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Smoking kills your skin... duh!


A new study shows that smoking harms more than just facial skin. Even skin that is covered and not exposed to the sun shows wrinkling and aging in s   read more

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Survival Among the Ruins


How is it that Jim Crace, an English novelist, and our own Cormac McCarthy sat down at about the same time to write novels about a blistered, disinte   read more

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Experts remain skeptical of Bush climate initiative


Climate experts have greeted George W. Bush's call for a "new framework" to combat global warming, proffered days ahead of a G8 summit at which climate change will top the agenda, with some relief but even more skepticism."It is positive that Preside   read more

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Stevens: Smoking pot akin to drinking during prohibition


In his dissent on a recent free-speech case, Justice John Paul Stevens wades into the war-on-drugs debate, comparing modern-day pot smokers with "otherwise law-abiding patrons of bootleggers and speakeasies," during the prohibition era.Stevens, who t   read more

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Bush Trying to Kill Child Health Care


Congress is considering bipartisan legislation that will cover poor children in the U.S. The major obstacle? President Bush is vowing to veto the bill.   read more

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Exposed: The Truth Behind Popular Carbon Offsetting Schemes


Academics and environmentalists are questioning the ethics and impact of offsetting -- and suggesting that offsetting schemes have not been as effective as claimed.   read more

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Getting Busted for Pot Can Cost Your Right to Vote


Once you've been arrested for the harsh anti-marijuana laws on the books, you can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child.   read more

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The Pentagon Sends Messengers of Apocalypse to Convert Soldiers in Iraq


With the Pentagon's blessings and assistance, apocalyptic evangelists are proselytizing US troops in Iraq.   read more

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J-Lo's Roots Don't Show in 'El Cantante' Flick


El Cantante is supposed to be about salsa legend Hector Lavoe, but the movie dotes on Jennifer Lopez who looks totally out of touch with Latin culture and says little about the Puerto Rican community that inspired the music.   read more

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Dr. Bronner's Magic Media Soap Opera


The counterculture?s exceptionally eccentric soap company hits the big screen.   read more

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