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Mitt Romney: The wrong guy to throw stones at Obama's vacation plans?

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney blasted President Obama for a planned 17-day vacation in Hawaii. Congress has yet to pass Mr. Obama's proposed extension of a payroll-tax cut.
Why Obama should call for a breakup of big banks

What better way for the president to distinguish himself from Romney than to condemn Wall Street’s antics since the bailout and call for real reform?
Nobel Prize winner dies just days before he won

The 2011 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to scientists in the US and France for uncovering triggers that activate an organism's immune system. One recipient died just days before the announcement.
Dr. Seuss lives again with seven "new" stories

Seven rarely seen Seuss stories published in the 1950s were released yesterday in both book and digital form.
What are the toughest questions tossed at reference librarians?

Think it's easy being a librarian? Think again!
What Dems need for GOP debate and Election 2012: A Shakespearean Falstaff

The Democrats need a Falstaff to point out the absurdities of GOP positions. The views of Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Michele Bachmann would give him plenty of comic fodder.
Fishing ban brings species back to Mexico park. But can it rebuild a fishery?

A study finds that a fishing ban at a Mexican marine park – with critical help from local residents – has successfully restored the fish population. Whether it's enough to restore the industry is not clear.
Johnny Depp stars in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'

In search of the Fountain of Youth, Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow embarks on another adventure in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.'
How climate change models could get better, thanks to NASA

NASA is set to launch satellite Glory early Wednesday. It will measure incoming sunlight and atmospheric particles, both key to crafting better climate models.
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Beyond the scary Christmas list: the full parenting price tag

The parenting price tag has soared to about $220,000 per child. If you think the kids' Christmas list is hefty, there's no end in sight to the add-ons Americans can think of in the cultivation of kids.
Diet drugs: FDA panel rejects weight-loss pill

Diet drugs are competing to win government approval. But a Food and Drug Administration panel rejects the second of three diet drugs: Arena's lorcaserin.
Guilty plea in $15 million Illinois Ponzi scheme that scammed 300 investors

William Huber pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a multimillion Ponzi scheme in the latest example of investment advisers bilking their clients.
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Cautioned by BP oil spill, Brazil continues deep-sea drilling

Brazil is poised to begin one of the most technically advanced deep-sea oil drills ever. The National Petroleum Agency and state-controlled oil giant Petrobras both sent teams to the Gulf to monitor the BP oil spill relief efforts.
Vital ocean phytoplankton a casualty of global warming?

A new study suggests that a global rise in ocean temperatures has cut the number of phytoplankton, which are the bedrock of the food chain, by 40 percent since 1950. Other scientists link the rise in ocean temperatures to global warming.
Temperatures hit record highs globally. El Nino or global warming?

The first half of 2010 was the hottest six-month period recorded globally with temperatures around the globe 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit above averages.
Alaskan glacier detaches itself from seafloor, goes rogue

The study of Columbia Glacier shows the first detailed observation of a glacier undergoing a transition from grounded to floating.
Vacation is back in vogue: Where are Americans going this summer?

Summer vacation bookings are already up from last year. What's the latest hot destination? Vegas, baby.
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BP oil spill: an unexpected laboratory for deep-sea disaster

The BP oil spill is a unique event, so scientists are converging on the Gulf to try to understand how best to combat deep-sea oil spills and what effects they have on the environment.
Moon dust may shed light on solar system nitrogen

Dust from the moon may give some keys on where a certain type of nitrogen in our solar system came from.
Gulf spill oil driven by complex ocean currents and eddies

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is far different than the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. The complex marine environment has currents and eddies that could carry the oil anywhere in the Gulf.
Scientists discover new killer whale species

Scientists have found four or more killer whale species exist in the wild.
Why Mexico earthquake, stronger than Haiti's, did much less damage

The magnitude 7.2 Mexico earthquake on Sunday, centered in northern Baja California, did not inflict nearly the damage that the 7.0 earthquake did in Haiti. Credit quake-resistant building standards and, perhaps, the distance of population centers from the epicenters.