Inbreeding To Blame For Bedbug Renaissance

Presenting at a meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, researchers said bedbugs can survive many generations of inbreeding, allowing one pregnant female to cause a building-wide infestation. Biologist Rajeev Vaidyanathan discusses that study, and another on pesticide resistance.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/09/143453483/inbreeding-to-blame-for-bedbug-renaissance?ft=1&f=1007

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The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You Sick

When people get sick from eating raw cookie dough, raw eggs are usually to blame. But a 2009 outbreak of E. coli that sickened people who ate ready-to-bake Nestle Toll House cookie dough may have been caused by a surprising culprit: the flour.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/09/143450624/the-surprising-ingredient-in-raw-cookie-dough-that-could-make-you-sick?ft=1&f=1003

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Alabama Officials To Craft Immigration Law Changes

Alabama's governor said Friday he's working to simplify a tough new immigration law, which critics say has damaged the state's reputation internationally and caused hardships for legal residents. The law has been called the strictest in the United States.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/09/143466370/alabama-officials-to-craft-immigration-law-changes?ft=1&f=1003

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Newt Dares to Speak Truth on Teens' Work Ethic

Ruben Navarrette, CNN
You're a mean one, Mr. Gingrich.Well, not really. Those of us who know Newt Gingrich tend to describe him as not only intelligent but also charming. Some members of the Washington press corps will admit as much, even though they usually don't agree with Gingrich's views.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/12/08/newt_dares_to_speak_truth_on_teens039_work_ethic_268800.html

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How Payroll Tax Cut Affects Social Security's Future

President Obama says that unless a temporary payroll tax cut is extended this month, 160 million Americans would see their taxes increase. But there's concern on both sides of the political aisle that the payroll tax holiday might be undermining the solvency of Social Security.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143241709/how-payroll-tax-cut-affects-social-securitys-future?ft=1&f=1014

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Oil-Rich America?

Victor Davis Hanson, Investor's Business Daily
There is a revolution going on America. But it is not part of the tea party movement or the loud Occupy Wall Street protests.Instead, massive new reserves of gas, oil and coal are being discovered almost everywhere in the United States, due to revolutionary methods of exploration and exploitation such as fracking and horizontal drilling. Current prices of over $100 a barrel make even complex efforts at recovery enormously profitable.There were always known to be additional untapped reserves of oil and gas in the petroleum-rich Gulf of Mexico, off America's shores, and in the American...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/08/oil-rich_america_112318.html

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