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Dana Chivvis

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Dana is a writer and multimedia journalist who previously worked at The National Geographic Society. She has a master’s from Columbia Journalism School.

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FAA Seminar Draws Wrong Kind of Attention

posted: 5 days 5 hours ago

(Dec. 22) -- As Americans continue to simmer over Wall Street's manhandling of the economy, many of the embattled banks are wisely forgoing annual holiday parties this year. But the federal governmen ...

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New Wars on Christmas Target Gifts, Santa, Lights

posted: 5 days 15 hours ago

(Dec. 22) -- Along with fruit cake and caroling, one of the many traditions to look forward to in December is the annual "War on Christmas," in which religious and conservative activists and pundits ...

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Bottled Water Business Is on the Decline

posted: 9 days 5 hours ago

(Dec. 18) – After nearly two weeks of disappointments in Copenhagen, environmentalists can celebrate one small piece of news today: Bottled water sales are down and are expected to continue to ...

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Obama and Buffett Find Selves in Same Family Tree

posted: 12 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 15) -- It turns out the leader of the free world and a leader of the free market share roots that run deeper than politics. President Barack Obama and billionaire investment genius Warren Buffe ...

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Al Gore Gets It Wrong at Copenhagen Talks

posted: 12 days 13 hours ago

(Dec. 15) -- It is an inconvenient time for Al Gore to be fudging numbers on global climate change. With the specter of the "Climategate" e-mails hanging ominously over the Copenhagen climate change ...

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Hints of Paranoia in Iran Spy Charges for US Hikers

posted: 13 days 9 hours ago

(Dec. 14) -- In most places, an espionage trial conjures images of fake identities, dead drops and money wired to secret bank accounts. Not so in Iran -- and that could be good news for the three Am ...

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Jenny Sanford's Rare Path to Divorce

posted: 16 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 11) -- When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tearfully admitted at a news conference in June that he had been having an affair, it was the same old story of a politician's fall from grace due t ...

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NBA Chief Predicts Battle of the Sexes

posted: 19 days 5 hours ago

(Dec. 8) -- Candace Parker, a 6-foot, 4-inch, 175-pound forward, leads the WNBA in rebounds and blocks, and was the first woman ever to dunk in an NCAA game. But will she ever play her brother, Antho ...

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9 Unexpected Things Found in Drinking Water

posted: 19 days 8 hours ago

(Dec. 8) -- Charles Duhigg of The New York Times today delivered the latest unsettling news about the nation's water supply: It's not as clean as you might think. An analysis of federal data from the ...

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Six Surprising Things You Can Learn From 2009's Most Popular Google Searches

posted: 26 days 5 hours ago

Contrary to popular belief, the world is not searching the Internet mostly for porn. On Tuesday, Google published its ninth annual Zeitgeist survey, a collection of rankings of search term trends th ...

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