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Harvest of Fears: Farm-Raised Fish May Not Be Free of Mercury and Other Pollutants

Dear EarthTalk : I thought “farm raised” was the way to go when buying fish, to avoid mercury contamination. But are there other concerns about farm-raised that make some fish a poor choice for good health? What are the safest fish to buy and which should be avoided

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Time Watching TV Ups Diabetes And Heart Risks

Apart from working and sleeping, the thing Americans do the most is watch TV--5 hours a day on average. But all that time in front of the tube may up your risk of death, according to a review in the Journal of the American Medical Association . [Anders Gr

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The Potential Downsides Of Google’s New Faster-Than-Instant Results

When Google revealed its " instant " search preview powers last year, CEO Eric Schmidt was unequivocal about Google's aim--to try to get its search systems so honed that they'd get faster and faster, and ultimately may even know what you're searching for before you know you need it. Today it revealed Google Instant Pages, and while it's not quite to the point of tapping your brainwaves to predict your needs, it is pretty smart. Essentially, it's a booster to Google Instant that starts pre-loading the pages from search results before you even click on the link for the site you want

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Obama, Campaigning on Clean Energy, Champions LED Bulbs

President Obama emphasized advances in efficient lighting yesterday in a campaign narrative that connects his clean energy goals with American job growth. He visited election-important North Carolina to underscore the improvements to light-emitting diode (LED) technology since his last presidential campaign in 2008 -- when he appeared at Cree Inc. for the first time, a few months before capturing the state's Electoral College votes

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Linking Erosional and Depositional Landscapes

The surface of Earth is being reshaped constantly. Mountainous uplands are broken down by water and wind producing sediment that is moved by rivers to lowlands. Some of this sediment is deposited along the way, some is delivered to the coast and continental shelf, and some makes its way to the ultimate sink, the deep sea

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Trip to Haiti puts golf in perspective for McIlroy

The kids didn't know who Rory McIlroy was in Haiti — a welcome reminder to one of golf's potential superstars that there certainly are more important things than hitting that little white ball around the course.

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GolfChannel: Els’ road anything but easy

GolfChannel: It is virtually impossible to comprehend the road Ernie Els has traveled since the last time the U.S. Open came to Congressional, when he won his second major in 1997.

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