January 5, 2009

Appoint Openly Gay Fred Hochberg Commerce Secretary

Want to help shatter a glass ceiling? Give just 2 minutes a day to call and email the Obama transition and you can do just that to help get openly gay Fred Hochberg as commerce secretary.

Filed under Gay & Lesbian by Gay/Lesbian News

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Study: Teen sex, drugs, violence plaster MySpace.com profiles

Sex, drugs and violence mark the majority of MySpace.com postings by 18-year-olds, a study found, potentially hurting job prospects and drawing sexual predators.

Filed under Sex by Human Sexuality News

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2008: Three reactors shut, ten more begin construction

Three old nuclear power reactors were shut down worldwide during 2008, while no new units were started up. However, construction started on ten new power reactors, whilst power uprates of several existing plants helped bolster operating capacity

Filed under Nuclear Energy by Nuclear Energy News

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Testes stem cell can change into other body tissues, Stanford/UCSF study shows

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at UC-San Francisco have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes.

Filed under Stem Cell Research by Stem Cell Research News

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ACLU: JetBlue, TSA pay discrimination settlement

The American Civil Liberties Union said Monday JetBlue Airways Corp. and the Transportation Security Administration paid $240,000 to a man who claimed he was discriminated against based on his ethnicity and ...

Filed under ACLU by ACLU News

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In which we drop our cool in a shameless stab at self-promotion

Dear readers, it's that time of year again: time for The Bloggies ! As some of you may know, The Bloggies [more formally known as The Weblog Awards] are the interweb's premiere awards for the world's blogging ...

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