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Genetically white woman now claims self-identify as black: If you can choose your gender, can you also choose your race? What about your species? Can a human claim to be a llama?

(NaturalNews) This article is not satire. It offers a series of philosophical discussion points that I’m sure many people share these days, and it’s all spurred by the case of Rachel Dolezal, head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. Dolezal says she is black and identifies herself…

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Senator Angus King says to be treated for prostate cancer

U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine said on Monday that he intends to undergo surgery on Friday for treatment of prostate cancer, but he hopes to return to work soon after the Senate’s July recess. King, one of only two Independent senators, said his doctors detected the cancer during an annual check-up in April. “And no, this does not my affect my intention to run for re-election, except my poor

Senator Angus King says to be treated for prostate cancer

U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine said on Monday that he intends to undergo surgery on Friday for treatment of prostate cancer, but he hopes to return to work soon after the Senate’s July recess. King, one of only two Independent senators, said his doctors detected the cancer during an annual check-up in April. “And no, this does not my affect my intention to run for re-election, except my poor

Vitamin D deficiency not the cause of heart disease: study

The belief that Vitamin D deficiency caused by lack of sunshine provokes heart disease and winter deaths has been challenged by researchers in Scotland. Vitamin D levels, says the research team hailing from the University of Dundee, are not a key factor in cardiovascular disease and winter deaths. In 1981 the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee was founded to uncover what causes the excess of heart disease

Israel, Palestinians may have committed war crimes in Gaza: U.N. report

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. investigators said on Monday that Israel and Palestinian militant groups committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law during the 2014 Gaza conflict that may amount to war crimes. “The most that we can hope for out of this long and arduous process of inquiry is that we will push the ball of justice a little further down the field,” Mary McGowan Davis, chairwoman

Specialized fitness studios draw restless exercisers with passes, discounts

By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) – Small, specialized fitness studios are changing the way people work out, fitness experts say, as young, peripatetic exercisers prize variation over routine. Whether it is anti-gravity yoga or underwater cycling, trampoline training or Pilates, exercisers are spoiled for choice for ways to keep fit, and companies are meeting the demand with innovative schemes. “With boutique fitness, there’s a surge of new studios and

General Mills says to rid its cereals of artificial flavors, colors

(Reuters) – General Mills Inc, maker of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Original Cheerios cereals, said it would stop using artificial flavors and colors in almost all of its cereals, joining the U.S. food industry’s move towards products perceived as healthier. The packaged foods maker said on Monday it plans to have 90 percent of its cereals free of artificial flavors and colors by 2016, up from about 60 percent currently.