Today, the house again voted to defund or eliminate portions of the Affordable Care Act. Since January 2011, when the Republican Party took control of the House of Representatives, more than 30 bills have been introduced to repeal portions of the health care overhaul, despite the unlikelihood of passage.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was facing a tacitly polite crowd this morning while giving a campaign speech in front of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The Summer Games in London are less than a month away and while many will be looking forward to watching Team USA perform and achieve in basketball, swimming, and gymnastics, there will be one sport no one will perform in.
A new study by researchers at Kuopio University Hospital in Finland found that kids who grow up with pets in their home get sick less often. The study took a look at 397 children from pregnancy through their 1st birthdays and found that kids with a dog in their household had 31 percent fewer respiratory tract infections, 44 percent fewer ear infections and needed 29 percent fewer prescriptions for antibiotics.
Ever hear of a pheromone party? People looking for love – or at least a great conversation – try to find their perfect match using their noses. These shindigs are loosely based on scientific research on pheromones, hormones we emit as scents that can create strong attractions between people.
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