political nonsense

Food banks across the United States, facing critical shortages, were forced to distribute emergency rations intended for disaster relief.
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96,000 pounds of beef were recalled.

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A Swiss survey found that teenagers that smoke weed function better than teen tobacco-users, are more socially driven and have fewer psychosocial problems than those who do not use either substance. US doctors disagreed.
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General Mills recalled five million frozen pepperoni pizzas.

[do not eat]
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A study found that marijuana in low doses is an anti-depressant, and in high doses is a depressant. The effect of medium doses was unknown.

[he’s a lil’ guy]
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Scientists reported that smoking cigarettes doesn’t make you skinnier.

[but it still looks cool]
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Scientists pointed out that not sleeping makes you crabby.
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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of south and east Asia.

[somewhere not in south or east Asia]
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that emotional well-being is not an independent factor affecting the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancers. “While there can be lots of emotional and social benefits of psychotherapy, patients should not seek such experiences solely on the expectation that they are extending their lives,” they said.
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The FDA voted to ban cold medicine for small children, because they are potentially extremely harmful and there is no proof that they do any good.
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Scientists reported that more Americans are killed by the superbug than by AIDS.
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Bush vetoed the child healthcare bill and 51% of Americans said they would be willing to pay higher taxes so that all children could have health insurance,with those with lower household incomes showing the most support.
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21.7 million pounds of beef were recalled.

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The head of the Catholic Church in Mozambique said he believes some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately. Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio claimed some anti-retroviral drugs were also infected “in order to finish quickly the African people”.

[dangerous]
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Scientists found that HIV infection levels are rising among young people because they think HIV has a cure.
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San Francisco decided to offer health care to people that don’t have it.
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Scientists found that tangerines kill cancer cells.

[and they taste good.]
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Researchers found the number of American children and adolescents treated for bipolar disorder increased 40-fold from 1994 to .
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Scientists in Liverpool found that rock stars are twice as likely to die prematurely as ordinary people.

[babeface]
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Doctors pointed out that cigarette smoke can give animals cancer, and an hundred-year-old woman celebrated her birthday by lighting her 170,000th cigarette with her birthday candles.

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