Polar Vortex May Mean Harsher Allergy Season

(Newser) – It’s almost April, but doctors are predicting this winter’s polar vortex is going to be giving us trouble for a while longer—this time in the form of allergies. Most years, trees gradually pollinate throughout March and April, but Time says everything could begin pol…
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Polar Vortex May Mean Harsher Allergy Season

Official urges harsher anti-graft fight

BEIJING — Wang Qishan, head of the Communist Party of China’s disciplinary organ, on Tuesday called for stepped-up efforts to crack down corruption.
Political advisors must fully play their role in democratic supervision, so as to contribute to the country’s anti-corruption…
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Official urges harsher anti-graft fight

Jet stream shift could prompt permanent harsher winters: scientists

By Agence France-PresseSunday, February 16, 2014 8:48 EST

A warmer Arctic could permanently affect the pattern of the high-altitude polar jet stream, resulting in longer and colder winters over North America and northern Europe, US scientists say. The jet stream, a ribbon of high altitude,…
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Jet stream shift could prompt permanent harsher winters: scientists

Poll: GOP Faces Harsher Shutdown Backlash

Americans aren’t happy with the way their government is handling the latest budget standoff in Washington, but they’re especially displeased with how Republicans in Congress have approached the impasse.
A Washington Post/ABC News poll released on Monday showed that just 26 percent…
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Poll: GOP Faces Harsher Shutdown Backlash