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Climate denial will cost the U.S. billions of dollars.
The new U.S. director of the Office of Management and Budget used his first speech to talk about the dangers not acting on climate change poses to the federal budget.Edit
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left nearly a quarter million people dead in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. Edit
It's better to read a real book instead of an e-reader.
From the Boston Globe: "Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported Monday that people who read a book on a glowing screen before bedtime took longer to fall asleep and felt less alert the next morning, compared with when they read a printed book."Edit
Banning blood donations from sexually active gay men is insane.
The FDA plans to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood, but only if they have abstained from gay sex for one year. The ban was placed in 1983, during the start of the AIDS crisis.Edit
The Pope is being credited with helping relationships between Cuba and the USA, apparently having written a letter to Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro inviting them to resolve their differences.Edit