Speaking with CNN’s Carol Costello, Newtown resident Andrew Paley explained that many of the town’s parents are upset with the show for not notifying them that this episode would be airing so soon after the assault that left 20 children and six school staffers dead.
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This is about a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. It is supposed to be responsible for the demise of the bees, and now birds seem to be affected too. Big Chemicals succeeded in staving off an immediate EU ban a few weeks ago.
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During her Google Hangout today, First Lady Michelle Obama reminded the audience that dogs need a proper diet and exercise, just like children do.
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Tax inspectors in Greece are underpaid, working in poor conditions and some 130 of them have personal bank accounts abroad – possibly indicating tax evasion, according to an internal report by the IMF and EU.
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A British scientist whose schoolmasters told him he was too stupid to study the subject has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for his pioneering work on cloning.
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A talented head cook at a school in central Sweden has been told to stop baking fresh bread and to cut back on her wide-ranging veggie buffets because it was unfair that students at other schools didn’t have access to the unusually tasty offerings.
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Speaking to a group of foreign ministers from Arab nations at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed support for loosening regulations, particularly on small businesses, because “too many people still can’t find jobs”–in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
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French nuclear giant Areva said on Tuesday it has discovered more than 20,000 tonnes of uranium in Jordan, which is trying to develop atomic energy to meet its growing needs. (Saudi Arabia ordered for 0 bln in nuclear equipment and now Jordan?)
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Would it surprise you to know that Europe’s taxpayers have provided as much financial support to Germany as they have to Greece? An examination of European money flows and central-bank balance sheets suggests this is so.
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President Obama’s border protection officials issued a warning and reminder today that a type of chocolate Easter egg is “too dangerous” to be imported into the United States.
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