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December 2013:
- What happens if you don’t have health insurance by January 1, 2014?
- New York bans plastic foam containers, could your city be next?
- Reports: high levels of bacteria in chicken, weak USDA oversight
- Ten tips to make your holidays green
- Odds of winning Mega Million jackpot: Better to marry a millionaire
- FDA plans to phase out some antibiotics on factory farms
- EPA planning to reduce inspections and enforcement for the next five years
- Jordan Graham newlywed murder trial begins in Montana
- Satanists petition to build monument on Oklahoma state capitol grounds
- EPA caves to the petroleum industry, could cost taxpayers
- Report finds CO2 causing rapid ocean acidification
November 2013:
- 10 ways to increase your chances of seeing Comet ISON
- Sucralose, Splenda, your health, and the environment
- Killer bee attack saves a woman’s life and inspires amazing product
- Today is National Eat a Cranberry Day and five reasons why you should
- Can the bacteria in your gut help regulate mood and anxiety?
- Comet ISON visible to the naked eye: “if you want to see it, do it now”
- Residential parking sacrificed to bicycle lanes: Bike “wars?”
- The FDA trans fat ban, the doughnut and small business
- New law eliminates habitat protection for most fish species in Canada
- Banned pesticides linked to higher risk of endometriosis, infertility
- Egg industry and animal rights groups do what Congress can’t: move forward
- Germany recognizes a third gender for intersex children
October 2013:
- Romanian scientists create artificial “Tru Blood” but not for Vampires
- Bicycles outsell cars in Europe, getting close in the U.S.
- Washington state sues junk food lobby over GMO labeling bill
- Will TX voter ID law disenfranchise women, transgender community?
- Brunei to enact tough new Sharia law
- The battle over GMO seed farms in Hawaii
- Armed and masked man terrorizes kids during school enrichment program
- Oreos may be as addictive as cocaine and morphine, study says
- Palm oil: The hidden cost of processed food
- Chicken nuggets: A little chicken meat and a whole lot more
- Obama administration, USDA push for less regulation of meat industry
- The China dilemma: cheap coal energy v. clean water
- North Korea accuses Switzerland of human rights abuse over ski lifts
- Schools switch back to 26-ingredient burger after kids complain
- Warming oceans may cause higher mercury levels in fish
September 2013:
- A baby’s scent works the same as drugs and food on a mother’s brain
- The King amendment to the Farm Bill threatens state’s rights
- Expanded hunting and fishing in National Wildlife Refuge System
- The reason some people get cold sores may be genetic
- Porto Heli: Greek beach culture at its finest
August 2013:
- The California condor, lead bullets, and the ‘truth’
- The ancient Greek theater at Epidaurus
- Texas State Troopers conducting body cavity searches at traffic stops
- Payroll debit cards: hitting vulnerable employees where it hurts
- Using drones to protect African wildlife from poachers
- Test tube beef: World’s first lab-grown burger served in London
- Factory meat killing Americans with antibiotic resistant MRSA bacteria
- A conversation with the legendary Judy Collins
July 2013:
- ‘Comfort women’ seek vindication and apology from Japanese government
- The battle over solar power in Arizona
- India: No toilet, no bride
- Skin cancer prevention: Local tour company educates its boat captains
- 11-Year-Old Yemeni girl prefers death to forced marriage (Video)
- FBI forensic hair analysts may have wrongfully convicted thousands
- Death at Texas Six Flags: How safe are amusement park rides?
- 8 reasons mosquitoes prefer some people over others
- Big Brother 15: Do we need to have a talk about the open racism?
- On abortion, does Maryland have the right idea?
- Nuclear plant at Fukushima leaking since 2011
- Exercise alters DNA
- EPA raises levels of glyphosate allowed in food
- Egg carton labels and animal welfare: are you being mislead?
- Omega-3 fatty acids in oily fish may reduce the risk of breast cancer
June 2013:
- Pregnancy over the age of 35: how long is too long to wait?
- Cheese may prevent dental cavities and tooth decay
- $1.2M in cash missing from Swiss Air cargo in JFK
- Facebook status boosts organ donation registration
- Supermoon 2013 peaking this weekend: Don’t miss it
- Red and processed meat linked to risk of type 2 diabetes
- Private prison’s shocking treatment of mentally ill inmates sparks class action lawsuit
- Woman sexually assaulted by marshal, Judge ignores her cries
- Cellulose (aka wood pulp) in processed and fast foods
- FB cofounder Sean Parker’s “Game of Thrones” forest wedding criticized
- 10 ways to motivate to go to the gym
- Michael Douglas, HPV, oral sex, and throat cancer
- Scientists revive 400-year old moss entombed in glacier
- The DC area’s best swimming spots
May 2013:
- GE Salmon breeds with wild brown trout creating hybrid fish
- Adoptive parents sue over son’s sex-assignment surgery
- Big victory for Monsanto un Supreme Court patent case
- Study finds increased levels of arsenic in chicken
- GMO apples may be deregulated by the end of 2013
- CA Milk Lobby threatens to sue young boys over website
- Native Americans hidden in the Vatican for 509 years
- The Yellow Dog Project: How to tell others your dog needs space
- NASA invites public to send names and poems to Mars
April 2013:
- Glowing sheep created by Uruguayan scientists
- Mars One seeks colonists to live-and die- on the Red Planet
- Shocking rates of antibiotic resistant bacteria in supermarket meats
- Frankenfoods: The debate over genetically modified (GM) foods
- Poet Pablo Neruda exhumed in Chile
- Street Smart’s dramatic new safety campaign for spring
- Bees dying at alarming rates
- Ag-gag bills: criminalizing whistle-blowing on factory farms
March 2013:
- Afghan women cyclists riding for freedom
- Frankenveggies: Monsanto Protection Act passes Senate
- Why opinion is shifting on same-sex marriage
- Happy birthday, Mr. Rogers
- Greek coffee may be the key to a long, healthy life
- Scientists clone extinct frog embryo
- Bee venom may kill HIV
- Review: The Bradley Digital Smoker
- Death by salami: New study finds processed meats may lead to early death
- More gun laws equals less gun deaths, maybe
- World votes on ban to trade of polar bear parts
- EcoScraps: New ideas in recycling
- Santa Muerte: Unusual saint gaining popularity in Mexico and the US
February 2013:
- Mediterranean diet reduces heart disease, study confirms
- Hearing aids and health insurance: are you covered?
- Widespread seafood fraud in the U.S.
- DC Ladies arm wrestle for charity
- It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…Fred Rogers and how he changed TV
- Chavez’s surprise return to Venezuela does little to clarify whether he is fit to rule
- 13,200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies destroyed: Food waste in America
- Meteor hits Russia, asteroid comes close to Earth: Cosmic coincidence
- Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s body to be exhumed amid allegations of murder
- Maggots, rodent hair and worse in your food
- Comet ISON: will it be “the Comet of the Century?”
- Burglars using Facebook to pick and case homes
- Frankenfish: genetically engineered salmon close to winning FDA approval
January 2013:
- Holy Land USA: from place of pilgrimage to creepy destination
- 11 unusual & bizarre hobbies
- Costa Rica: Pura Vida!
- Military working dogs today have long history of heroism
- Brazilian girl auctions off her virginity
- Review: The SodaStream Soda Maker
December 2012:
- 11 Unusual New Year’s Eve Traditions
- Sharing Christmas joy through random acts of kindness
- Ten DIY Christmas Ideas
- 10 Historical Novels
- Military Working Dogs: “Surplus Equipment?”
- 5 signs that climate change needs to become a priority for everyone
- So my husband wants me to get a gun…
- 10 Disturbing Novels
November 2012:
- 20 Christmas Gifts For Cyclists
- Review: Amazon Kindle PaperWhite
- DC, Maryland and Virginia launch the Street Smart Fall Campaign
- Go Girl! DC’s High Heel Race
October 2012:
- The Bicycle Helmet: to wear or not to wear?
- Philadelphia’s Murals: The Mural Arts Program Changes the Face of Philly
September 2012
- Ciclovía: closing major roads on Sundays for bicycle and pedestrian traffic
- Micro libraries: promoting literacy on a street corner near you
- Why Pet Adoption Should be Your First Option
August 2012
- The Nukak Makú; between past and present
- The Erosion of Roe v. Wade
- Aokigahara, Japan’s Suicide Forest
- How My Bike Changed My Life
- Chavela Vargas, 93, dies in Mexico
- What’s in a (network) Name?
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