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DART trains, buses to operate on Sunday schedule on Labor Day

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RealClearPolitics – The Crystal Ball's Labor Day Predictions

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For decades I’ve advised students to let the facts speak for themselves, while avoiding the indulgence of shouting at the facts. In other words, we should take in all the available, reliable information; process it; and let the emerging mosaic tell its story-whether the picture pleases or not. The human (and partisan) tendency to twist facts into pretzels in order to produce a desired result must be avoided at all costs.

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Timer may help kids’ bladder control problems (Reuters)

September 3, 2010
Reuters - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
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Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 3, 2010 (HealthDay)

September 3, 2010
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
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Sickle Cell Kids at Greater Risk of ‘Swine Flu’ Complications (HealthDay)

September 3, 2010
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children with sickle cell disease experience more life-threatening complications from the H1N1 swine flu than from seasonal flu, a new study has found.
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Mouse Study May Help Explain Fish Oil’s Benefits (HealthDay)

September 3, 2010
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Feeding obese mice omega-3 fatty acids reduced inflammation that can lead to diabetes, a new study finds.
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VISA Pulls Plug On ePassporte, Porn Webmasters

September 3, 2010
tsu doh nimh writes "Credit card giant VISA International has suspended its business with ePassporte, an Internet payment system widely used to pay adult Webmasters and a raft of other affiliate programs. A number of adult Webmaster forums are up in arms over the move because many of their funds are now stranded. Visa has been silent on the issue so far, but KrebsOnSecurity.com points to an e-mail from ePassporte founder Christopher Mallick saying the unexpected move by Visa wouldn't strand customers indefinitely. Mallick co-directed Middle Men, a Paramount film released in August that tells the story of his experience building one of the world's first porn site payment processing firms, as well as the Russian mobsters, porn stars and FBI agents he ran into along the way. Interestingly, the speculation so far is that Visa cut ties with ePassporte due to new anti-money laundering restrictions in the Credit Card Act of 2009, which affects prepaid cards and other payment card instruments that can be reloaded with funds at places other than financial institutions."

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The Blitz for Friday, Sept. 3

September 3, 2010

  • Rams: Sam Bradford made another favorable impression in his second preseason start, going 6 for 6 for 68 yards and a touchdown to open St. Louis’ 27-21 victory over Baltimore.

    First-string defense gets start

    Unlike the offensive stars, who had the night off, the 49ers first-string defense reported for duty Thursday. That included linebacker Patrick Willis, the team’s best player, who slogged it out in the preseason finale against the San Diego Chargers at Candlestick Park.

    The 49ers’ top defense struggled a week earlier against the Raiders, so Coach Mike Singletary wanted to get the unit one last dress rehearsal.

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    Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google

    September 3, 2010
    Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked Google for information regarding the complaints of several companies that Google is penalizing them in search results.
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    New and Old Experiments Combine To Help the Search For Life On Mars

    September 3, 2010
    jamie sends in a story about an unexpected finding by the Phoenix Mars Lander which has shed new light on experiments done by the Viking landers back in 1976. The Viking experiments found traces of chlorine compounds that were interpreted to be the result of contamination from cleaning fluids on Earth. In 2008, an experiment done by Phoenix found percholates in the soil, which came as a surprise to researchers. After doing tests on similar soil from Chile, a new study has found that those percholates, paired with organic molecules, could very well be the source of the chlorine compounds detected by Viking. While this is not direct evidence for life on Mars, the fact that complex organic compounds can apparently persist in the Martian soil gives researchers a new avenue to pursue while looking for that evidence.

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