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The fact that DDT is still in house dust is a surprise to most people, since the pesticide was banned in the U.S. in 1972. But a house is a little like a living organism: once it absorbs a contaminant, it may never purge it completely. "Dust in our homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's in Household Dust? Don't Ask | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

On “Impossible,” the second track from his debut album “Love & War,” Daniel Merriweather sings, “I know I said some corny lines / That you probably heard a thousand times.” Agreed. But it?...

Author: By Adam T. Horn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Daniel Merriweather | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

The surprise was that no political price was exacted for such a stand: abandoning assembly-line workers whose requested lifeline was a fraction of what Congress forked over to the financial joyriders who touched off the crisis. Lost in the euphoria surrounding Obama's victory, here was a change of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Era of No Consensus | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

The unheralded senior continued to take the Golden Knights by surprise, with her second goal coming on a line change.

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Holds on for Tie, Secures Playoff Home-Ice Advantage | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

So it is no surprise that there are calls from Harkin and others to reform the procedures of the Senate - changing the rules to lower the number of votes it would take to invoke cloture and bring a filibuster to an end.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing the Senate by Forcing Real Filibusters | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

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