Research More American girls starting puberty by age 8

Doctors and parents were stunned when research published more than a decade ago found some American girls were beginning puberty as early as 7

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http://articles.dailypress.com/2010-08-09/health/dp-nws-puberty-20100809_1_puberty-american-girls-latina-girls

A bad year for politicians to be getting paid by taxpayers

Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - Republican House candidate Joe Heck has said that its not governments job to create jobs.

But for more than a decade, Hecks paychecks have come from government entities.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/13/bad-year-be-getting-paid-taxpayers/

So Long to the Dusty Trail

Why couldn't we have had the EPA in the Great Depression? If they had issued their proposed "No dust" regs in 1930, we would have been spared the decade of human suffering from sustained drought and agricultural devastation in the Dust Bowl.

Of course John Steinbeck wouldn't have had a reason to write The Grapes of Wrath.....>>

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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/so_long_to_the_dusty_trail.html

Home Vacancies Rise as US Ownership Falls to Lowest in

About 18.9 million homes in the U.S. stood empty during the second quarter as surging foreclosures helped push ownership to the lowest level in a decade.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-27/vacancies-climb-as-u-s-home-ownership-falls-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade.html

NFL Tight End Matchup Nightmares [GALLERY]

No other position in the NFL had a better decade than tight end and these 10 give current defensive coordinators the biggest fits.

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1007/nfl.tight.end.matchup.nightmares/content.1.html

Alternative Energy Technology that is Not Being Used

Decade after decade politicians and scientists have promised us that we will soon be breaking our dependence on foreign oil based fuels and energy.

Unfortunately, fossil fuels continue to dry up and the big switch to renewable energy stills feels quite a ways away.

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http://www.chacha.com/topic/alternative-energy-technology-that-is-not-being-used

1 Gene Lost 1 Limb Regained Scientists Demonstrate It

A quest that began over a decade ago with a chance observation has reached a milestone: the identification of a gene that may regulate regeneration in mammals.

The absence of this single gene, called p21, confers a healing potential in mice long thought to have been lost through evolution and reserved ...

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http://www.physorg.com/news187879295.html#top

Venezuela Murder Rate Has Quadrupled Under Hugo Chavez

One person is murdered every two hours in Venezuela.

Chavez blames the high crime rates on wealth inequality created under former leaders, but that doesn't explain why the murder rate has exploded during his decade-plus in power.

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http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/03/venezuela_murder-rate_has_quad.php

A Decade of Oscar BestDressed PICS

The 2010 Academy Awards are upon us, offering the perfect opportunity to look back at the best-dressed of the last 10 years.

There were many, many lovely looks, but here are the 10 that really wowed on the red carpet.

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http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/whoville/2010/02/oscars-loveliest-of-the-decade.html

A Decade of Unemployment Infographic

A look at American unemployment rates by state, 2000-2009.

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http://www.visualeconomics.com/a-decade-of-unemployment/

NASA 2009 tied for 2ndwarmest year 00s hottest decade too

The final numbers are in and, as expected, 2009 was a hot one, joining a handful of other years just behind 2005 at the top of the pack.

Source:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/01/nasa-2009-tied-for-2nd-warmest-year-00s-hottest-decade-too.ars