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Obama on Dick Cheney, War and Star Trek

May 17, 2009 | No Comments

In a 30-minute interview aboard Air Force One en route from Washington to Phoenix last Wednesday, President Obama talked with NEWSWEEK’s Jon Meacham about Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Dick Cheney—and Star Trek. Edited excerpts.

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Happiness Is … Being Old, Male and Republican

May 17, 2009 | No Comments

Americans grow happier as they age, surveys find. And a new PewResearch Center survey shows the tendency is holding up as the economytanks.Happiness is a complex thing. Past studies have found that happiness is partly inherited, that Republicans are happier than Democrats, and that old men tend to be happier than old women.

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Is There a Milky-Way Galaxy/Earth Biodiversity Link?

May 17, 2009 | No Comments

in 1999, Astronomers focusing on a star at the center of the Milky Way, measured precisely how long it takes the sun to complete one orbit (a galactic year) of our home galaxy: 226 million years. The last time the sun was at that exact spot of its galactic orbit, dinosaurs ruled the world.

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Obama: Early to mull more troops in Afghanistan (AP)

May 17, 2009 | No Comments

AP – President Barack Obama says he needs to see how fast Afghanistan can be stabilized and led toward a more democratic government before deciding w 2 Vote(s)

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