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Column: The natural gas debate
On New Year’s Day 2009, a residential drinking water well in Dimock, Pennsylvania, exploded without warning.
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Column: Antagonists anonymous
On Oct. 12, Gawker writer Adrian Chen published a lengthy article outing 49-year-old Michael Brutsch as the infamous Reddit troll and moderator Violentacrez, who created, contributed to or moderated threads such as “Chokeabitch,” “Rapebait,” “Hitler,” “Jewmeria,” “Beatingwomen” an...
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Column: Newsweek and the myth of the death of print
Newsweek magazine has published its print edition every week since 1933. Last Thursday, it announced its last print edition will publish in December. Is this a reflection of print media in the modern era? Yes and no. But mostly no.
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Column: Binders full of bigger problems
Mitt Romney generated a lot of flak for his “binders full of women” remark during Thursday’s second presidential debate. And he deserves to be criticized, but not for some throw-away comment taken wildly out of context.
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Column: Clean coal debate boils down to debate on size of government
As Election Day nears, don’t worry about trying to understand every issue the candidates discuss. Instead, look at the effects of those ideas. There are so many issues that come up in the presidential race and it is next to impossible for voters to be knowledgeable about all of them.
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Column: Teenager’s suicide can be a lesson
As you may know by now, cyberbullying has led to another teen suicide. Amanda Todd was found dead in her home just a few days ago. The 15-year-old Canadian was targeted through social media with topless photographs of her being posted on Facebook, according to CNN.
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Column: Too little interest in South America
Hugo Chávez was re-elected president of Venezuela, a position he has held for 13 years, on Oct. 7. His re-election not only has grand implications on Venezuela and South America but also on the United States. Nevertheless, this significant event has seen little attention by both the U.S.
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Column: Safe oral sex
Dear Sexpert, My boyfriend and I have never used protection during oral sex, and we have only had unprotected vaginal intercourse once. I take birth control pills, and I never miss a dose. I don’t have to worry about catching anything, right? —Totally Safe?
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Column: A farce of a Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps at one time a universally admired achievement, has managed to take yet another step toward becoming a complete farce.