Suicide bomber kills 54 at Shiite pilgrims station in Iraq
A female suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a Shiite pilgrim way station in Baghdad on Monday, killing 54 and prompting security officials to warn of rising violence before elections next month. The attack follows a week of major insurgent strikes and signals new tactics to evade bomb detection.
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Obama budget calls for record 3.8 trillion plan
President Obama urged Congress to approve a large 3.8 trillion budget featuring deep cuts and tax hikes to fund recession relief and job creation. The plan projects a 1.3 trillion deficit next year, with unemployment near 9.8 percent and a decade of deficit reduction totaling over 1 trillion.
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Obama shifts NASA toward new rocket tech and private space firms
President Obama reroutes the space program from returning astronauts to the moon to advancing in orbit fueling and other rocket technologies. NASA gains $6 billion over five years to back private spaceship ventures led by Blue Origin and SpaceX rival Musk. $2.5 billion funds climate research while a $4 billion yearly human exploration budget shifts.
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Obama budget would raise taxes on wealthy and businesses
The proposal calls for extending the Making Work Pay credit through 2011 while not renewing Bush era cuts for high earners. It would raise about 1.4 trillion in taxes on well off individuals and firms over a decade, offset by middle class tax relief and a $5,000 hiring credit for new workers in 2010.
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Fragile X disorder eyed as autism link in new drug trial
Washington report notes Fragile X syndrome as the most common inherited intellectual impairment and a major autism contributor. Drugmakers test mGluR5 antagonists to calm overactive brain receptors, aiming to strengthen synapses and improve learning and behavior. Researchers from MIND Institute at UC Davis and Emory University comment on the potential shift in treating intellectual disabilities.
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Abstinence program shows some success among teens
A Chicago study tests an abstinence only approach with sixth and seventh graders. Four groups including abstinence only and control were followed for two years. About one third of abstinence only students reported sex since the program, compared with about 49 percent in the control group.
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