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Item! Candidates are buying your vote

11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Mention the words “vote buying” and modern-day political villains Jack Abramoff and Tony Rezko probably come to mind, or perhaps special interest groups that donate to a politician’s campaign and expect support when relevant ...


Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds

15 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A study at the University of Liverpool has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth.


Women want bargains but men prefer brand names

May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Women are better bargain hunters than men, with male shoppers seeking known brand names when deciding which store to go to, a Massey University study of consumers has found.


Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official ...


Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | User comments: 11

(AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.


Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's ...


Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 7

New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ...


Study: Only select group of property fund managers outperform market

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.


Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 81 vote(s) | User comments: 20

Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.


A crash course in true political science

May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 4

(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ...


New driver of brand extension success found by UM professor

May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Brand extensions, like Jeep’s strollers, Maxim’s hair color, or Apple’s iTunes are lucrative ways that a brand can increase its revenue and customer base-or confuse and alienate them. In an increasingly borderless world in ...


Scientists are building database of bite marks

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify ...


Aiming to sway voters, candidates emphasize hot-button issues across party lines

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

The 2004 presidential candidates reached out to voters across the political aisle – but not in a genuinely conciliatory spirit, according to a new analysis which says that George W. Bush and John Kerry sought to peel away ...


Women, minorities more prone to filing grievances

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

Many employees often do not file grievances even when presented with the opportunity to do so. A new study in Industrial Relations sought to assess the degree to which certain minority groups may be more or less prone ...


Weddings boost Shark's fin consumption in Singapore: report

May 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Shark's fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday.


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