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Grays Harbor County Courthouse. Image: MiK/Flickr/CC BY-SA

Judge stabbed and deputy shot in Washington courthouse

This Microraptor fossil is preserved at China's Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature. Image: Hello, I am Bruce/Flickr/CC BY-SA

Microraptor was one flashy little dinosaur

Coca-Cola has begun to use a different kind of caramel color to avoid a cancer label. (Photo Credit: Public Domain/Cane cane/Wikipedia)

California requires cancer warning on sodas that use caramel color

Prescription drug companies like Pfizer and Merck are costing taxpayers billions in Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Image from Wikimedia Commons.

Pharmaceutical Medicare and Medicaid fraud runs rampant

Newt Gingrich says he has the power to lower gas prices. Image: Donkey Hotey/Flickr/CC BY-SA

Gingrich pushes lower gas prices for Super Tuesday

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The Gainesville, Ga. Homage to the Sun presides over anotehr day as a piotential tragedy turns out to be a mistake. Image" Olaf/Flickr/CC BY-SA

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Separation of church and state essential, Mr. Santorum

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The separation of Church and State. Image: Ian Sane/Flicker/CC BY

Rick Santorum spoke Monday at the Chamber of Commerce in Livonia, Mich. There, he continued his dialogue of disdain for the separation of church and state. Despite polls that say most Americans cherish the precept that was deemed essential by the nation’s forefathers, Santorum insists that the argument is central to his campaign and to [...]

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PG&E to pay $70 million for pipeline tragedy

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., a northern California utility, has agreed to pay $70 million to the California town of San Bruno for a pipeline explosion that killed eight people in 2010. Company says it’s remorseful The San Francisco-based power company’s president, Chris Johns, released a statement Monday, saying PG&E is sorry and eager to [...]

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