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phys.org (Phys.org) —A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies around the world. The team outlines...

www.guardian.co.uk New book points to devastating effects on health in Europe and US of government cuts

www.washingtonpost.com The site best known for restaurant reviews has also become a place to report serious abuse.

www.allgov.com Accused of perpetrating a “profound evil,” former Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for illegally accepting money from a juvenile-prison developer while he spent years incarcerating thousands...

www.veteranstoday.com Through a myriad of «civil society» organizations, the United States has been financing Chechen groups inside the autonomous republic, in Russia, and abroad.

"Particular emphasis is placed on the congressional bill and the executive order which remove previous restraints on the intelligence services and which will make it a felony to reveal their activities and personnel, resulting in the first official secrets...

www.huffingtonpost.com Female DNA was found on at least one of the explosive devices used in April 15's Boston Marathon bombing, sources have told the Wall Street Journal and CBS News. Citing "officials familiar with the case," the Journal emphasizes...

www.csmonitor.com Peru is the first country in the Americas to ban genetically modified foods, putting its food policy closer to that of Europe, than the United States or many of its South American neighbors.

www.telegraph.co.uk As the Netherlands prepares for the abdication of Queen Beatrix on Tuesday, here are ten surprising facts about the House of Orange-Nassau.

www.forbes.com The persona behind the drugs: On Silk Road's forums, the black market's libertarian founder tags his post with his character's signature motto: "As you wish..." In public, the pseudonymous Internet drug czar known as the Dread Pirate Roberts...