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First reported 56 mins ago - Updated 56 mins ago - 1 reports

Airing out my dirty laundry a pleasant experience

After recovering from the Fels-Naptha debacle I recounted in this past weeks column OK, not quite a debacle, just a bit of a sore elbow I was ready to put my frugal laundry detergent to the test.I thought about setting up a scientific experiment with ... [Published Coshocton Tribune - 56 mins ago]

Entities: Detergent, control group, Money Laundering

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Gun control group sues city for requiring gun ownership

A group that supports gun control is suing a north Georgia city that passed a law requiring gun ownership. The Washington-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the city of Nelson.http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/2392568333001/1/Gun-control-group-sues-city-for-requiring-gun-ownership ... [Published First Coast News - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Gun Control, control group, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Harvard Business School

Three ways to tell if someone's lying to you

Most people at least try to be honest — but we all end up lying anyhow. We tell people they look great when they don’t. We "pretty up" some details when delivering bad news. And we justify these minor deceptions by convincing ourselves nobody will get ... [Published Yahoo! News - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Harvard Business School, University of Wisconsin, Subprime Mortgages, control group

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

728th ACS victim of budget cuts

EGLIN AFB — One of the oldest squadrons in the Air Force has been shelved.The Air Force was just three years old when 728th Air Control Squadron was activated Sept. 2, 1950, at Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Ga. The squadron was inactivated Friday at ... [Published Northwest Florida Daily News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Squadron, Headquarters, Inactivation, control group

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Texas A&M University

The Dollar Payoff from Social Media

Title: The Effect of Customers’ Social Media Participation on Customer Visit Frequency and Profitability: An Empirical Investigation (Fee or subscription required)Authors: Rishika Rishika (Texas A&M University), Ashish Kumar (Aalto University), Ramkumar ... [Published Strategy & Business - May 18 2013]

Entities: Social Media, control group, Texas A&M University, Interaction, Demographics

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Jeff Flake

Cory Booker made over $1 million from speeches over five years

Obama talking jobs: When the going gets tough, turn to jobs: That was President Obama’s thinking Friday when he focused on middle class jobs during a stop in Baltimore. Obama’s remarks came amid a trio of controversies surrounding his administration.Gun ... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Cory Booker, Jeff Flake, Dan Pfeiffer, African-Americans

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

University of Oxford

Brain stimulation may improve maths skills - 17 May 13

Maths skills can be enhanced with a particular type of electrical brain stimulation, according to new research.A small study by academics at the University of Oxford involved the application of random electrical noise to stimulate parts of the brain via ... [Published NetDoctor.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: control group, Arithmetic, Electrode, University of Oxford

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Experiments in social sciences difficult to devise, conduct

Common sense tells us that the earth does not move, and that the sun and stars revolve around it. Physics, however, teaches us that common sense has it backwards: the earth revolves on its axis and orbits the sun, and that's only a small part of the full ... [Published Kennebec Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Oregon, Colby College, Quantum Mechanics

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Capitalism might be making us evil

According to a release from , a study by economists Armin Falk and Nora Szech released in the journal Science found that markets erode people's morality and help them make decisions that look outright awful without the thin veil of commerce. In short, ... [Published MSN Money - May 16 2013]

Entities: control group, Limits, Harvard University, Morality

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Volunteer: Get healthy through volunteering

Did you know that volunteering can be good for your heart in more ways than one?We typically think about how ‘good’ it makes us feel about ourselves and about the impact we are making in the lives of others.It can also improve physical functioning that ... [Published Kelowna Capital - May 16 2013]

Entities: Cardiovascular Disease, Body Mass Index, control group, Pediatrics, Cardiology

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Photos: Summit Middle School Science Fair, May 15, 2013

The Science Fair filled the cafeteria, a gym and several classrooms throughout the one area of the school.Teacher Karen Cotter said the sixth grade students were asked to do projects on solar energy or wind energy. They worked in groups and each group ... [Published Independent Press - May 16 2013]

Entities: Middle School, hypothesis, Tornado, Hurricanes

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 4 reports

A boost for brain training: Lumosity can help lift ‘chemo fog,’ study finds

Brain training – that booming yet much-debated business – just got another feather in its cap.In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Breast Cancer , Stanford researchers demonstrated that breast cancer patients who had been treated ... [Published GigaOM - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lumosity, Breast Cancer, control group, Kessler's, Chemotherapy

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...that we are a bunch of old fogies who don't understand," Paul said. "But scientifically, there is no evidence for that. There are fundamental biological limits to what the brain can pay attention to. This is a problem built into the brain."

Study: Students can't resist distraction for even 2 minutes [Published NBCNews.com - 14 hours ago]

...care offers a way to avoid some of these costly procedures and at the same time improve the quality of life for these patients," Karvellas said. "This data helps to start the conversation on how we can make a positive difference in the lives of many patients and families."

Study Links Coffee to Lower Risk for Rare Liver Disease [Published Drugs.com - 14 hours ago]

Dr. Karvellas will present data from the study "Paucity of palliation in cirrhotic patients: a retrospective study and needs assessment" abstract 796, on Monday, May 20, at 4:30 p.m. ET in Room 202AB of the Orange County Convention Center

Coffee consumption associated with reduced risk of autoimmune liver disease [Published EurekAlert! - 15 hours ago]

"We don't want to start alienating people because they think we're taking a stand" he said

Bus ads don't pass muster [Published HeraldNet - 23 hours ago]

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Airing out my dirty laundry a pleasant experience [Published Coshocton Tribune - 56 mins ago]
Hard physical labour may boost heart disease risk [Published The News International - 3 hours ago]
Militaries’ growing use of ground robots raises... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - 3 hours ago]
Gun control group sues city for requiring gun o... [Published First Coast News - 10 hours ago]
Study: Students can't resist distraction for ev... [Published NBCNews.com - 14 hours ago]
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CBO - US Economy Set to Soar On Obamacare? [Published Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago]
CBO - US Economy Set to Soar On Obamacare? [Published Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago]
Three ways to tell if someone's lying to you [Published Yahoo! News - 22 hours ago]
Bus ads don't pass muster [Published HeraldNet - 23 hours ago]
A novel method with significant impact on adeno... [Published Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - May 18 2013]
Effects of Pomegranate Seed Oil on Glucose and ... [Published Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - May 18 2013]
Smoke Makes Boozers Cloudy [Published Daily Rx - May 18 2013]
Evaluation of Gas Mixture Administration Using ... [Published The Pig Site - May 18 2013]
Newer class of diabetes medications may also im... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 18 2013]
728th ACS victim of budget cuts [Published Northwest Florida Daily News - May 18 2013]
The Dollar Payoff from Social Media [Published Strategy & Business - May 18 2013]
Cory Booker made over $1 million from speeches ... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]
MSU EcoCar Team Back in Competition [Published WCBI - May 17 2013]
Breakfast in schools: it just doesn't work [Published National Business Review - May 17 2013]
Brady Center Sues Nelson, Ga., Over Mandatory G... [Published US News & World Report - May 17 2013]
Is it time to buy Facebook? [Published TD Ameritrade - May 17 2013]
Kava Plant May Treat Anxiety [Published LiveScience.com - May 17 2013]
Flake Continues To Twist Gun Vote In Response T... [Published Talking Points Memo - May 17 2013]
The DuPont Awards—from strength to strength for... [Published Packaging World - May 17 2013]
DuPont Packaging Awards celebrate how packaging... [Published Packaging Digest - May 17 2013]
Neocriminology: identifying a murderer’s brain [Published Japan Times - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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CBO - US Economy Set to Soar On Obamacare? [Published Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago] The Congressional Budget Office put conservative economic thinkers on their ass this week. In this Report (pdf), the CBO concluded that the US budget deficit is about to collapse to insignificance. The improvement in the deficit outlook is so large that ...
CBO - US Economy Set to Soar On Obamacare? [Published Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago] The Congressional Budget Office put conservative economic thinkers on their ass this week. In this Report (pdf), the CBO concluded that the US budget deficit is about to collapse to insignificance. The improvement in the deficit outlook is so ...
Flake Continues To Twist Gun Vote In Response T... [Published Talking Points Memo - May 17 2013] In the face of a fresh attack on Friday, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) continued to imply that he agrees with those who support expanding background checks for gun purchases despite voting against a measure last month that would have done just that.Flake was ...
Study finds marijuana buffers against negative ... [Published Raw Story - May 16 2013] Topics: social exclusion ♦ Social Psychological and Personality ScienceResearch published online May 14 in Social Psychological and Personality Science has uncovered that marijuana buffers people from experiencing social pain.“Prior work has shown that ...
Heather Higgins and IWV Join Mark Sanford in th... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 15 2013] Two clear winners emerged from May 7’s special election in South Carolina’s first congressional district. Marshall Clement “Mark” Sanford Jr., the Palmetto State’s former Republican governor, rose phoenix-like to reclaim his one-time House seat amid ...

Audio/Video

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Gun control group seeks "middle ground" [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Jan 09 2013]
Gun control group opposes gun permit map [Published CNN.com - Video - Dec 26 2012]
K-MAX (Large UAV) Landing and Take Off [Published 3rdID8487 - YouTube Channel - Dec 02 2012]

Press Releases

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Leading Independent Governance Experts and a Pr... [Published Business Wire - May 02 2013]
L&L Expands Business in Taiwan [Published PR Newswire - May 02 2013]
Matthew A. Goldstein, Counsel, Fluet Huber + Ho... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Apr 25 2013]
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. Announces Posit... [Published PR Newswire - Mar 26 2013]
Control Group Announces Strategic Partnership w... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Mar 20 2013]