Politics

President Obama announced today a compromise with religious organizations to the proposed health care law that would require all employers to offer insurance for contraception. The compromise allows religious organizations to refrain from offering contraception coverage and requires insurance companies to offer coverage to any woman who desires contraception ...

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Tech

Late Wednesday night, Kickstarter published a campaign for a team making a point-and-click game called Double Fine Adventure. A few hours later, they reached their $400,000 goal. At the time this slice was written, their funds were nearing $1.5 million. Does this mean it's going to be a quadruple fine adventure? ... 

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Culture

Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won the World Photo of the Year for his photograph of a Yemeni woman in full Islamic veil caring for an injured protester during the Arab Spring. The photo originally appeared in the New York Times and was praised for how it showed the simple humanity and complex religious/cultural implications of the Arab Spring movement ...

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Culture

A new study suggests a drug intended to treat skin cancer may also reverse the effects of Alzheimer's. When tested on mice, the drug cleared away beta-amyloid plaque, which is believed to be what causes cognitive decreases in Alzheimer's. Researchers were quick to point out that a successful drug in mice may not translate to human use ...

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Weird

It's mid-February, which means you're probably experiencing the winter doldrums at least a little bit. If you need some ideas to help you get out of it, here are a bunch of superhero logos made out of food. Obviously, you need to host a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-themed party (complete with logo pizza) next weekend ...

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