| POLITICS |
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Katherine
Harris To Stay in Florida
Senate Race
Will spend $10 million of
own money on mascara. |
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| BUSINESS |
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Report: Employees Following
NCAA Tourney Cost Employers
$237 Million
Unless they win the office pool. |
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| ENTERTAINMENT |
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Studio Politics: Warners
Gives to Dems, Disney to Republicans
Among notable contributors: |
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| Republican
Party |
Democratic
Party |
| Scrooge McDuck: $2.8 Million |
Daffy Duck:
110,000 North Korean Wons
($50,000) |
| Mickey
Mouse: $850,000 |
Porky Pig: $18,000 |
| Goofy:
$475,000 |
Bugs Bunny:
$999 |
| Huey: $100 |
Sylvester:
$500 |
| Dewey: $100 |
Tweety:
$250 |
| Louie: $100 |
Yosemite
Sam: $1 |
| (Note:
Foghorn Leghorn, of Warners, gave
$50,000 to the Republican Party.) |
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| SCIENCE |
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Latest Data: Universe Went From
Size of Marble to Current Size in
One Trillion-Trillionth of A Second
The rest is history. |
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Scientists Get Ready to Study
Climate Change for International
Polar Year
Pack up measuring instruments, food, surf
boards. |
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 Researchers
Create “Mental Typewriter”
That Moves Cursor With Thoughts
Promises future offices filled with
workers playing solitaire without
using their hands. |
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| HEALTH / MEDICINE |
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New England Journal of
Medicine: Most Americans Receive Mediocre
Health Care
But great commercials. |
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Study: Nearly Half of Older
Widows, Widowers Through
Grieving in 6 Months
Some in six days. |
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| CORRECTION |
| Last week
we reported that a recent study
found long-term marijuana use led
to memory loss. We already, it
seems, reported on that study the
previous week. And the week
before that. We apologize for any
confusion. |
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