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Chicago Murders Down 11 Percent In 2009: Strong Reversal From 2008

chicagotribune.com | Annie Sweeney | Posted 12.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Homicides, Murders, Killings, Crime, Chicago, Chicago Murders, Chicago Homicides, Study, Chicago News

But nearing the end of this year, homicides in the city have dropped by 11 percent, apparently reversing the 2008 spike and bringing the city more in ...

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Illinois Mercury Pollution Up 7 Percent At Coal Power Plants

chicagotribune.com | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 12.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Mercury Emissions, Pollution, Illinois Mercury Pollution, Chicago, Study, Illinois, Chicago News

Mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants is increasing in Illinois even as it declines nationwide, a troubling trend for the state because emiss...

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Obesity And Genetics Study Finds Missing DNA Can Promote Childhood Obesity

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Leptin, Britain, Research, Children, Childhood Obesity, Genetics, Obesity, Childhood, Chromosome 16, Hormones, Chromosomes, Study, Living News

NEW YORK — Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers rep...

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Study Shows Hope For Type Of Blindness

Wall Street Journal | By RON WINSLOW | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Eyesight, Sight, Kids, Braille, Blind, Children, Blindness, Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, Health, Gene Therapy, Medicine, Study, rpe65, Living News

A small but provocative study showed that a form of gene therapy significantly improved the vision of patients left legally blind by a rare genetic ey...

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Kyle Orton best NFL quarterback and other misinterpretations of data

Big Green Boulder | Big Green Boulder | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Environment, Global, Climate, Warming, Study, Denver, Energy, Data, Pollution, Home News

If you are a Coloradan and concerned about the environment, firstly, thanks for reading and, secondly, we're worried that you may have c...

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Aspirin Can Cut Colon Cancer Risk

msn.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Medicine, Colon Cancer, Study, Health, Living News

People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, rese...

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Pesticides Linked To Parkinson's

Yahoo! News | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Pesticides, Study, Health, Parkinsons, Parkinson's Disease Pesticides 2009, Huffington Post Pesticides, Living News

People whose jobs bring them in regular contact with pesticides may be at increased risk for Parkinson's disease, a U.S. study finds....

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Who Works The Least? The French, According To UBS Study

Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Dublin, Ipod, UBS Study, Helsinki, Zurich, Study, Paris, New York City, New York, Most Expensive Cities, Tokyo, Ubs, World's Most Expensive Cities, Geneva, Cairo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Business News

Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...

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Different Friendship Styles For Boys And Girls: Study

TIME | John Cloud Friday, Jul. 17, 2009 | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Adolescence, Sexes, Sexist, Sexism, Psychology, Best Friend, Friendship and Gender, The Inner Life, Study, Gender, Living News

Pardon the sexism, but a question: Why are girls so girly? For the better part of the past half-century, feminists, their opponents and armies of aca...

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STUDY: Genes Can Predict Which Kids Join Gangs

TIME | Kathleen Kingsbury | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Genes, Monoamine Oxidase, Kids, Behavior, Genetics, Gangs, Study, Teenagers, Living News

How much power do genes hold over behavior? Can they predict, for example, whether a child will grow up to join a gang? Those are among the questions ...

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Study: This Post Will Make You Smarter

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, David Foster Wallace, Cnn, Gatorade, Fox News, Twitter, Fox, Cancer, Study, Google, Media News

A friend has fallen victim to the dreaded and dubious studies that are widely disseminated by such organizations as CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

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Searching For Motivation

Christine Hassler | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Twenty-Something Advice, The Balanced Life, Gen Y, Motivation, Study, Grad-School, Advice, Living News

Dear Christine, I am struggling with reaching a goal. Since 2004 I have wanted to get my MBA, but there is one thing that keeps me from realizing my d...

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Study: Lots Of Red Meat Increases Mortality Risk

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 04.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Red Meat Risks, Personal Health, Health, Study, Red Meat, Chicago/Illinois, Living News

CHICAGO — The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of ...

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The Silent Minority

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Religion, Non-Believers, Non-Religious, Silent Minority, Minority, The Program on Public Values at Trinity College, Study, Politics News

There is a minority group in America that is a bigger percentage of the country than blacks or Hispanics. Almost no politician would ever admit to being one, and they are given no voice in the public arena.

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Study: One-Third Of US Kids Take Vitamins

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Health, Children's Health, Study, Health, Vitamins and Children, Living News

CHICAGO — About a third of U.S. children and teens take vitamins, even though most of those taking the pills are healthy, active kids who probab...

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Study: High Horomones Cause Women To Want More Partners

Yahoo! News | Wed Jan 14, 4:22 Am ET | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Study, Horomones, Living News

Women with high levels of estrogen not only look and feel prettier -- but they may act on those feelings by moving from man to man, U.S. researchers r...

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Study: Autumn Babies At Greater Risk Of Asthma

Yahoo! News | Julie Steenhuysen | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Asthma, Babies, Personal Health, Study, Living News

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Study: Candidates Really Do Keep Promises

LiveScience | Andrea Thompson | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Election 2008, Candidates, Study, Candidate Promises, Living News

Politicians have a nasty reputation for never keeping campaign promises, but most do actually put their money, or at least their efforts, where their ...

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Study: Men Are More Connected To Online Relationships

NY Times | Alex Mindlin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Men's Health, Men Computers, Relationships, Study, Living News

Men are more likely to be strongly attached to their online connections than women, according to figures released recently by the Annenberg Center for...

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Study: Driving On Election Day Could Be Hazardous To Your Health

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Jama, Election Reform, Driving, Barack Obama, Why Tuesday, Health, John McCain, Study, Civil Rights, Home News

Redelmeier compared the number of crashes, injuries and deaths on Election Day Tuesday to the Tuesdays before and after.

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Why Men Think That 'No' Means 'Yes'

Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Study Male Female Communication, Male Female Communication, Study, Living News

While it's clear to many that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, the difficulties in communication between the sexes have never been understo...

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