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U.S. gay couples report poorer health than straight married counterparts
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Gay and lesbian couples living together report poorer health than straight married couples, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, speculating that legalizing same-sex marriage could reduce the disparities. Studies have shown that...Tags: Science and Technology, Gays and Lesbians, Arts and Culture, Marriage, Health and Safety at School
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It's official: High-speed Google Fiber heads to Texas
Google Fiber, the ultra-fast broadband Internet service developed by the search-engine company, will be expanding to Austin, Texas, in 2014. In a widely expected move, Austin city officials and Google on Tuesday morning announced the expansion of Fiber....
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Google Inc., Apple iPad
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The illusory value of the death penalty
After deciding to pursue the execution of the man charged with fatally shooting 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last summer, the prosecutor declared that "for James Egan Holmes, justice is death." By that definition, he might have added, justice...
Tags: Government, The Wall Street Journal, Murder, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...Tags: Social Services, Human Interest, University of California, Berkeley, Brown University, Science and Technology
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New super-thin, flexible invisibility cloak wows Harry Potter fans
Harry Potter fans rejoice: Researchers have devised an ultra-thin invisibility cloak that can mask three-dimensional objects -- if you’re observing that object in microwave light, that is. With butterbeer and Bertie Bott's every flavor beans on...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Electrical Appliance
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban
SAN FRANCISCO — Corporate America's most famous working mother has banned her employees from working at home. Now the backlash is threatening to overshadow the progress she has made turning around Yahoo Inc. Marissa Mayer, one of only a handful of...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet, Companies and Corporations
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Parkland puts another championship team on ice
It has been a very successful school year so far for Parkland High School athletes. The highlights have included District 11 championship football, cross-country, tennis, swimming, soccer teams; a league, district and state runnerup girls volleyball...Tags: College Basketball, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sports, Big 12 Conference, UNC Charlotte 49ers
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Marvel’s David Marquez talks X-Men, Spider-Man, 3D graphic novel
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesYoung artists looking to break into comics might want to take a page from David Marquez. Based in Austin, Texas, ...... -
In search of 'The Searchers' and the history behind the western
The bigger the fight between a screenwriter and a director, the better the picture. It's an arrant generalization but not necessarily an errant one. Look at Budd Schulberg's battles with "On the Waterfront," or Robert Towne's over the ending of...
Tags: On the Waterfront (movie), Movies, Robert Towne, Reviews, Authors
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Architect Cheryl Mohr builds a sustainable home in Edgewater
The architect Cheryl Mohr craves natural light so much that even when the sun is bouncing off the nearby South River and streaming through the 22-foot-tall wall of windows that surrounds her living room, Mohr can't bring herself to lower the blinds....
Tags: Energy Saving, Architecture, Sports, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy
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Bronzeville among city sites seeking Obama library
The site where Michael Reese Hospital once stood isn't much to look at, just a 37-acre swath of overgrown land in Bronzeville, behind a shoddy chain-link fence. Developers are itching to build a casino or perhaps a sports entertainment complex on the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Science, John F. Kennedy, Michigan Avenue, Elections
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Who's messing with whose jobs?
Gov. Jerry Brown ought to cut his Texas brother, Rick Perry, a little slack. Texas Gov. Perry arrived in the Golden State this week trolling for California businesses he could poach and carry home with him in his saddlebags. His trip here comes on the...
Tags: Government, Rick Perry, Labor Markets, Business, Theft
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