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The Stunning Consequences of Not Getting Enough Sleep By Allison Ford, Divine Caroline Many people don't get as much sleep as they should. And their brains are paying the price. Read more »   Seymour Hersh: Secret U.S. Forces Carried Out Assassinations in 'a Lot of' Countries, Including in Latin America By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! The investigative journalist for The New Yorker explains his recent bombshell revelation about Dick Cheney's "executive assassination" squads. Read more »   Fainting in This Country Can Carry a $10,000 Price Tag By Kirk Nielsen, Miller-McCune.com After passing out, Kirk Nielsen got gouged by exorbitant health care fees. Read more »   The Woman Who Could Nail Bush: Are the Worst of the Torture Memos Still to Come? By Scott Horton, The Daily Beast The GOP is threatening an ugly fight over an Obama Justice Department appointee who wants to disclose more Bush-era torture memos. Read more »   Higher Education Gone Wrong: Universities Are Turning into Corporate Drone Factories By Chris Hedges, Truthdig Unless we take hold of the reins we will be cursed with a more ruthless form of corporate power wielded through naked repression. Read more »   A Scary Corporate Coup Is Under Way -- We've Got to Stop It By William Greider, TheNation.com If Wall Street gets its way, Washington will pass new "reforms" that consolidate power and ratify a corporate state. Read more »   The Startling Effects of Going Vegetarian for Just One Day By Kathy Freston, Huffington Post Sometimes, solutions to the world's biggest problems are right in front of us. The following statistics are eye-opening, to say the least. Read more »   I Married an Illegal Immigrant: A First-Hand Account of How Screwed Up This Country's Rules for Foreigners Are By Joshua Holland, AlterNet The one argument in the immigration debate with absolutely no merit is that the system is fine. Read more »   Is the Twice-Divorced Newt Gingrich Converting to Catholicism for a 2012 Run? By Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast A leading Catholic conservative says Newt's sins -- including an affair with a congressional aid -- have magically been absolved. Read more »   10 Terms Not to Use with Muslims By Chris Seiple, Christian Science Monitor Here is advice given to me from Muslim friends worldwide regarding words and concepts that are not useful in building relationships with them. Read more »

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