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Women Set to Outlive Men Worldwide

This year may be the first in which life expectancy is greater for the world’s women than for men, even in the poorest countries. Researchers making that prediction include Anna Barford, a research fellow at England’s University of Sheffield. “We will never know with certainty the exact year in which …

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Global Warming Caused Mass Extinctions 247 Million Years Ago

CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. – John Roth shined his flashlight on a black streak flowing through the cream-colored marble forming the walls of the Oregon Caves. The graphite line is graphic evidence of dramatic global warming that consumed so much oxygen that it nearly wiped out all life on the planet …

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NAACP Nears Deal to Move Headquarters to Nation's Capital

WASHINGTON – The NAACP is close to making a deal to move its headquarters from Baltimore to the nation’s capital, District of Columbia officials and the civil rights group’s president said Monday. Terms of the agreement, which are still being negotiated, call for the city to contribute $3.5 million to …

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