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USGS Details Effects of Climate Change on Water Availability in 14 US Water Basins

Climate change projections indicate a steady increase in temperature progressing through the 21st century .....  .......generally resulting in snowpack reductions, changes to the timing of snowmelt, altered streamflows, and reductions in soil moisture, all of which could af …

Defense Rests in John EdwardsTrial - Edwards Confident

John Edwards' defense team rested Wednesday without calling the two-time Democratic presidential candidate or his one-time mistress to the witness stand, a sign of confidence after presenting little more than two days of testimony and evidence.

$10,000 Reward Offered for Suspects in Beating of Soldier

The violent mugging of a young soldier in Tampa earlier this week has gained national attention. Surveillance video showing the 24-year-old being punched and kicked has been seen by millions. It has been described as "heartbreaking" and "shocking." Police are …

Bride Found Stabbed to Death Still Wearing Wedding Dress - Husband Sought by Police

Police searching for a newlywed husband wanted for murder say they are aware of a relative's account of a phone call from the man on the day his bride's body was found. Capt. Joseph Ford of the Burbank Police Department says that call is part of the investigation into the death  …

Worker Fired After Turning In Gun Found On The Job

Sometimes it doesn't pay to do the right thing. Just ask John Chevilott, a former public-works employee in Wayne County, Mich., who earlier this month found a loaded, snubnosed revolver while mowing grass in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood, turned it in and was promptly fired.

How to Recover From a Broken Heart

    Broken hearts are mainly caused by unfulfilment of our expectations coupled with low self-esteem. Often we think so low of ourself, we put our whole life in the hands of one person to get 'happiness' and then when that happiness is withdrawn, the pain of losing it i …

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Have you ever been 'dumped'? And is there really such a thing?

How often have you heard the sad statement, "I've been dumped" by so and so, or you've used it to bemoan the loss of a valued partner? It is a common term used to express regret and perhaps resentment at not being the right person for someone else. But is there such a thing as be …

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Mr. Boehner and the Debt: Speaker John Boehner pushed the country to the brink of default last year and now wants to do it all over again.

It clearly does not bother Speaker John Boehner that he pushed the United States to the brink of default last year. It does not matter that the deep spending cuts in the resolution he demanded to end that crisis will hurt economic growth. It does not even matter that the House  …

Alabama's Disgrace: Alabama still has a chance to undo the malignant anti-immigrant law

Alabamians should see on Wednesday, the last day of the legislative session, just how badly the Republicans who control the Statehouse want to continue down the path of anti-immigrant extremism. The lawmakers’ challenge was to fix last year’s terrible immigration l …

The Third Party Fantasy

“Third parties are like bees,” the intellectual historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1955. “Once they have stung, they die.” It’s an aphorism that aptly describes the anti-slavery and anti-immigrant parties of the mid-nineteenth century, the Popul …