only in kindergarten.

campaign, election, children, clinton, politics, obama

The Vanishing Establishment

Seeded on Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:19 PM EST (The New York Times)

A LITTLE more than 40 years ago, the journalist Richard H. Rovere set off in search of that indistinct tangle of power and influence known as the American Establishment. After months of investigation, Mr.

campaign, election, clinton, politics, obama

Obituary for the first human clone

Seeded on Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:29 AM EST (onlineopinion.com.au)

Has there ever been a greater anticlimax in science than the announcement on January 17 that, at last, a cloned human embryo had been created? Even a few months ago the news would have flooded the world's media; now it hardly rates a mention.

stem-cells, science, clones, bioethics, induced, pluripotent