Genetic engineers announced that by using synthetic DNA sequencing, they created a living organism. A good news/bad news scenario has been created by the scientists creating a so called life form from scratch. Man-made DNA sequencing could lead to new fuels, drugs, vaccines and sources of food. It also leads some to imagine thriller scenarios ...

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Wednesday, as the Senate rejected an amendment to the financial reform package that would have tightened regulation on loan company, consumer credit sources pulled off a narrow escape. What was rejected was the legislation that sought to exert federal restrictions on an industry regulated at the state level. Provisions in the pay day amendment would ...

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Missing money or unclaimed money taken from violators during police investigations is most frequently stored in some kind of evidence room. There's nothing out of the ordinary about that. However, if that missing money disappears for no good reason, the winds of suspicion begin to blow. In this case, they're blowing over Lake Michigan, and ...

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Linguists and geeks alike are confounded by the word-of-the-day malamanteau. Even if you read XKCD, where malamanteau was suggested, the definition might be a little hazy. However, if you've heard malamanteau as the word of the day at the coffee shop or water cooler, you may be wondering what the heck it means. No, it ...

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May 5 may be Cinco de Mayo, but there were other large events that went down on the fifth day of May in history. Any holiday has some historical significant event that took place, but some of these are real big ones. The seeds of the French Revolution and two English civil wars (count 'em) ...

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