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MU expert looks back to debate 1 and forward to the vice presidential debate

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created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The 2008 presidential campaign has been running for a very long time, but we have now entered another phase with the commencement of the debates. Friday night saw the first presidential debate of 2008, between John McCain ...





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Split-screen debate coverage benefited Bush in 2004, research shows

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created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conventional wisdom about the pitfalls of reaction shots during presidential debates was turned on its head in a study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Briefs: James Carville to host sports show on XM

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created Jan 23, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Democratic strategist James Carville will host a sports show on XM Satellite Radio together with Luke Russert, son of NBC journalist Tim Russert.


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Hulu to live-stream Dave Matthews concert

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Hulu.com is to provide a live stream of an upcoming concert by the Dave Matthews Band in a first for the online video website better known for showing full-length television shows and movies.


Publisher warms to Scribd store (AP)

Publisher warms to Scribd store

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created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The publisher of Stephen King and Chelsea Handler will be selling books through Scribd, the online document-sharing service that the industry has criticized for enabling the downloading of pirated ...


Women who exit welfare just as likely to marry as women never on welfare

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgr ...


Obama pitches health care plan in front of doctors (AP)

Obama pitches health care plan in front of doctors

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying "nobody has more credibility with the American ...


New working-class task force faces broad challenges, labor expert says

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A task force launched by President Obama to boost America's middle class will have to help retool beleaguered U.S. workplaces facing their most sweeping changes since World War II, a University of Illinois labor expert says.


Reprogramming the debate: stem-cell finding alters ethical controversy

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created Nov 20, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers succeeded in reprogramming skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, they also began to redefine the political and ethical dynamics of the stem-cell debate, a leading bio ...


New battle lines drawn on stem cells

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Faced with a new federal policy that opens the door for more embryonic stem cell research, conservatives have geared up for a political battle at the national and state level that goes to the core of their beliefs about the ...


GE to sell security unit to United Technologies

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US conglomerate General Electric on Thursday announced it would sell its security unit to United Technologies Corp. for 1.82 billion dollars.



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