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To mark the 200th anniversary year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) wants to analyse the mercury-based medicine thought by some to have been responsible for the President's notorious bouts of rage in the decade before the American civil war.But the society first needs to track down some of the legendary Victorian "Blue Mass" concoction and to that end is offering a reward of £200 for information that results in some of it being pinpointed by the end of November.Blue Mass, sometimes known as "Blue Pills", was used widely, often ineffectively, for a range...

“This was my first time meeting Barack Obama, and he’s a very nice man,” Julia said. “I’m glad I voted for him.” ...And on Tuesday, he approached her after the town meeting. “He said ‘great question,’” Julia said. “I shook his hand and got his picture.” Kathleen Manning Hall, Julia’s mother, was shocked when her daughter said she wanted to ask a question. They wrote it down beforehand, and Julia didn’t miss a beat when Obama called on her.“It was surreal,” said Manning Hall, a coordinator of Massachusetts Women for Obama during the election... President Obama should be charged with...