Tim Masters the first Colo murder convict freed by DNA

For Tim Masters, the first Colo. murder convict freed by DNA evidence, everyday pleasures arrive as unexpected gifts. A home-cooked meal, an open road, a full tank of gas. Such simple joys eluded him for 10 years. But true freedom remains a challenge. He suffers PTSD symptoms but keeps rebuilding his life step by step. Read the article!!

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FDA Approves Stevia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted GRAS approval for a natural, zero-calorie sweetener it once sought to wipe out from the U.S. marketplace. The sweetener is stevia. This is good because I swore off aspartame in Sept 2008, and was longing for a replacement. The article cites Dr. Betty Martini as a source, and her site is excellent!! While recently in the hospital, I discussed my decision not to ingest any more aspartame, and they were quite in agreement with me. I do have some of the symptoms and side effects of aspartame ingestion, including some of the worst.

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Johnston's arrest for oxycontin

Yes Bristol Palin's baby daddy has a mother who was arrested for oxycontin charges. Bunch of comments at end of article trashing both the Johnstons and Palins by Alaskans. Palin may be yesterdays VP news, but she is still governor of Alaska, and not many there seem to respect her at all. No surprise here. McCain's wife had a oxycontin problem.

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Johnston's arrest for for oxycontin

Yes Bristol Palin's baby daddy has a mother who was arrested for oxycontin charges. Bunch of comments at end of article trashing both the Johnstons and Palins by Alaskans. Palin may be yesterdays VP news, but she is still governor of Alaska, and not many there seem to respect her at all. No surprise here. McCain's wife had a oxycontin problem.

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First cases of touch-emotion synaesthesia discovered

If the feel of denim is depressing, corduroy is confusing, but tennis balls send you to heaven, you may have a newly discovered form of synaesthesia

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Doctor Finds Foot Growing In Newborn's Brain

A Colorado pediatric brain surgeon found part of a foot growing in the brain of a newborn, along with part of an intestine.

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An Irish Christmas

Cat Creates Photo Documentary of His Own Life

For one day a week over the span of a year, Cooper carried a camera around to document his travels around his Greenwood neighborhood. The pictures he brought back range from the mundane to the sublime: neighbors' yards, busy streets, plastic flamingos on the Cross' front lawn and one spot where he spent a lot of time bird-watching.

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