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Whole Foods’ Ramadan Marketing Headaches

Whole Foods is encountering a not entirely unforeseen headache during their first Ramadan marketing campaign: Pressure from anti-Muslim bloggers and internal dissent at their company. A pioneering Ramadan marketing campaign at Whole Foods has turned into a headache thanks to a handful of vocal anti-Muslim bloggers. The Houston Press leaked an internal company email claiming “it would be best” if Whole Foods did not observe Ramadan in-store, leading to widespread blowback from angry customers who supported the promotion.

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There for the taking

PGT: Phil Mickelson is known for wilting in the summer heat, but the lefty can win a fifth major if he plays inspired golf this week at Atlanta Athletic Club.

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Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey

Citizen scientists have an opportunity to contribute to biological research and learn more about the impact of invasive species [More]

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U.S. Debt Deal Could Dramatically Slash Science Funding in 2013

By Eric Hand of Nature magazine Scalpel or guillotine? Those are the possible fates in store for US science funding after Congress and the White House reached a deal to cut federal spending and raise the nation's self-imposed debt limit before a 2 August deadline. The product of tumultuous negotiations, the deal largely spares science in the short term but puts a day of reckoning on the horizon: 2 January 2013.

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Why Is Swimming the Most Deadly Leg of a Triathlon?

Sunday's New York City Triathlon resulted in two deaths, both from cardiac events that arose during the event's initial swimming leg. A 64-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were pulled from the Hudson River before they could complete the 1.5-kilometer swim from a wharf near Manhattan's 96th Street down to the 79th Street boat basin

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