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New Data Reveals Why Poverty Is Up, But Homelessness Is Down
Two decades ago, a simple idea was floated in the United States: Give homeless people a home rather than temporary shelter and their sense of personal dignity will rise, opening the way for them to...
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One-Way Ben
The history books might call him “One-Way Ben.” After finishing off his predecessor’s tightening cycle in the early months of 2006, Ben Bernanke shifted into easing mode even before the global...
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3 Ways To Cushion Our Fall Off The Fiscal Cliff
The "fiscal cliff"– that perfect storm of mandatory budget cuts, expiring tax cuts, and new taxes – looms with all the finality of a New Year's countdown clock.Unless Congress acts by Jan. 1, $600...
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Chinese Cybersecurity Trends To Watch For In 2013
With 2012 coming to an end, here are some of the larger trends to watch in Chinese cybersecurity in the upcoming year.New institutions / bureaucratic reform.There are rumors that there will be another...
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The Most Influential Energy And Climate Studies Of 2012
Ideas matter. Or at least Council on Foreign Relations fellows like to believe that: otherwise, we’d be wasting a lot of our time.With that in mind, I canvassed some of the smartest observers of the...
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The Best 'Smart' Products Of 2012
The year 2012 marks a coming-of-age for physical devices that are designed for a connected world. Created with digital at their core, these products are not “digitally enhanced” or merely gadgets for...
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An Invisible 'Knife' Slices With Focused Sound Waves
This article was originally published on Futurity and has been re-printed under the Creative Commons license.Engineers say the new lens can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever...
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Here's What Happened When A Chinese Mogul Tried To Run For Mayor,...
The tale of Cao Tian, a wealthy real estate developer from the Western city of Zhengzhou, has captured the attention of many Chinese.But it's not, as one might have imagined, for his business success...
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Naps, Video Games And Alcohol Will Help You Sleep During The Most Stressful...
The longest night of the year may be behind us, but there’s plenty of winter ahead.Don’t despair, these short days and long nights have something for us that has been forgotten: the gift of rest and...
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What It Was Like To Be Kidnapped By North Korean Spies
Shigeo Iizuka still has the black-and-white photo of his little sister, Yaeko, stuck on the inside cover of his pocket diary.It was June 1978, when the 22-year-old suddenly disappeared, taken from the...
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Consumers Just Aren't Interested In Electric Cars
The 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" explores GM's attempts to bring an electric car to market in the mid-1990s.The usual suspects are trotted out – the oil industry, the automakers, and...
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Dangerously Tired British Pilots May Soon Have To Work Longer Hours
Pilots have been falling asleep in the cockpit because of shift patterns which can see them at the controls of an aircraft 23 hours after waking up, a study has found.The findings of a study by Simon...
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These Are The Worst Fiscal Policy Ideas Of 2012
TaxVox proudly presents its 2012 Lump of Coal awards, Thelma and Louise edition, for the worst fiscal policy ideas of the year. The winners are:10. California. The Golden State probably deserves a...
View Article6 Habits Of Instantly Likeable People
When you meet someone, after, "What do you do?" you're out of things to say.You suck at small talk, and those first five minutes are tough because you're a little shy and a little insecure.But you want...
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The 5 Best Television Shows Of 2012
"Louie" is still TV's best comedy. The final season of "30 Rock" is filled with everything we love about the show. "Homeland" has some magnificent acting, and who are we to argue with all those Emmy...
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If You Feed A Worm Metal, It Will Produce Tiny Electronic Components
Worms are useful in the garden and great for fish bait, but one of their talents has remained hidden — until now. Scientists have discovered that worms can manufacture tiny semiconductors. At King's...
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Japan Is About To Repeat Its Own Mistakes, As Well As The Mistakes Of The US...
The politicization of central banking continues unabated.The resurrection of Shinzo Abe and Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party – pillars of the political system that has left the Japanese economy mired...
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Chinese Children Are Now Legally Required To Visit Their Elderly Parents
Visit your parents. That's an order.So says China, whose national legislature on Friday amended its law on the elderly to require that adult children visit their aged parents "often"— or risk being...
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A Man Just Pled Guilty To Illegally Smuggling 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur...
A man accused of smuggling 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeletons, including a Tyrannosaur, into the United States pleaded guilty in court Thursday.Eric Prokopi, 38, who is to be sentenced on April 25,...
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Michael Phelps Was Right — It's OK To Pee In The Pool
It may not be what everybody wants to hear but the swimming star Michael Phelps was right when he said it was OK to relieve yourself in the pool, claim scientists.Phelps, the most successful Olympian...
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