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	<title><![CDATA[Scientific Research in America at Risk]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/scientific-research-in-am_b_78842.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It is hard to believe, but science in America is struggling. Funding for scientific research has been cut back for years, but this year it is so bad that <a href="http://www.fnal.gov/">Fermi National Lab</a> in the Chicago area, needs to <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/business/707060,fermi122007.article">close down for six weeks</a> in 2008 to make ends meet. Last week Congress failed to provide enough budgetary support for basic scientific research in all fields. The budget devastates basic research. The entire <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/energy_crisis_2008_budget_cuts_energy_re">Office of Science</a>, which is...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2007-12-31T00:25:00-05:00</date_published>
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