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Under Debate: Mongolian Nomadic Lifestyle
October 22, 2012 Geographers from the University of Leicester are involved in research on pastoralism, environment and livelihoods at a critical juncture in decision making over the future of Mongolia's rural ... > full story -
Evidence Does Not Support Three-Strikes Law as Crime Deterrent, California Study Finds
October 15, 2012 Contrary to what police, politicians and the public believe, research by a University of California, Riverside criminologist has found that the state's three-strikes law has done nothing to reduce ... > full story -
The Impact and Implications of Early Voting: What the Experts Have to Say
October 11, 2012 Although Election Day 2012 is still weeks away, many Americans are already casting their votes. The number of people choosing to vote before Election Day is increasing dramatically, and the potential ... > full story -
Swiss Assisted Suicide Laws Do Not Necessarily Promote Desire for Death, Study Finds
October 9, 2012 A new study shows that while current Swiss law does not necessarily increase the desire for assisted suicide, patients wish to discuss the option with their ... > full story -
New Analysis of U.S. Presidential Candidates' Health Care Plans Estimates Uninsured by 2022
October 2, 2012 The number of uninsured individuals is estimated to increase in every state and to 72 million nationwide -- with children and low- and middle-income Americans particularly hard hit -- under Governor ... > full story -
Federal Law Needed to Safeguard 'Digital Afterlives', Expert Argues
September 26, 2012 Federal law ought to play a stronger role in regulating social networking sites by allowing users to determine what happens to their "digital afterlives," an expert ... > full story -
Antipsychotic Drugmakers Target Marketing Dollars at D.C. Medicaid Psychiatrists, Study Indicates
September 26, 2012 The D.C. Department of Health has released a study by George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services indicating the high levels of marketing by antipsychotic drug ... > full story -
Tasered Youth Fare as Well as Adults, Study Finds
September 18, 2012 Adolescents who are tasered by law enforcement officers do not appear to be at higher risk for serious injury than adults, according to new a new ... > full story -
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U.S. Cities Still Cutting Jobs and Infrastructure, Expert Finds
September 17, 2012 For the sixth straight year, city revenues around the United States dropped in 2011, as costs of health care, pensions and infrastructure rose, says a public administration and infrastructure ... > full story -
U.S. Underestimates Costs of Carbon Pollution and Climate Change
September 17, 2012 Model used by government all but ignores economic damages that climate change will inflict on future ... > full story
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