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Adolescents hold differing views on civic and political activity
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 29, 2009 |
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The record numbers of young people who took part in last year's presidential election, along with high schools' raised expectations that students participate in community service, have led to growing research on teens' civic ...
Facebook to adopt new rules despite vote shortfall
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Facebook will adopt new rules governing the social network even though a vote fell well short of a minimum threshold.
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Study finds that social protests hurt stock prices: Media coverage, not size, matters
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Corporate leaders at Dow Chemical, Cracker Barrel and Kodak Eastman have learned the hard way that public protests can drive down the value of an otherwise healthy stock.
UConn primate lab halts research project
Jan 12, 2007 |
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The University of Connecticut has halted a controversial project involving monkeys and reprimanded researchers after federal inspectors found lab violations.
Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade
Nov 19, 2009 |
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The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.
Company says prostate cancer vaccine shows promise
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The maker of an experimental treatment for prostate cancer says the vaccine has met a key goal in a late-stage study.
Google, Facebook launch Persian services
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Internet giant Google has unveiled a Farsi translation service to help Iranians "communicate directly" to the world, while Facebook has launched a version of its site in Persian, they said Friday.
Tiananmen security tight on crackdown anniversary
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Police saturated Tiananmen Square with security Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists, and an exiled protest leader was blocked from returning home to confront ...
Internet activists push for greater democracy
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Internet can be a powerful medium for politicians to get their message across but it is also a vital means for civilians to have a say in what politicians do, participants in a political conference say.
Researchers find memory can be manipulated by photos
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2007 |
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The camera may not lie, but doctored photos do according to new research into digitally altered photos and how they influence our memories and attitudes toward public events.
'Da Vinci Code' protestors organize online
May 18, 2006 |
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As the box-office release of the summer blockbuster movie "The Da Vinci Code" nears, many protesters and boycotters are discussing their objection to the film through blogs, newsletters, CD-ROMs and interactive Web sites.
Greek pilots see red from laser pen pranks
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Greece's civil aviation pilots on Wednesday called for a crackdown on laser pen pranksters who have endangered a growing number of plane landings around the country.
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