Author: Erik Hayden

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Remote, Polluted Lakes; Comet Crossbow

AP Images

Discovered: remote polluted lakes, uninformed fish, a comet crossbow, clinical trial check-up and one place to be to find undiscovered invertebrates. 

By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Most Americans Still Want Healthcare Law Repealed

Rasmussen finds 55 percent of the public somewhat supports a repeal

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

During Financial Crisis, Banks Received $1.2 Trillion in Loans from the Fed

Bloomberg's successful FOIA request details the full scale of the bank bailouts

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Mitt Romney Is Planning to Super-Size His Oceanfront Home

He's looking to quadruple the size of his $12 million California mansion

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Being Practical About College; Excused Absence At Halloween

Plus: a disconcerting grant funding disparity

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Your Spouse Will Annoy You; Single People Die Younger

And: another benefit of moderate drinking

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

After Fukushima: Fossil Fuel Picks Up Slack in Japan

The New York Times details the nation's transition away from nuclear energy

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

The iPad 3 Will Have a High Resolution Display

Details trickle out about the next model of the tablet, due early next year

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Rich Legislators Are Doing Fine This Year

Roll Call releases its annual 50 Richest Members of Congress list

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Qaddafi Might Be Fleeing Libya Again, This Time to Tunisia

NBC News reports U.S. officials think the Libyan leader may be leave the country soon

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Private Investigator Ordered to Name Names In Hacking Scandal

In a suit by Elle MacPherson and others, Glenn Mulcaire must reveal who instructed him

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Jon Stewart Has Had It with How Fox Talks About Class Warfare

The Daily Show host delivers a lecture on income inequality

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

Which University Boasts the Nation's First Vegan Cafeteria?

And: "woot" gets added to the Oxford English Dictionary

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

Dogs Can Detect Lung Cancer

Plus: explaining the brain-eating amoeba scare

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

Elizabeth Warren Takes Next Step, Forms Exploratory Committee

The challenge to Scott Brown moves forward

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

Jon Huntsman Never Imagined Campaigning at Mutt's BBQ

Vogue profiles the comfortably cosmopolitan candidate

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

Stocks Stumble on Open; Morgan Stanley Cuts Growth Forecast

The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all open down on Thursday morning

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

Don't Mess with Michele Bachmann's Security Team

Politico tallies up the more than a few physical confrontations her bouncers

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 18, 2011

News of the World's Hollywood Reporter Arrested

James Desborough was arrested on suspicion of phone hacking

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

Most Applicants Aren't Ready for College; Green Campuses

Plus: women are more likely than men to think that higher education is useful

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

Scrabble Players Are Smart; Boredom Breeds Hostility

Plus: hints that the moon may be 200 million years younger

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

A Rally Corporate Jet Owners Can Call Their Own

The makers of corporate jets rally in Iowa in response to Obama's "negative rhetoric"

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

The Disturbing Story of Citibank's Debt Collectors and a Dead Indonesian

The Washington Post investigates a man's death at a Citibank office

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

Rick Perry Doubles Down on Fed Criticism

Also, he thinks Obama should mind his own business

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

Democrats Hold Their Ground In Wisconsin Recall Votes

Democrats keep two seats, holding the GOP majority in the Senate to 17-16

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 17, 2011

Obama Will Unveil 'Fresh' Jobs Ideas in September Speech

It'll contain more tax cuts, a plan to tackle the debt and infrastructure ideas

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 16, 2011

TV Kills, and Analysts Don't Like Admitting They're Wrong

Plus: the great possibility that is coffee-infused sunscreeen

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 16, 2011

Pessimism Grows Over Recalling Governor Scott Walker

A Public Policy Polling survey finds more oppose a recall of the Wisconsin governor

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 16, 2011

Candid Photos of the Curious Chimp and Cautious Jaguar

In a habitat diversity study, researchers used camera traps to capture wildlife response

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 16, 2011

Summer Doldrums: Congressional Approval Rating Ties All-Time Low

Gallup finds just 13 percent of Americans think Congress is doing a decent job

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 16, 2011

Jon Stewart: Why is Everyone Still Ignoring Ron Paul?

The Daily Show host weighs in on the media's habit of discounting Paul

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Harvard Values Harvard Diplomas; Interpreting Adam and Eve

Also: Two more law schools embrace military recruiters after DADT repeal

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Saying 'No' To Your Doctor; 'Addiction' Gets Redefined

Plus: new research finds that nice guys earn much less than their less-agreeable peers

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Jonnie Marbles Explains Pieing Murdoch to Fellow Inmates

On his blog, the guy who tossed a shaving cream pie at Murdoch seems a bit uneasy in jail

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Rare Manuscript: Butch Cassidy Survived Bolivian Shootout!

The Associated Press circulates a new theory about the exploits of the outlaw

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Obama's Approval Rating Hits a New Low

On Sunday, Gallup's daily approval hit a low of 39 percent

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Bomb Squad Called to Boehner's Office Over Suspicious Briefcases

After they were detonated, police determined they contained paper not explosives

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Biographer: Bernie Madoff's Wife Has Had It with Him

His wife hasn't spoken to him since his son's suicide in December

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 15, 2011

Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

Google is buying one of the main manufacturers of phones running its Android OS

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Let's Not Link Everything to Addiction

Learning from a brain scanning study that linked tanning bed users to addicts

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Bill Keller Thinks Congress Should Read More Poetry

The outgoing executive editor prescribes a few poems for Congress

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

David Axelrod Would Fire Anyone Who Calls Romney 'Weird'

The president's adviser described Politico's reelection strategy article as "garbage"

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Tea Party Endorsements Have Lost Their Luster

A Tea Party backed candidate is overwhelmingly viewed negatively according to Gallup

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Bachmann Isn't Playing Along with the Newsweek Controversy

The presidential candidate again brushes off the magazine's photo choice

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Ai Weiwei Calls His Detention 'A Kind of Mental Torture'

"It is designed as a kind of mental torture, and it works well," Ai said

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Jon Stewart Sees Something Different About Fox's Megyn Kelly

Kelly's defense of maternity leave strikes The Daily Show host as inconsistent

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 11, 2011

Your Expensive Private College Wasn't a Good Investment

Smart Money finds that that both Ivies and public school are better returns on investment

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 11, 2011

Spoiler Alert: Readers Like Knowing How Stories End

A new study suggests that spoiled stories allow readers to focus on the writing

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 11, 2011

Explaining the Rise in Science's Errors

Why there are now more retractions in scientific journals

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 10, 2011

Leave Bert and Ernie Alone

Gay marriage supporters don't support a petition for the puppets to get married

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 10, 2011

Republian Picks to Debt Super Committee Named

John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have made their picks for the debt deal committee

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