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Why I Murdered 13 American Soldiers at Fort Hood: Nidal Hassan Explains It All

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Al Gore And Phelim McAleer Spar Over Global Warming: Climate Change Denier Challenges Gore (VIDEO)

On Friday at The Society Of Environmental Journalists conference, Al Gore got caught... more

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Apple quits over global warming denial

There has recently been a “business backlash” against the Chamber of Commerce over... more

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Christian hate Pastor Steven Anderson prays for Obama's death

Christian hate Pastor Steven Anderson is praying for President Barack Obama's death.... more

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Israeli Rights on Jerusalem: Arab Denial of the Jewish Historical Connection

President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Dr. Dore Gold discusses the... more

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Sarah Haskins in Target Women: Lady friends

The best part about being a girl is your girlfriends. They keep you happy when you're... more

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Winter weight denial costs women £650m in clothes that don't fit

Piling on the winter weight is costing women a lot of money - and we're spending it on... more

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Iran's President Denies Holocaust at UN-- western nations walk out during speech

GENEVA – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the... more

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When All You Have Left Is Your Pride

"The fine art of keeping up appearances may seem shallow and deceitful, the very... more

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Mugabe denies existence of any cholera in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said there is no cholera in his country - as the... more

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Wealthy Americans cheat most on taxes

A new study based on unpublished Internal Revenue Service data shows the rich are... more

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Smoke and CO2 - How to Spin Global Warming

ANP: On the Organized Effort to Cast Doubt on Climate Change. Recently, it was... more

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Global warming heats up RNC

ANP: The Republican Party Platform cautions people to be skeptical of the theory of... more

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Denial and Delusion

This evening, NBC interrupted its Olympics coverage of women’s gymnastics for an... more

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Denial is Not Just a River in Africa

The 10 most unappealing attributes of human behavior.

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Music row ended in violence

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Quiet, Please! How Noise Pollution Could Send You to the Hospital

Neurosis, hysteria, stress, nausea, and high blood pressure -- just a few of the health problems linked to noise.

A leaf blower, snow blower, lawn mower and two huge dogs -- Peter D'Epiro can describe in excruciating detail how his neighbor's lawn equipment and pets ruined summer afternoons and dinner parties for him and his wife for more than a decade in Ridgewood, New Jersey. But he'd rather not. "I can barely think about that situation without rushing for the Valium or the IV gin drip," he says.

With rising emotion, D'Epiro recalls how the neighbor began "warming up his rider mower, converting our idyllic backyard -- birds, squirrels, crabgrass -- into the sonic equivalent of La Guardia or Heathrow. Yes, he had a large yard, but the job could have been accomplished in 30 minutes, whereas he took, oh, say, six or seven hours on Saturday, often followed by another half-dozen on Sunday." D'Epiro goes on to describe how he and his wife, usually mild-mannered, exceedingly polite people, were reduced to screaming, fist-shaking and cursing in the face of these acoustic offenses.

Noise brings out the worst in human beings -- noisy people have been injured and even killed by their neighbors -- but neighbors are just one source of noise in a world that's increasingly cacophonous. Neighborhoods can turn into battlegrounds when clubs, restaurants, automobile sound systems and parties are acoustically unrestrained. The roadway clamor made by cars and trucks, the oppressive roar of low-flying aircraft, the rumble of commuter trains and the screeching of subway cars compound the challenges of daily life in the city or suburbs. Construction work generates lots of noise, and lots of noise complaints to civil authorities. Indoor sources include ventilation systems, office machines, home appliances, TVs and computer games.

Noise isn't just a nuisance; it's positively bad for us.

To read the whole story By Ursula Sautter and Mary Desmond Pinkowish;

http://www.alternet.org/story/91463/Neurosis, hysteria, stress, nausea, and high blood pressure -- just a few of the... more