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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a study that seeks to discover a link between drinking and having sex among homosexuals in Argentina. The study will send researchers to six bars in Buenos Aires to interview both patrons and proprietors in an effort to discover what it is about those bars that may encourage the risky behavior. The study began on Sept. 30, 2008, and runs through Aug. 31, 2010. It already has cost taxpayers $198,776. By the time the project ends, it will have cost $403,902, according to NIH. The grant, awarded to the New York State...

I just called Congressman McCotters office to say thank you. He was on Fox a few minutes ago all fired up. He is NOT behind this bill I spoke with a very nice guy who took my name and address, said the Congressman would send me a letter (no, I dont expect him too, he's a tad busy right now). I asked this nice guy to pass on the thank you and to keep up the good fight. I also asked if he knew which Republicans were for or against it because we are hearing conflicting things (but I do...

There's a childhood epidemic sweeping Minnesota and the nation. Its warning signs aren't fever or skin rashes. The symptoms are behavioral -- and unmistakable. Consider a recent, particularly virulent outbreak of the affliction in Maplewood, N.J., as reported by the New York Times. In the last few years, out-of-control kids from the middle school have overrun the town's library after school. They routinely mouth off to librarians, disrupt common areas, leave restrooms a shambles and race about, sometimes almost knocking over elderly patrons