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DEMOCRAT LAWMAKERS: Burger King ‘unpatriotic’ to avoid high corporate tax rate

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September 13, 2014
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US lawmakers are keen to prevent the fast food giant Burger King from taking advantage of lower tax rates in Canada, arguing that it is ‘unpatriotically’ moving its operations there...

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Ebola out of control, more than 2400 dead

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September 12, 2014
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West Africa’s explosion of Ebola cases is outpacing the ability of healthcare workers to manage the situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as more countries have stepped up to...

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VETO: Missouri lawmakers approve 72-hour wait for abortions

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September 11, 2014
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Missouri’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted late Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that institutes a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion. Missouri...

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OBAMA: ‘America needs to do more to fight Ebola in Africa’

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September 8, 2014
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US President Barack Obama says the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa “could be a serious danger to the United States.” He pledged the US military will get involved, helping...

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FORGOTTEN: Vials of ricin and plague discovered in US lab

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September 6, 2014
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Infectious, deadly diseases and toxins like plague, botulism and ricin have been uncovered at government laboratories in the United States. The discovery also revealed some of the vials had been...

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STUDY: Marijuana compound (THC) may halt Alzheimer’s disease

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August 31, 2014
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In recent research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, scientists from University of South Florida revealed their findings, that may shed light on controversial therapeutic qualities of marijuana. Extremely low levels...

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Family sues Georgia police for tasering man 13 times before he died

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August 29, 2014
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The family of a man who died after police used a stun gun on him as many as 13 times while he was handcuffed has filed a lawsuit against the...

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US CDC DIRECTOR: “Ebola outbreak is going get worse before it gets better”

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August 28, 2014
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The head of the Centers for Disease Control in the United States warned this week that the situation in west Africa remains grim following the deaths of more than 1,500...

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Medical marijuana legalization results in states having 25 percent fewer fatal prescription drug overdoses

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August 27, 2014
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According to the study published in the latest installment of JAMA Internal Medicine, the 13 states in America that have legalized the use of medical marijuana for patients with valid...

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ISIS terrorists slaughter 80 men, kidnap women and children

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August 16, 2014
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Some 80 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority have been massacred by Islamic State militants in a village in Iraq’s north, Kurdish officials said. “They arrived in vehicles and they started...