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‘Fears of man-made global warming exaggerated’

Two of three scientists at a session on climate change and society at the Indian Science Congress on Tuesday felt fears of man-made global warming were greatly exaggerated
“While I agree that glaciers are melting because of global warming, if this is because of man, then what was the reason for the melting of the glaciers in the Gondwana period long before man arrived on the planet?” asked Dhruv Sen Singh, Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, University of Lucknow.

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Hackers Show How Easy It Is to Steal Your Identity from Selfies

Speaking to an enthusiastic audience at a cybersecurity conference in Hamburg late last month, the keynote speaker (identified only as “Starbug”) showed how unsecured computers and cellphones really are, despite seeming protected with passwords, lock codes, fingerprint scanners, facial recognition systems or even iris scanners.
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KHQA: Westland Mall JCPenney slated to close in April

KHQA reports, “JCpenney’s corporate office said that the store in the Westland Mall in West Burlington, Iowa is also slated for closure around April 4.”
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New Super-antibiotic that wipes out diseases from MRSA to TB is hailed as a ‘game-changer’

Click here: Antibiotic was found lurking in soil in a grassy field in Maine
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Northern Lights to be visible in Iowa

Click here: The solar storm could push the area where the Aurora could be seen as far south as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.
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FCC looks to tax Internet on 90% of Americans

Click here: The Federal Communications Commission is in the middle of a high-stakes decision that could raise taxes for close to 90 percent of Americans.
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Snow way! There AREN’T an infinite number of snowflake shapes – there are just 35

Click here: Snow way! There AREN’T an infinite number of snowflake shapes – there are just 35 and they’re ruled by temperature and humidity
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Bill Clinton identified in pedophile lawsuit against former friend

Click here: Bill Clinton identified in lawsuit against his former friend and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein who had ‘regular’ orgies at his Caribbean compound that the former president visited multiple times.
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Gallup: Bad Politicians & Government are Americans Top Concern

Click here: Poor government leadership was top problem in 2014, Economy ranked a close second
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Student Loan Debt Tops $800 Billion

Click here: By doling out a net average of about $100 billion per year in student loans, the federal government allows even the nation’s wealthiest universities to charge students more than they and their families can pay without going into debt.
That makes colleges richer and students poorer.

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