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Lessons for Obama in study of Bush efforts to 'frame' Iraq war

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wartime leaders have long sought to sway public opinion by "framing" bad news from the frontlines. They present inconvenient facts in an altered format in order to generate support for their policies. A new study from North ...


Toshiba to join rival Blu-ray camp, plans products

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.


Wal-Mart Shoots Down Cheap HD DVD Rumor

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wal-Mart denied rumors that it had placed a substantial order with a Taiwan supplier for ultra-cheap HD DVD players that could swing the format wars in that direction.


Iraq troops' PTSD rate as high as 35 percent, says new study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Veterans' Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers anticipating that the rate among armed forces will be as high as 35%, according ...


Apology for human rights abuses has precedent in US

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A growing global movement to apologize and make restitution to victims of human rights abuses is now gathering steam in the United States, but it won't be a first for the country, says the president of The Western History ...


The first casualty of war: Study finds news reports match misperception of civilian deaths

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Researchers reporting in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health found that the discrepancy in media reporting of casualty numbers in the Iraq conflict can potentially misinform the public and contribute to dis ...


Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war

Technology / Business

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.


The mysterious death of an Australian scientist  during the height of the cold war has inspired a new website

Cold War-era mystery killings become online riddle

Technology / Internet

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A brilliant, married Australian scientist about to depart for a job with Bell Laboratories in the United States is found dead by a river with the wife of a Communist colleague.


Deaths to local soldiers matter in shaping war opinion

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans think locally when they consider whether the loss of U.S. troops overseas warrants troop withdrawals, a new nationwide study suggests.


Holocaust survivors at higher risk for all cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jewish survivors of World War II who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust are at a higher risk for cancer occurrence, according to a new study published online October 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.



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