Controversy mishandled all around
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ATHENS -- For a while, if the Olympic repo men were to come looking for his gold medal, it seemed as if Paul Hamm would have to do the old twin spin that used to work so well back home in Wisconsin. &quot;Sorry, I'm his brother Morgan,&quot; Paul would say. &quot;Paul's down at the Parthenon. Or maybe the Plaka. No, ...
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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Research on embryonic stem cells continues to ignite national debate over the beginning of human life. And with the Legislature likely to take up the issue in its next session, many worry that inaccurate information is being perpetuated by stem cell proponents and their counterparts.
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A media sting operation gone awry revives a debate on media regulation
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WASHINGTON There&#39;s already controversy erupting around a summit on arthritis drug safety, months before the meeting is set to start.
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In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.
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Media & professional: Last week the BBC Trustees queried its impartiality. Not everyone agreed, writes James Robinson.
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Controversial statements by Harvard's president have added fuel to a debate that scientists say has no definitive answers.
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Science & environment: Experts welcome drop in unfounded claims, but gaffes still cause concern
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I'm a contrarian. It's natural. It's what happens when you're born black and male in New Orleans. You grow up questioning authority and challenging conventional wisdom. It's both a mode of survival and a disease. I have it bad. I'm addicted to argument.
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A few things you may not have caught in last week's news.
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The blogosphere erupted with arguments questioning global warming after an error was found in the annual estimate of the average temperature in the United States.
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The controversy over a 'journalist' adds to the buzz about message control in the capital.
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People find weird ways of raising controversies. And most of the time it is aimed to get cheap and free publicity from the media. Same concept has been used by the Scotland-based Traffic Games, which developed a game on John F Kennedy named JFK Reloaded.
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Debunking the falsehoods springing from this November's contest
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Before last night&#39;s game with Tampa Bay at Fenway Park, every Boston player in sight was bombarded by questions about the drama that will be played out this weekend at Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox&#39; hated rivals.
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The US House ethics committee&#39;s rebuke of Majority Leader Tom DeLay this week focused on an issue never raised publicly before: the appearance of impropriety created by an exclusive