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Obama Administration Boosts Price Tag on Human Life
By not in system - AOL NewsHow much is your life worth? The government has an answer -- actually, several answers -- for that. As The New York Times reports, federal agencies trying to remake the government's vast regulatory system are "grappling with a subject that is more the province of poets and philosophers than bureaucrats: What is the value of a human life?" Bill Pugliano, Getty Images Federal agencies, such as the Transportation Department, put a value on human life to determine how much to spend to prevent a single death. The government needs to know so it can determine how much it should spend to ...
Gimme Shelter: Keith Richards Still Raging Over Scott Cantrell Suicide
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(Dec. 1) -- Keith Richards' autobiography, "Life," is an international best seller and, as David Fricke of Rolling Stone calls it, "one of the greatest rock memoirs ever." As a Stones junkie since the age of 11, I was eager to read the book, and in a lot of ways I think it's very good. But something jumped out at me -- sickeningly -- on pages 419 and 420. Jan Persson, Redferns / Getty Images Keith Richards tells his story in the best-selling autobiography "Life," written with James Fox. In the passage, the 66-year-old rock legend recounts the apparent suicide that took place at his ...
JFK Images Published for First Time [PHOTOS]
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(Nov. 8) -- Marking the 50th anniversary of the day that John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States, a trove of new photos taken during Kennedy's campaign against Richard Nixon has been released for the first time. Taken by staff photographers at Life magazine, the new images were captured as Kennedy crisscrossed the country in the spring and summer of 1960 in his attempt to become the youngest man ever elected president. They show Kennedy in a variety of situations, from standing atop the hood of a station wagon while addressing a small West Virginia crowd, to quiet, more ...
'Life' on Screen: 22 Hours of Nature at its Most Riveting
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe United Nations has declared 2010 the Year of Biodiversity, audience members at the Washington, D.C., screening of "Life," the Discovery Channel's new 11-part series, were reminded this week. It was a fitting introduction for the documentary, which looks at some of nature's most unusual creatures, while worldwide, it is estimated that three species go extinct every hour -- a rate that has many concerned about environmental impacts, as well as the possibility of a planet that is increasingly less diverse. ...
A Day In The Life Of a Colts (NFL) Fan
By Eric Conner - AOL News(What goes through my mind, and most NFL fans, on a Sunday. And no, that's not my picture)It's Sunday. 9:30 AM Pacific Time. The alarm goes off. There's no need to hit the snooze button, it's Sunday!If I was on the east coast, I would be grilling some burgers and brats. But instead, I slide on my #93 Freeney jersey, put some eggs on the stove and pour a glass of OJ. Welcome to the pacific coast...I turn on the DirecTV box. It's a lifesaver. What would I do without it? The CBS pre-game show is wrapping up. Dan Marino picks the Colts to win...again. Wait, I need my computer for live fantasy ...
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