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6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs off Japan’s eastern coast

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The Japan Daily Press - Adam Westlake, 10/2/12

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that early Tuesday morning local time, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit off of Japan’s eastern coast. Originating from a depth of 9.7 kilometers (6 miles), it was centered about 96 kilometers (60 miles) off the coast of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in the northeast region of the country that was struck by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011. There have been no reports of damages or signs of approaching tsunami.

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Whole Foods knowingly engages in massive GMO deception, says undercover video by 'Organic Spies'

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Source: NaturalNews.com - Mike Adams, 9/26/12

(NaturalNews) Whole Foods deceives consumers into unknowingly buying GMOs while financially supporting a GMO supply chain that ultimately enriches Monsanto, charges an explosive new undercover sting video released by Organic Spies. (Link below.)

The video features secret camera footage from a dozen Whole Foods stores in the Los Angeles area, capturing Whole Foods employees lying on camera about the genetically engineered ingredients found in products sold at Whole Foods.
 

A Media Guide to Volcanoes

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Source: Wired.com - Erik Klemetti, 9/28/12

As many of you know, I tend to get a little irate when it comes to poor reporting on volcanoes in the media. Now, we can place a lot of the blame of the fact that most people have not had much experience talking scientifically (or at all) about volcanic activity, so instead they try to cope as best as they can with some wildly inaccurate terminology, descriptions and interpretations. Well, those excuses can no longer exist, as I’ve decided to make a handy media guide to volcanoes. Just like a sports team will hand out a guide of their team, players, statistics and more to reporters covering the event, this will hopefully help media who are trying to tackle reporting on volcanism to not make those common errors that plague so much of it. Enjoy.

The basics:

1. This is a volcano

Sinkhole grows, hits Assumption business and home values

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WWL.com - Don Ames/AP Reporting, 9/30/12

The sinkhole in Assumption Parish keeps getting bigger. The parish's director of homeland security and emergency preparedness, John Boudreaux, says a 15-hundred square foot section of the earth caved in last week, pulling down several trees and part of a road.
 

The road that caved in was built to assist in the cleanup efforts. The sinkhole is about four acres in size and has grown since it emerged on August third.
 

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Curiosity Finds Evidence of An Ancient Streambed on Mars

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Source: UniverseToday, Nancy Atkinson, 9/27/12

NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named “Hottah” after Hottah Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech

The Curiosity rover has come across a place in Gale Crater where ankle-to-hip-deep water once vigorously flowed: an ancient streambed containing evidence of gravel that has been worn by water. At a press briefing today, members of the Mars Science Laboratory team said the rover has found “surprising” outcrops and gravel near the rover landing site that indicate water once flowed in this region, and likely flowed for a long time.

Big Pharma Medicaid Fraud Penalties at Record High

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Source: Common Dreams, 9/28/12

Major pharmaceutical companies undeterred as profits continue to rise

Settlements between pharmaceutical companies and state and federal governments over cases of Medicaid fraud are at an all time high, with financial penalties for major drug companies on the rise, according to a new report by Public Citizen. However, as Public Citizen urged Thursday, much still needs to be done in order to curb big pharma malpractice, as major profits still largely outweigh the costs of legal penalties, making it difficult to deter future violations.


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The charges against major pharmaceutical companies accused of defrauding their Medicaid programs, include overcharging health programs, largely in the form of drug pricing fraud, as well as unlawful promotion of 'off-label' drugs (promoting drugs for unapproved uses).

American Airlines Tells Pilots to End Disruptions

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Weather.com - David Koenig/AP, 9/28/12

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In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, file photo, Captain Mike McClellan, ORD Domicile Chairman of the Allied Pilots Association left, joins over 200 American Airline pilots marching on a picket line at O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago.

DALLAS -- American Airlines says if pilots don't end actions that are disrupting flights, it will take their union to court.

A senior American Airlines executive told union leaders that some pilots were conducting "an unlawful, concerted effort to damage the company" by filing more maintenance complaints, flying circuitous routes and other tactics, all leading to a surge in late and canceled flights.

Vatican court blocks evidence in trial of pope's ex-butler

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Los Angeles Times - Sarah Delaney, 9/29/12

As the trial of Paolo Gabriele begins in the theft and leaking of confidential papal papers, the court rejects a defense request to enter evidence from a parallel inquiry.

Papal butler trial at Vatican

The trial of Pope Benedict XVI's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, gets underway in a Vatican courtroom. (L'Osservatore Romano / December 31, 1969)

VATICAN CITY — The self-proclaimed whistle-blowing butler of Pope Benedict XVI went on trial Saturday for allegedly stealing confidential documents from the papal apartments, with the court swiftly rejecting a defense request to enter evidence from a parallel investigation of broader issues of Vatican infighting.

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