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The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers
4:55 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule'

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Plastic surgeon Amy Pare says it's important for doctors to know what kind of substances patients she's treating might have been exposed to.
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Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 6:30 pm

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A new law in Pennsylvania has doctors nervous.

The law grants physicians access to information about trade-secret chemicals used in natural gas drilling. Doctors say they need to know what's in those formulas in order to treat patients who may have been exposed to the chemicals.

But the new law also says that doctors can't tell anyone else — not even other doctors — what's in those formulas. It's being called the "doctor gag rule."

'I Don't Know If It's Due To Exposure'

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Movie Reviews
4:52 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Down In 'Virginia,' Where The Crazy Runs Deep

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Single mother Virginina (Jennifer Connelly) reads with her son, Emmett (Harrison Gilbertson), who remains devoted to her even when her ill-advised affair with the married sheriff of their small Virginia town puts pressure on her family.
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The years-long affair between Sheriff Dick Tipton (Ed Harris) and Virginia sours when Tipton decides to run for state Senate, prompting Virginia to fake a pregnancy.
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Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 5:43 pm

Dustin Lance Black, the writer-director of the swampy Southern melodrama Virginia, won an Oscar for his script for Milk, but his new film has more in common with the three seasons he served as a writer, story editor and producer for the HBO series Big Love.

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The Two-Way
4:25 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

New Evidence In Trayvon Martin Case: Martin Had Drugs In System

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A photocopy of a picture of George Zimmerman taken the night of the shooting.
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Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 9:06 pm

A huge trove of documents has been released by prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin case. Among the biggest revelations so far is that the autopsy reveals Martin had THC in his system. But police said the shooting was "ultimately avoidable."

ABC News, which is digging through the documents, reports:

"The autopsy report shows traces of the drug THC, which is found in marijuana, in Martin's blood and urine.

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It's All Politics
4:12 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Billionaire Donor Joe Ricketts: From Behind The Scenes To Center Stage

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Joe Ricketts, whose American Film Company produced The Conspirator, arrives at the film's premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.
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Originally published on Fri May 18, 2012 8:04 am

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Research News
4:10 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Ancient Deep-Sea Bacteria Are In No Hurry To Eat

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Researcher Hans Roy opens a core sample taken from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. A core sample like this one contained bacteria that settled on the seafloor 86 million years ago.
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Researchers bring aboard a sea floor core sample. Researchers found 86-million-year-old bacteria living in the clay.
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Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 6:16 pm

Back when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, some hardy bacteria took up residence at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Eighty six million years later, they're still there. And a new study says they're living out the most Spartan lifestyle known on this planet.

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