Nancy Houser
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Joined on Aug 19, 2009
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A poor man from the Qutang township of Jiangsu Province in eastern China, Hu Songwen built his own dialysis machine because of high medical prices. Diagnosed 20 years ago with kidney disease, hospital prices quickly emptied family savings 13 years ago.
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On April 1, 2013, British national Fauja Singh will celebrate his 102nd birthday, once the elderly Sikh runs the Hong Kong Marathon on February 24. Last Sunday he ran the 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon event for senior citizens.
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Gemcitabine and Abraxane, a variation of the old drug Taxol, are part of a 900-patient study in Arizona to treat pancreatic cancer. Currently, they are extending life by 1.8 months on the average patient diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.
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When we think of a frog, it is usually one that hops or jumps a long ways. A smooth-skinned amphibian, it is usually found near water. But an international team of scientists near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has recently discovered a new flying frog.
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According to a report compiled by child rights and development organizations like Plan International, World Bank, and Development Institute, a dwindling global economy is sending worldwide female infant mortality soaring.
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Former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has joined CBS News in time for coverage of the presidential inauguration. Her first debut on CBS was this Sunday on “Face the Nation.”
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Nebraska is working to remove the parental rights of convicted rapists for the child and mother's well-being. Senator Avery helped pass LB 182 to make it into a law, allowing the courts to enforce child support with relinquished rights to the child.
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Guns are a large part of Nebraska and Wyoming history, both Republican states that strongly support 2nd Amendment rights. Hunting and gun sports are part of both cultures; until the death of 20 small children at Sandy Hook Elementary.
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On a two-year Mars mission to explore Gale Crater, the rover, Curiosity, discovered that water once existed on the red planet. On target is Yellowknife Bay, the lowest point on Gale Crater with signs it used to be an ancient riverbed of flowing water.
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Google donated $2.65M to the Energy Foundation on the basis that it encourages policy reforms that leads to more intelligent energy use. Currently, renewable energy is able to meet 80% of U.S. power demands with existing commercial technologies.
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NASA has awarded Bigelow Aerospace $17.8 million to attach an inflatable "sewing room" module to the International Space Station, according to a recent NASA press release, for future exploration and commercial space endeavors.
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Chevron Oil is preparing to invade the Amazon rainforest over a find of $7.2 billion in oil reserves, located in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park. They began Monday, January 15, 2013, unless the Kichwa tribe of the Amazon rainforest can stop them.
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A United Nations human rights official, Navi Pillay, is requesting an international investigation into crimes against humanity in North Korea. This includes torture, political executions, rape and slave labor.
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The male "Calotes bachae" has been discovered by an international team of zoologists, an unidentified brightly-colored chameleon-type lizard found deep within the southern Vietnamese rainforest.
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Drug traffickers who do not get caught make lots of money. This allows them to corrupt officials, kill law enforcement officers, and destroy competition with hired thugs, illegal assault weapons and ammunition clips – in a cost-effective manner.
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As a minority in Congress, women have had little say or the power to make a difference. But the 113th Congress is now being served by 20 female senators and 82 female representatives. Can these powerful women of the 113th Congress change U.S. politics?
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Llamas have been seen throughout history for multiple uses: pack animals, meat products, carting and driving, or show animals. But two delightful registered therapy llamas are now visiting residents at a Washington nursing home, showing love and kisses.
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A worldwide effort is underway to find children with Progeria, a rare and fatal disease characterized by premature aging in young children. At one time, it was thought to effect 1 in 4 to 8 million global newborns. New data has proven otherwise.
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Geologists studying the O'ahu mountains of Hawaii have found they are slowly dissolving and sinking from within. Eventually in time, the island of O'ahu will be reduced to a flat, low-lying island; returning back to the earth where it originated.
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Seattle, Washington's prosecutor, Dan Satterberg, announced that he will push for tougher penalties against children and youth under age 18, particularly those convicted of possessing illegal guns.
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