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Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care -- but not always, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire.


Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline (AP)

Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.


Consumers choose locally grown and environmentally friendly apples

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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When asked to compare apples to apples, consumers said they would pay more for locally grown apples than genetically modified (GMO) apples. But in a second questionnaire consumers preferred GMO apples - that is, when they ...


Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best

Other Sciences / Economics

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Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has ...


Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over removing its news websites from Google, a report said

News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report

Technology / Internet

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Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday.


Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

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(AP) -- Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.


Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks (AP)

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.


China is the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming

China harnesses mountain wind power

Technology / Energy

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3

In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.


High blood pressure easy to miss in children with kidney disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension - even during doctor's office visits — increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from ...


Screen of a computer featuring a search of the word "edition" on the home page of Google's website

Google books hearing set for February 18

Technology / Internet

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.



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