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Earthquakes abound; Tibow does ‘6.66′ — are we near The End??

Earthquakes appear to be on the rise, or at least our awareness of them is rising. Not only did the big one hit Haiti in January, there was a true Monster Quake that rocked Chile yesterday.

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Shock, horror are first response to tragedies in Haiti

As are most people, I have been struck with shock and horror as a first response to the tragedies in Haiti following the recent earthquake there. There simply are no words to describe the scenes and sounds coming across television, in print, and over the Internet as communications with that island nation are slowly reestablished.

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How can the World Health Organization possibly hope to win a worldwide anti-smoking battle?

I just read this news story about a new, worldwide anti-smoking campaign ready to be launched by the World Health Organization (WHO). The campaign, which will be based on a big study funded in part by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, will attempt to cut tobacco use in the world’s poorest nations. According to the news story, something like a billion people will die worldwide in this century from tobacco related illnesses.

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