The next president will face a series of tough foreign policy decisions. How should America manage challenges from fast-rising China and respond to changes in the heart of Europe? What to do about ISIS? Should America become more involved in Iraq? Or Syria? Or Ukraine? What about Iran? Should Washington …
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7 November
FDA eyeing Army’s injectable sponges that could stop bleeding in 15 seconds
The Food and Drug Administration is now considering an Army-funded technology – based on the expanding dinosaur sponges so popular among children – that experts say could save lives on the battlefield. Called XStat, the new device reportedly allows a field medic to inject a wound with 92 sponges, each …
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7 November
Boy’s mystery illness leaves him unable to blink
The ability to blink is something we all take for granted. But for one 3-year-old Oregon boy, it’s just one in a series of mysterious problems that led his family to seek treatment at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Corban Durant has a heart defect, liver-lung disorder and neuropathy …
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7 November
UK data shows sharp rise in human trafficking from Nigeria; many forced into slavery
LONDON – British officials report an increase in human trafficking into Britain, with many victims arriving from Nigeria and being forced into domestic slavery or prostitution. Official figures show more than 2,000 suspected trafficking victims were reported to authorities in 2014 including 244 from Nigeria. This represents a 31 percent …
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7 November
Researchers may have found relief for chronic pain
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center may have found a way to reverse chronic pain. Did you know that in the United States, there are about 100 million people who suffer from chronic pain? Chronic pain is a condition that can be very debilitating. It often leads to many years …
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7 November
U.N.'s Ballooning $732 Million Haiti Peacekeeping Budget Goes Mostly to Its Own Personnel
The United Nations has quietly upped this year’s peacekeeping budget for earthquake-shattered Haiti to $732.4 million, with two-thirds of that amount going for the salary, perks and upkeep of its own personnel, not residents of the devastated island. The world organization plans to spend the money on an expanded force …
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7 November
FBI: Source Lied About Terror Threat
Federal authorities said Friday that intelligence they obtained about a possible threat to the U.S. homeland from Pakistan was based on a source who had lied to them the whole time. The development comes one day after Fox News reported that the U.S. government had obtained information indicating the group …
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7 November
Professor to Students: Stop Global Warming or 'Blood Will Be on Your Hands'
BATON ROUGE, La. – Was a college professor “provoking discussion” — or criticizing students who don’t endorse global warming? CampusReform.org, a student group launched by the conservative Leadership Institute in Arlington, Va., has circulated a video online of a professor telling students who don’t believe in taking steps to end …
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7 November
Mystery of Phoenix UFO Lights Solved
On Friday night Oct. 28, four bright lights were seen and videotaped during a high school football game in Scottsdale, Ariz., near Phoenix. The strange lights, which were seen by hundreds of people and videotaped by at least two of them, seemed to move slowly in the sky, sometimes blinking …
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7 November
Clash of the insurance titans: What it means for health care as we know it
In the past few days we’ve witnessed something we never thought possible: The biggest players in health insurance are contemplating mergers that are nothing short of gargantuan. If they come to pass, they will create shifts in market dynamics the likes of which America’s health care system has never seen, …
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