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Doctors transplant vein grown with patient's own stem cells

For the first time, doctors have successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient's own stem cells, another example of scientists producing human body parts in the lab.

In this case, the patient was a 10-year-old girl in Sweden who was suffering from a severe vein blockage to her liver. ...

American Scene: Soldier gets life sentence for killing two roommates

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FORT STEWART — A soldier was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for the 2010 slayings of two Army roommates, both shot at a U.S. base camp in Iraq hours after the suspect complained their room was too messy.

A military jury at Fort Stewart spent just ...

Issa: DOJ can avoid Holder contempt vote

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
A week before his committee is scheduled to hold a vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told the Department of Justice Wednesday it still has a chance to produce materials about the failed "Fast and Furious" gun-running operation and avoid a public vote.
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Henninger: Would Harry Truman Blame Paris?

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
Here's pro-growth advice no one in Europe will take: Stop listening to the IMF bleeders and the Obama spenders.


Edward Lazear: Whose Fault Is Today's Bad Economy?

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
What we're experiencing is a new wave of slowdowns, not a continuation of past problems.


Dimon Takes the Hill

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
The J.P. Morgan CEO has an old-fashioned word for Senators.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
A New York Sun editorial remembering Ronald Reagan's 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall.


Paul Sherman: Money and the 'Appearance of Corruption'

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
The Supreme Court has a chance to strike down the flawed principle behind restrictions on political speech.


NASA launches X-ray telescope into orbit

LOS ANGELES — NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects lurking in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

Mission controllers clapped after receiving a signal from the telescope that it had reached orbit 350 ...

Obama, Romney to focus on economy

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
President Obama and Mitt Romney gear up for a head to head battle. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
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Please Don't Soak the Rich

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
A successful economy requires outsize rewards for the able (and lucky) few who overcome very long odds to produce valuable innovations that others are willing to pay for. Brian Carney reviews "Unintended Consequences."


Do we need a revolution in higher education?

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
In spite of ever rising tuition and ballooning student loan debts, a large majority of students still desire to attend college. Traditional notions are deeply engrained in the public's mind. College is considered the path to a better, higher paying job, the best way to make connections and propel a career, and a status symbol, especially for those who go to elite universities.
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Florida governor: I can't let non-citizens vote

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
Florida Gov. Rick Scott tells CNN's John King why his state is focused on purging non-citizens from voter polls.
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Obama's Public Sector Full Employment Plan

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
Last week, President Obama said "the private sector is doing fine." This was not reassuring to those of us who suspect the Democrats haven't the first idea what "private sector" means.2012-06-13T17:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZAnn Coulter
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The Facebook Censor Strikes

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
I received the news yesterday that the Facebook page for my book A Queer Thing Happened to America was deleted for allegedly violating Facebook’s “Community Standards.” But Facebook pages like “Hitler Fetus is our Jesus,” “Zombie Jesus,” and a host of other grossly offensive pages apparently do not violate these standards.2012-06-13T11:54:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZMichael Brown
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A Free Market Brings Down Health Costs

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
What is the best way to make sure that Americans with chronic medical conditions -- those most likely to need costly or frequent health care -- can afford the insurance they need to meet their bills? The conventional answer, reflected in Mitt Romney's 2006 health-care reform law in Massachusetts and the federal overhaul signed by Barack Obama in 2010, contains these ingredients: 2012-06-13T11:17:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZJeff Jacoby
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The S.S. Obama is Leaking

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:52
The holes in the Obama Administration continue to show the greatest inherent problem to the President's re-election: These people are incompetent.2012-06-13T11:02:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZRich Galen
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