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Lesbian parents raise healthy, happy kids sans father

By Lemery Reyes | June 8, 2010

According to a recent study, children raised by lesbian parents grow up just fine and excel academically.

Alaska on fire while Lower 48 girds for summer wildfires

Yosemite's Range of Light goes solar

Cul-de-sac communities increase air pollution, health risks

The Havasupai get their DNA back

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The 1906 S.F. Earthquake commemoration is … all wrong

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 16, 2010

A San Francisco environmental historian says that because of Daylight Savings Time the annual Wreath Laying and Commemoration goes off one hour too early, and that it is “a major distortion of historical reality.”

Democracy & Civics

On the economy, women are dour, Gen Y not

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 2, 2010

Women business owners are less optimistic about the economy than their male peers, and the young entrepreneurs of Gen Y seem to be downright upbeat compared to their senior generations.

Environment

A grasshopper plague is at hand in U.S.

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 30, 2010

In 1985, a similar infestation devoured corn, barley, alfalfa, beets—even fence posts and the paint off the sides of barns, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

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The time has come … in football

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 25, 2010

The biggest news on the football coaching front comes from Washington D.C., where Calvin Coolidge High School named Natalie Randolph as its new varsity coach—the only woman football coach in the U.S.

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Obese Huntington set to open Jamie Oliver’s kitchen

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 17, 2010

The city that the Associated Press labeled the most obese city in America, then found itself as the focus of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revolution,” is about to begin its effort in improving its diet.

Economy

“Goin’ to Vegas” and the dot-com crash

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 10, 2010

Living in the middle of the dot-com bubble, 10 years ago today, we all were millionaires. Not really, but we were on the outskirts, and we could see Downtown Millionaireville from where we stood. And then we all went to Vegas.

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Alzheimer’s hits blacks, Hispanics hardest

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 9, 2010

African Americans and American Hispanics are much more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than U.S. Caucasians, according to a special report from the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Washington, D.C. pushes female condoms

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 8, 2010

Women who have been slow to use female condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS are getting help from Washington, D.C., which has begun distributing 500,000 free condoms throughout the city.

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Psychedelic conference set for California

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 4, 2010

A Santa Cruz, Calif.-based non-profit organization has announced plans for a three-day mid-April conference on “Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century.”

Economy

Got wind? Power up that ferry!

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 1, 2010

A San Francisco Bay Area start-up has big plans to use the bay’s wind to help power a technologically advanced ferry to carry up to 400 passengers to The City in the traffic-plagued metropolis.

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