Snipped from SciAm.com.

New studies have revealed interesting actions for antidepressants. They may be an effective pain killer for a mysterious, debilitating disease that can be almost impossible to diagnose, treat and even understand. Fibromyalgia is a very controversial diagnosis that is almost purely subjective considering there are no known tests, measures or scans to reveal the disease’s existence. The one’s who accept its existence are more likely to consider it a spectrum disorder, rather than a specific condition.

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Snipped from ArsTechnica.com.

I think I may have discovered the secret behind the NOW President Barack Obama’s success! I believe it could due to his love of apples, and when I say apples, I mean Apples. It seems as though Obama’s political team utilized the Apple Macintosh as their computing platform, and they loved it! Unfortunately, now that they are moving into the White House, they are faced with one of the biggest fears known to man — outdated Windows PC’s.

Ah, the horror! [Shudder]

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Family of Secrets
by Russ Baker

Russ Baker is an investigative reporter well known for fact-based reporting. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, the Nation, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, Esquire and as a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review. He also is the founder of the nonprofit investigative news organization at WhoWhatWhy.com.

By now, I’m sure you have heard all the glowing, historical “accomplishments” by the Bush Administration listed by the President at his last news conference and given elsewhere in the media by the President and his loyal supporters.

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