Less Sleep For Teens Means Higher Risk For Car Crashes
()New, young drivers are much more likely to have an accident if they're short on sleep, researchers say. And teenage drivers are far more impaired than adults when facing an equivalent lack of sleep.
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Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty()
KHNIn Texas, it may be politically unwise to cross the governor, but some politicians and advocates in the poor Rio Grande Valley are starting to speak out in support of expanding Medicaid. Gov. Rick Perry opposes all parts of Obamacare.
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The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes()
The deadly collapse of a textile factory in Bangladesh has heightened awareness about cheap clothes. Many Americans have become used to inexpensive clothing, but the garments are also discarded at a remarkable rate: Billions of pounds of clothing are recycled each year; nearly half is exported.
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Apple's 'Complex Web' Helped It Avoid Taxes, Panel Finds()
May 20, 2013 The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said the tech giant claimed that three key offshore companies were not tax residents of Ireland or the U.S. One of those subsidiaries paid no taxes for the past five years while it reported income totaling $30 billion.
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Tweets Capture 'Shock And Awe' At Tornado's Deadly Power()
May 20, 2013 Twitter captures firsthand accounts and reaction from the massive tornado that swept through central Oklahoma.
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Key Charge Against Ex-BP Official In Spill Case Dismissed()
May 20, 2013 A federal judge ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the executive knew about a pending congressional investigation into oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The decision left in place a second charge against the executive, for allegedly making false statements to investigators about the oil flow rate.
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A Brief History Of Oklahoma Tornadoes()
May 20, 2013 The state straddles Tornado Alley and has had a number of especially strong twisters leave a path of death and destruction in their wake.





