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Kentucky Troopers Say “Driving While Eating” Is Just Cause For Stops

State Troopers are ramping up patrols, saying eating or drinking while driving are grounds for being stopped. But is it a back door to illegal searches?

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The Kentucky State Patrol announced this month that it would be starting a new campaign to enforce safer driving standards across the state’s highways. Sounds like that would be a good thing for everyone, right? The problem is the program has a pretty broad interpretation, and if you’re driving down the road enjoying a sandwich while driving at

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Can China Censor Search Results In The US?

Microsoft’s search engine seems to be censoring Chinese-language search results in the U.S. the same way it filters content in China.

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The Chinese government has long restricted Internet freedom domestically, but now it appears it’s expanding its censorship beyond its borders. Chinese-language search results turn up the same thing in the U.S. as they do in China, anti-censorship advocates have found, according to various reports. FreeWeibo, a website that acts as a proxy site

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French Secret Agent At The Heart Of Investigation into Rwandan Genocide

Former French special forces operative Paul Barril is being investigated for his behind-the-scenes role in the 1994 genocide.

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It has all the cliché hallmarks of a Hollywood-created conflict somewhere on the African continent, with European mercenaries and various corrupt businessmen stoking the coals of war. However, the 1994 Rwandan genocide was not a Hollywood tale. It was all-too real and left an estimated 800,000 dead. According to a French news outlet, documents

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Selective Invitation: Could Obama’s African Summit This Summer Expose American Hypocrisy?

In a bid to woo the continent, the White House has announced that President Obama will host a meeting of African leaders in August, but what will it accomplish?

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President Obama Meets With Leaders of Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi, and Cape Verde (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama will host a high-level conference with African leaders in August as an attempt to start taking more seriously with the burgeoning economies on the continent. It’s all well intended and meant to be a nod to growth within Africa, but at the same time, the continent is made up of 54 countries, and not all are created equal. It

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New Exposure On Gender Differences Leading To Changes In Medicinal Use

Men and Women metabolize medicines differently, and pressure is mounting to make changes in the FDA’s policy on publicly recognizing these differences.

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Prescription drugs line a cabinet in this March 25, 2011 photo. (Photo by Eric Hunsaker via Flikr)

The Food and Drug Administration made an announcement that got a lot of attention. According to a “60 Minutes” segment that aired Sunday, the agency cut the recommended dose of the most popular sleep drug in the country in half for women. Scientists have discovered that men and women metabolize Ambien, known generically as Zolpidem, vastly

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New East African Mockumentary Takes Aim at the Billion-Dollar Aid World

Drugs, alcohol, misogyny and hapless leadership are just a few issues surrounding the everyday affairs of a fictitious NGO office in a comedic TV show.

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Screenshot from the new television series: The Samaritans.

A young, arrogant country director from America has arrived to the field office in Nairobi, Kenya, and asks one of his local-national employees to get him some weed because he is running low. An office manager has her subordinate gather her “usual” post-work supplies:  vodka, several valium and a crack pipe. More than one of the men in the office

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Tennessee’s Governor Proposes Free Tuition for Two-Year Schools

Bill Haslam wants to set aside a $300 million endowment from the Tennessee Education Lottery for a program he calls “Tennessee Promise.”

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A bold plan by Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Haslam would commit the state to providing all tuition costs and fees on a continuing basis for two years of community college or a vocational college to graduating high school seniors. The governor announced the project Monday in his State of the State address. It would be the only state in the

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