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Pat Robertson’s Gold Deal with African Dictator (2/4)
The Christian Right’s Attack on Rights
1/4 Parents think that shots cause autism
Newly Engineered Enzyme powerful weapon in fighting Staph
Though 36,000 jobs lost in February, economy slowly healing
US Senators call to end gay blood ban
Methane releases from arctic shelf may be faster and larger than expected
Texas Judge Declares Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Thursday 3/4/2010
Canine Morphology: Tracking Genes and Hunting Mutations
Self Proclaimed Psychic Charged with Investor Fraud
Scientists Conclude: Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs
Anti-Gay Lawmaker reportedly at gay club before arrest
Blood vessels may hold the key to producing unlimited stem cells
New Matter created from 2-Trillion degree heat
India Temple Stampede: 61 dead
Anti-Gay State Senator Arrested after leaving nightclub
12-year old divorcee takes stand against gay marriage
As Pentagon deliberates, more gays discharged
Wednesday 3/3/2010
Tuesday 3/2/2010
Antiabortion activists see racial conspiracy
Senate Approves $15B Jobs Bill
Monday 3/1/2010
Catholic Charities Denies Benefits to all Couples
Former Serb Leader Defends Holy War
“You make me want to rape you”: religious pamphlet blaming women
Religious Leaflet Claims “ungodly” dressed women provoke rape
Utah Abortion Bill: Punishing Miscarriages or Preventing Crime
Indian Humanists Arrested for distributing book critical of Islam
Supreme Court To Address Limits of Gun Control
Our Secular Coalition visit to the white house
By Tracking Water Molecules, Physicists hope to learn the secrets of Life
Religious Right Upset about White House’s Secular Summit
Youtube: Fox-Source of Seismic Activity
Sunday 2/28/2010
Tea Baggers- where were you when Bush Destroyed the Economy
Saturday 2/27/2010
Massive Quake in Chile Leaves 214 Dead
Large Tsunami Generating Quake Hits Chile
No Agenda? A Humanist View of Justice Scalia
Friday 2/26/2010
Nature Paper “refigures” evolution of altruism
Religious Group Fights For Monument Space
Nontheists Hold Historic Meeting with White House
Liberalism, monogamy, and atheism linked to high IQ
Student Admits to Hanging Noose in UCSD Library
Qaddafi Calls for Jihad on Swiss Minaret Ban
White House Meeting Set with Non-Believers
Scientist Eyes 39-day voyage to Mars
26-Dead in Timbuktu Mosque Stampede
Does Promiscuity Prevent Extinction
CA Assembly approves a “Cuss-Free Week”
A CoGeNT result in the hunt for Dark Matter
First Measurement of the Age of Cometary Material
Thursday 2/25/2010
Biologists: Killer Whales Neurotic in Captivity
Sea World Trainer Killed By Killer Whale
Planet Torn Apart by it’s own tides
Wednesday 2/24/2010
Intelligent People have “unnatural urges”
Student Escorted out of class for refusing to say pledge
Muslim Worker Files Suit Against Abercrombie and Fitch
Kenya: Thousands pray for pastors to rise from the dead
Intelligent People have “unnatural” preferences and values
C-Street’s Tax Status Disputed
Ms. Beverly HIlls One-UPs Carrie Pragean
Senate Votes to Extend Patriot Act
Tuesday 2/23/2010
Apple Bans Some Sex-Tinged Aps
Republicans vs. Secular America
Ms. Beverly Hills: All Gays Should Die
Baby who failed to say Amen starved by court
Brain System behind general intelligence discovered
Mouse with Human Liver, possible cure for liver disease
Monday 2/22/2010
Where have all the Log Cabin Repubs Gone?
Flightless Mosquito may curb Dengue
Link between marine algae and whale diversity over the last 30m years detected
Scientists Create tiny RNA molecule with big implications for Life’s Origins
Zimbabwe: Measles in nearly half of country’s districts
Scientology Church Hires Reporters to Investigate Newspaper
Tiny Tongue of Fruit Fly could offer clues in fight against obesity
Evolutionary game of rock-paper-scissors may lead to new species
Nanotechnology sparks energy storage on paper and cloth
Legislator: Disabled Kids are Punishment from God
Lieberman to introduce DADT repeal
CA Bill would overturn 43-year-old mandatory search for homosexuality cure
A stellar Metal-free way to make carbon nanotubes
Sunday 2/21/2010
Study: Gay Studies don’t cause disruption
Dental Coverage Cuts leave California’s Care in Pain
Warmer Planet Temperatures could cause longer-lasting weather patterns
Saturday 2/20/2010
Friday 2/19/2010
Study Shows how viruses changed human evolution
Sexual Predators flock to energy boom town
Thursday 2/18/2010
What Caused Earth to Hold its last breath
5 Muslim Soldiers Arrested at Fort Jackson
Smelly Passenger Kicked off Flight
Televangelist Benny Hinn’s Wife files for divorce
Rwandan Pastor Gets Life For Genocide
Ugandan Anti-Gay Pastor Shows Gay-Porn in Church
James Randi Explains Homeopathy
Big Pharma-researchers admits to faking dozens of studies for Merck and Pfizer
Catholic League Speaks out against Elton John’s “Gay Jesus”
Pilot Comits Suicide Attack on IRS Building
New Type of genetic variation could strengthen natural selection
School Gave Kids Laptops to spy on them at home
NASA’s Chandra reveals origin of key cosmic explosions
Wednesday 2/17/2010
African Yields Two Full Human Genomes
Penalties Against Muslims Harsh, say elders
Atheists Retaliate against Christian Billboards
Three Muslim Malaysia Women Caned for Extra-Marital Sex
Canadian Permafrost Recedes 130km in 50 years
Cops: Imitation Pot as bad as the real thing
Big Crowds Expected for Shroud of Turin Exhibit
Study: America’s Youth Less Religious than parents
Chickens One-Up Humans in Ability to See Color
On anniversary, Obama defends stimulus
Faith Complicates Young-Mother’s decision in Lung Transplant
Bill Gates and the Nuclear Renaissance
Sugar may be bad, but sweetener is far deadlier
Tuesday 2/16/2010
Discovery puts sea-fairing at over 100,000-years-ago
Op-Ed: Islamic objections to full body scanners not going to fly
The Happiest States/Cities in America
Climber Found Dead in Mt Saint Helens Crater
Space-rock contains molecular-organic feast
What can the Atheist Movement learn from the Gay-Movement
Foreigners Cut Treasury Steaks
Iranian President Warns America over tougher sanctions
Irish Cardinal admits failures in Pedophile Scandal
Chaplain prayer bill dies in legislature
FFRF Files suit to end Tax Break for Ministers
Dad Pleads Guilty in Violating Court Order in Taking Daughter To Church
Racism related to Religious Dogmatism
Judging Stimulus by job data reveals success
Celebrity Chef Upsets viewers with Cat-Cassarole Recipe
Monday 2/15/2010
Pope Meets With Irish Bishops to Discuss Clergy Sexual Abuse
Civilian Death Toll Climbs in Afghan Offensive
Pope Led Coverup of Abuse by Priests
Witch Hunts of Low-Caste Women in Nepal
Sunday 2/14/2010
How to spot a brainwashed Atheist
Scientists Hit 4,000,000,000,000c in the lab
Dick Cheney Supports DADT repeal
Iran Calls for Global-Nuclear Disarmament
Saturday 2/13/2010
Friday 2/12/2010
Utah Delivers Vote of No-Confidence for Climate Alarmists
Justice Department appeals court ban on cell-phone tracking
Tea Party Leader Slams Palin as wolf in sheep’s clothing
Washington Student’s God Shirt won’t make yearbook
What your heart and brain are doing when you’re in love
Islamic Leaders Oppose Airport Full-Body Scanners
Medical Isotope Supplies Dwindle
Anti-Gay Law Maker Describes Anal Sex in Public Hearing
Scientists Sequence 4,000 year old human
Support for Gays in the Military Depends on the Question
Kenyan Police Stop Gay Wedding, Make Arrests
Check out this neat Science vs Creation Science Website
US Successfully Tests Airborne laser on missile
Craigslist.com Offers Post-Rapture Pet Protection
More Tigers in Captivity than in the Wild
Thursday 2/11/2010
Iran Uses Enemies of God Charge on Protestors
Missouri State Senator: Ending DADT will offend Muslims
How Christian were the Founders?-NYT
3-D Shape of Bullet Shaped Virus with Ability to fight cancer and HIVrevealed
Clinton Ok after minor heart procedure
Archaeological ‘time machine’ greatly improves accuracy of radio carbon dating
Mass Extinctions: Giant Fossils revolutionize current thinking
Selective Brain Damage Modulates Human Spirituality
For Faithful Few a Balancing Act
Christian Churches in Canada Fading Out: USA Next?
Pastor Held for Detaining Manipuri Kids
Iran Proclaims new success in Uranium Enrichment
Are Devoutly Religious Congregations more Racist?
Muslim Group: Full-body airport scanners violate teachings of Islam
Sweden Beats US for top Tech Usage Ranking
Making the case for the social Sciences
Community Reaches out to Islamic Center After Hate crime
Wednesday 2/10/2010
Lack of Oxygen forces Fish’s First Breath
Virginia Legislature bans implantable chips as “Mark of the Beast’
Aspberger’s and Bipolar Disorder diagnoses may change in new DSM
Man Sues Mall After Guard Arrests him for having a conversation about God
Religion: Adaptation or Byproduct?
Suspecte Jewish Terrorist Admits to Anti-Missionary Activities
In Wheaton, opening prayer to be held before meeting officially opens
Morality Evolved First, Long Before Religion
Election Candidate in Head-scarf causes uproar in France
Hypocrisy and Double Standards of Mainstream Religions
Tuesday 2/9/2010
Kill or Jail Gays but Not Pastors
Tea Party is Full of Conspiracy Theorists
California’s Highest Court Puts end to suit against critic of Prayer-Study
Professor: We have a moral obligation to seed the Universe with Life
Senator Schumer Recommends First Openly Gay Man to Bench
Haiti Raises Quake Toll To 230,000
Long-Term Care Hospitals face little Scrutiny
France Unveils National Identity Plans
Saudi Sex Braggart Gets No Relief in Court Appeal
Ingredients for Life Present on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Commercials are the Culprit in TV-Obesity Link
Windsor CT School votes to stop holding Graduations at Church
Monday 2/8/2010
WWII-era Navigation System Shut Down
Origins of Religion: Evolved Adaptation of Byproduct
Islam, the cutting of hands and feet ***WARNING GRAPHIC!!!***
Being Religious may not make you healthier after all
Mom’s over 40, more likely to have autistic kids
Morality Research Sheds Light on the Origins of Religion
Scientists identify genetic variant responsible for biological aging in humans
Did Bacteria Develop into more complex cells earlier than thought?
Global Warming causes more severe storms
Obama Administration Proposes New Climate Change Agency
National Organization for Marriage Reports Prop 8 Judge Gay
Virginia Senate OK’s Ban on Sexual Orientation Bias
Sunday 2/7/2010
School bombing exposes Obama’s secret war in Pakistan
Palin & Tea Party: nothing new
Muslim Expert Teaching at Fort Bliss Suspended Pending Inquiry
Malawi Man Arrested for Posting Gay Rights Posters
Rabbi: Gays in Military Cause Natural Disasters (2/3)
Tea Partiers Protest Own Convention
You can really be bored to death
How well do scientists understand how changes in Earth orbit affect climate change
Atheists Deny Call to Criminalize Homosexuality in US
Muslim Men Defends right to bring second wife to Ireland
SNL Mocks Foxes Coverage of DADT
Acid-syringe could end dentist’s drill
Saturday 2/6/2010
Brazil handing out 55M condoms for Carnival
Race & Gender Make Enormous Difference in Rulings; Studies Find
Astronaut: US gives up space-leadership
Turkish Girl Buried Alive for “Talking to Boys”
Friday 2/5/2010
Pentagon Draws plans for “immortal-synthetic organisms”
Scientists Kill Cancer with “nano-bubbles”
Thursday (2/4/2010)
Tax Court Allows Deduction for Sex-Change
Potential evolutionary role for same-sex attraction
Ancient Tribe goes extinct as last member dies
Water Movements Can Shape Fish-Evolution
Faith, Hope and Charity: Why President Obama’s Faith-Based Agenda Must Change
Obama Calls for civility at Prayer Breakfast
Comedian John Stewart Bashes Fox on O’Reilly
Quantum Mechanics @ Work in Photosynthesis
Spherical Cows dump Metabolism Law
Open-Source Science to take on neglected disease
Google to Enlist NSA to ward of Cyber-Attacks
Congressional Hearing reveals US intelligence agencies shielded flight 253 Bomber
White House Prepares for Possibility of Two Supreme Court Vacancies
AU Joins Coalition of Orgs asking Obama to Reform Faith-Based Initiatives
Gates: Don’t Rush to lift ban on gays in the military
6.0 Quake Hits Northern California
Tim Tebow Superbowl Ad may be based on Falsehood
One in Eight Americans needs Emergency Food Assistance
Sweat Lodge Guru Pleads not-guilty to man-slaughter
John Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly
Mexican Drug Cartels Go Into the Rehab Business
Motivational Speaker Charged in Sweat-lodge Deaths
Wednesday 2/3/2010
Iran Sends Some Animals and Ambitions into Space
Thomas Defends Campaign Finance Ruling
Anti-Evolution Bill In Mississippi Dies
OpEd: Woman Lauds Tebow’s Courage
Religious Leaders Worried that Obama’s Faith Council is Just For show
Christians Desecrate Wiccan Religious Site at Air Force Academy
Why is Obama Attending the Family’s Prayer Breakfast?
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Rejected over name
80-year old Primordial Soup theory rejected
US doing “scientific research” to boost interrogations
Defense Officials Say Lift Military Ban on Gays
Officials Deadlocked over approval of CA Hebrew-Charter School
Jeff Schweitzer: The Failure of the God Gene
Brain Scan Allows Unconscious Patient to Communicate
Link Between Excessive Internet Use and Depression
Senator Kerry Stunned by Gates, Mullen Attack
Motivational Speaker Charged in Sweat-Lodge Death
Dutch to try case of anti-islamic far-right MP
Study Finds Afghan-men struggle with sexual identity
Restaurant Promotes Sex in Their Bathrooms
Pig’s lungs in human transplants become one step closer
Tuesday 2/2/2010
China/Iran Spur US to Develop Air/Sea Battle Plan
Former Mexican Official Urges US Marijuana Legalization
Montreal Pastor Faces more jail time in sexual assault of “ten-year-old bride”
KS Youth Pastor Charged with Sex Crime
Wisconsin Pastor Charged with Embezzling $200k
Fox is America’s Favorite Source for ‘News’
Abstinence Program gains clout
Digital Doomsday: The End of Knowledge
KY House Ok’s National Motto License Plate
‘Abstinence-Only’ Ed Gets boost
Admiral Mullen: “Allowing Gays and Lesbians to Serve openly would be the right thing to do.”
Senators Warned of al-Qaeda Terrorist attack by July
Nothing Fails the Constitution like a National-Prayer Breakfast (FFRF)
Sign a Petition to Make Feb 12 Darwin Day
Lancet accepts ‘MMR’ Study False
Iran Opposition Leaders Call For Protests
Oh-My-God, Australian Atheist Convention Sells Out
AU Speaks out against Intolerant Agenda of Prayer-Breakfast
Monday 2/1/2010
Cat Predicts 50 Deaths in RI Nursing home
Georgia Law will Safeguard Children from Abusive Military Recruitment
DADT the beginning of the end?
Voodoo High Priest claims Aid Monopolized by Christians
Why does time fly as you get older?
The Grisly Truth About Super Bowl Abortion Ad
US Missile Test Mimicking Iran Strike Fails
CBS Rejects ‘Dante’s Inferno’ Videogame Ad
Can You Write Your Way to Good Health?
Furor over Atheist Display at Springfield Capitol Continues
9-Charged in Iran for ‘Waging War Against God’
Sunday 1/31/2010
Jupiter’s Moons: Explanation for differences between Callisto and Ganymede
Homeopaths admit expensive concoctions just water
Scientists Crack 20-year-old HIV drugs puzzle
US Tries whether Blackwater Bribed Baghdad
Hundreds of Quakes Rattling Yellowstone
Saturday 1/30/2010
Muslim Cleric Shot 21 Times in Federal Raid
UN Climate Change Panel based claim on student dissertation and magazine article
Why do People Vote Against Their Own Interests
Trooper’s Partner may not get benefits
Friday 1/29/2010
Obama-Alito Tensions Surface at State of the Union
Lead may be the culprit in ADHD
Scott Roeder Convicted of Murdering George Tiller
Gates Foundation Pledges $10B for Vaccines
CBS Rejects Gay-Dating Site Superbowl Ad
Can men be trusted to take Contraceptive Pill?
New Compound Could Be Alternative Strategy to HIV Prevention
Thursday 1/28/2010
Virginia County School Board Pulls Diary of Anne Frank over vagina passage
Howard ZInn Historian Who Challenged Status Quo Dead at 87
Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Alice Walker remember Howard Zinn
Anne Frank Diary Banned By School District
Haiti’s Developments: 16-days-later
Judge: Prayer Before NC Meeting: Unconstitutional
Light Extinguishes Dark-Matter Claims
Water-Vapor Could be Behind Global Warming Slow-Down
German Homeschoolers Granted Political Assylum
Pentagon Plan on DADT ready for Congress
Forsyth County Must Stop Sectarian Prayer At Public Meetings
Wednesday 1/27/2010
Monarch Butterflies reveal in a novel way how animals sense earth’s magnetic field
Dinosaur Had Ginger Colored Feathers
Israel Enacts new Transplant Incentives
OHIO Judge Has No Right to Promote Religion in Court Room
Whiff of Mystery in Planetary Science
Venus Flytrap for Nuclear Waste
Zandari Slaughters Goats to Ward off Evil Spirits
US Grants Home-Schooling German Family Politcal Assylum
Youth Pastor Elected to NV Sex Ed Committee
AZ Bill Fires Up Church State Fight
Dictionary Banner over “oral sex”
Tuesday 1/26/2010
CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding
Channeling your inner Alien? Maybe, Scientists Say
John Paul II: Self-Flagellator
NASA Accepts Mars-Rover Stuck for Good
Monday 1/25/2010
Panel To Favor Partial Veil-Ban in France
Fundamentalists to Play Anti-Abortion Ad During Super Bowl
How Eating Grass-Fed Beef Could fight Climate Change
Plans for Alien-Contact Found Wanting
Star of Scientology Recruitment Film wants his money back
117 In Hospital After Drinking Holy Water
Science, Religion, and the lives of rocks
Name Confusion Gets Children’s Author Banned
Would Space Aliens Need Redemption?
Anti-Muslim Cartoons Spark Meeting in St. Cloud
Sunday 1/24/2010
Voice of Scientology wants his money back
Nazi Group Adopts Colorado Highway
Saturday
Pakistani Christian Man Sentenced to Life Under ‘Blasphemy Law
Sex Twice a Week cuts heart Attack Risk in Half
Jeff Schweitzer: The Affairs of Mixing Religion and Politics
City Council Weighs in on Prayers
Catholics Cry Foul as Celebrity Cruises Drop Priests From Ships
What is Really On Trial in Prop 8 Case
Man Accused of Beheading Wife, says she abused him
Seismologists warn that Mississippi Delta is ‘Haiti waiting to happen’
Haiti could be third largest life ending event in last 100 years
China Says it needs no internet lessons from US
Scientologists ‘heal’ Haitian earthquake victims through touch
Biden: US to appeal Blackwater Dismissal
Rescue Called off in Haiti-but person still found alive (11 days Later)
Friday 1/22/10
Big City Left With no Book Store
100 Lashes for being Raped in Saudi Arabia
69-year-old pulled out of rubble, ten days after quake
Speakers Blast Tampa City Council over opening Prayers
Research throws new light on the evolution of bacteria
Doctor’s Office Hit By Meteorite
Thursday 1/21/10
White’s-Only Basketball league announced
Scott Brown Gets Celebrity Welcome in Senate
Saudi Cleric: No Religious Justification for Saudi Marriage
Rifqa’s parents end fight to get her back
Yemen Haven for Tourists Drawn to Militant Islam
Courts Consider Religious Program Funding
Chavez: US Weapon Caused Haitian Quake
Supremes Decimate McCain-Feingold
Religious Item Causes Airplane Scare
Supreme Court Changes Campaign Financing
Oklahoma Bank Posts Ten Commandments
Air America Files For Chapter 7: Soon to be off air
Obama and new bank regulations
Trijicon will remove Bible Verses
The Supremes Roll Back Campaign Finance Reform
Creationist Teacher Accused of Burning Crosses into Student’s Arms
Wednesday 1/20/10
Filmaker Geert Faces Hatred Charges
Senate GOP leader to investigate California Science Center’s Cancelation of Anti-Darwin film
Ex Pastor Guilty on Sex Charges
German Scientists Develop Fast-Acting Germ-Killer
Doctor Claims to have proof of afterlife
Qunicy Jones to Re-Record “We are the World”
Cindy McCain Poses for Marriage Equality
Haiti Mourns loss of Three Leading Feminists
Doctor Claims Scientific Evidence of Afterlife
Massive Aftershock strikes Port-au-Prince
No Place in Denmark for Burqa says PM
Gay Man Says Reversal Therapy did not change him
Tuesday 1/19/10
Pentagon: Bible Verse Gun Sights don’t Violate Rules
More Wives are becoming Higher Income Earners than spouses
Kenya Charges Muslim Activist over Hate-Cleric Riot
al Qaeda: still very much active and threatens US
Ugandan Muslim Cleric Threatens to Hunt Down Gays
Marine Corps Considers Ending Contract with Trijicon over Bible Messages
Earthquake Risk: Seismic Gap South of Istanbul
Bacteria more capable of making complex decisions than previously thought
Scientists Tie Light in Knotts
Solar Powered Bibles Sent to Haiti
Monday 1/18/10
US Weapons Inscribed with Biblical Codes
Military Denies Knowledge of Bible Verses
US Military Weapons inscribed with secret Jesus Codes
More wives are higher-income earners than spouses
Sunday 1/17/10
Pope: Vatican Helped Jews During Holocaust
Saturday 1/16/10
OBAMA proclaims national religious freedom day
85 Sharia Courts Operating in Great Britain
TX BOE Tackles Religion in Textbooks
Friday 1/15/09
40,000 Buried, 100,000 thought dead
Obama Offers Asylum to Haitians in US
Doctor gets Court Order to hold pregnant woman against her will
Congress to hold hearing on DADT soon-ACLU
US now has a legal-male prostitute-Nakedboynews
Scientists Discover how Dormant Viruses remain silent-Science Daily
States Rethink Adult Crime for Adult Time-CNN
Thursday 1/14/10
9th Circuit upholds UC’s right to refuse admitting creationism-based high school biology
World’s Oldest Dog is put to sleep
Bin Ladin Age Progressed Photos-ABC
Doomsday Clock moved one minute further away from midnite
Former al Qaeda member alleges US abuse in Afghanistan-BBC
Weight Watchers Floor Collapses Under Dieters-Telegraph
Wednesday 1/13/10
NASA Photographs ‘Trees” on Mars
Auschwitz asks Britain to help preserve the memorial
Google threatens to leave China after attacks on Activist’s Emails
Tuesday 1/12/10
California Assembly Approves Legal Pot Bill for voting-NBC
Iowa Atheist Group wants Lawmakers to stop praying before sessions
Mystery Object to Whiz by Earth Wednesday
Hundreds feared dead in Haiti Quake
Vatican says ‘Avatar is no Masterpiece’
Human-Faced Lamb Born in Turkey
Sarah Palin makes her Fox Debut
Gay-Teen worried that he might be Christian-The Onion
CA Court Rules Against Creationism as Science Education
Religion no longer a ‘protected class’-Dennett
Body Ornamentation shows Neandertals capable of complex thought
Monday 1/11/10
U.S. Foreign Aid $ Going To Spread Christianity
Sarah Palin to Contribute to Fox News
The Link Between Astrology and Prejudice
Sunday 1/10/10
Saturday 1/9/10
Amish Exempt from Federal Health Care Reforms
Friday 1/8/10
Thursday 1/7/10
Wednessday 1/6/10
Tuesday 1/5/10
Monday 1/4/10
Sunday 1/3/10
Saturday 1/2/10
Muslim-Hindu Rock Bands Part of New Movement
Friday 1/1/10
Scientists Discover Direct Relationship between Obesity and hospital stay duration