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It's All Politics
2:58 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

Romney 2013? Tagg Weighs Massachusetts Senate Bid

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Republican Tagg Romney reportedly is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in the June 25 special election.
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By S.V. Dáte

The Boston Herald caused a bit of a stir Monday, reporting that Mitt Romney's eldest son, Tagg, is considering a bid for the Massachusetts Senate seat long held by new Secretary of State John Kerry.

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Shots - Health News
2:21 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

Scientists Find A Way To Scare Patients Who Can't Feel Fear

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Movies like The Shining frighten most of us, but some brain-damaged people feel no fear when they watch a scary film. However, an unseen threat — air with a high level of carbon dioxide — produces a surprising result.
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In these brain scans, amygdala damage can be seen in three patients (known as SM, AM and BG) with Urbach-Wiethe disease. See the dark spots within the areas circled in red. A healthy person is shown (left) for comparison.
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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 10:39 am

In shorthand often used to describe the brain, fear is controlled by a small, almond-shaped structure called the amygdala.

But it's not quite that simple, as a study published Sunday in Nature Neuroscience demonstrates.

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The Two-Way
1:54 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

Ahmadinejad Volunteers To Become First Iranian In Space

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 5:42 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he's ready to become the first Iranian in space.

Britain's Independent reports:

"'I am ready to be the first human to be sent to space by Iranian scientists,' Ahmadinejad said on the sidelines of an exhibition of space achievements in Tehran, according to the Mehr news agency.

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The Two-Way
1:46 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

'Meaningful' Ads Stood Out As Super Bowl Favorites

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Budweiser's Super Bowl spot won top favorite among many.
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Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 4:55 pm

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National Security
12:56 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

The CIA And The Hazards Of Middle East Forecasting

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is flanked by senior military officers as he reviews maps of battlefield developments in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. He's shown at army headquarters in Cairo on Oct. 15, 1973. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, catching Israel and the CIA off-guard.
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Egyptian soldiers cross to the eastern side of the Suez Canal during the 1973 war. Egyptian forces initially broke through the Israeli forces on that side of the canal.
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Israeli soldiers take a break near Suez City in Egypt on Oct. 29, 1973. The Egyptian military made advances against Israeli forces in the first days of the war, but Israel's army eventually recovered.
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Originally published on Sun February 10, 2013 8:48 am

Government agencies do not often acknowledge their own errors, but the CIA has done just that with the declassification of intelligence memoranda on the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

The documents show that agency analysts, down to the last minute before the outbreak of fighting, were assuring President Nixon, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and other policymakers that Egypt and Syria were unlikely to attack Israel.

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