Ex-D C journalist admits he is an illegal immigrant
Pulitzer winning reporter Jose Antonio Vargas disclosed his illegal immigrant status after nearly 20 years. He urged Congress to pass the DREAM Act, detailing mentors, a childhood move from the Philippines, a fake green card, and his path to the Washington Post, where scrutiny followed his secret.
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Washington
Virginia Tech
Washington Post
Jose Antonio Vargas
Philippines
California
Congress
Vargas
New York Times
Associated Press
ABC News
U.S
Department of Motor Vehicles
ABC
The
Post
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Peter Perl
Perl
Leonard Downie Jr
Don Graham
Kris Coratti
Jose
Peter
Emperor penguin stranded on New Zealand beach defies odds
A young Emperor penguin, about 10 months old, swam 2,000 miles from Antarctica to Peka Peka Beach on New Zealand's North Island. Wildlife officials refuse transport home for medical and logistical reasons, noting the bird may fend for itself as researchers monitor its health and behavior.
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Peka Peka
New Zealand
Antarctica
North Island
Antarctic
Peter Simpson
Department of Conservation
Simpson
Christine Wilton
Colin Miskelly
Te Papa
Museum of
Kapiti
City life linked to brain stress response and mental illness risk
A German study in Nature reports urban upbringing alters brain reaction to social stress, potentially aiding the higher schizophrenia and mood disorder risk seen in city dwellers. Researchers caution findings are preliminary and do not prove causation.
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New York
New York City
Germany
Nature
Probationers Try Field Work on Georgia Cucumber Farm
In south Georgia a state program uses unemployed probationers to harvest cucumbers as farmers complain of worker shortages. Benito Mendez leads a Mexican and Guatemalan crew facing heat and early quits while probationers struggle to fill even a single truck compared with Latinos who harvest six truckloads. The farm owner Dick Minor and Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association note mixed early results as enforcement and weather shape the effort.
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Lesure
South Georgia
Benito Mendez
Mendez
Georgia
Tavares Jones
Nathan Deal
Dick Minor
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
Minor
Jermond Powell
Potato chips blamed for weight gain in major study
Harvard researchers analyzed 120,877 health professionals over two decades, finding potato chips the biggest dietary offender. Each daily 1 ounce serving raised weight by about 1.69 pounds over four years, while eating fruits and vegetables helped limit gain. Exercise mattered less than diet, and overall two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese.
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F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York
Harvard University
New England Journal of Medicine
Frank Hu
National Institutes of Health and
Foundation
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