ALT 04/17/2014

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Two More Victims Of The Retail Apocalypse: Family Dollar And Coldwater Creek Did you know that Family Dollar is closing 370 stores? When I learned of this, I was quite stunned. I knew that retailers that serve the middle class were really struggling right now, but I had no idea that things had gotten so bad for low end stores ... • read more - click here Monsanto and Big Food Losing the GMO and 'Natural' Food Fight By Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association - After 20 years of battling Monsanto and corporate agribusiness, food and farm activists in Vermont, backed by a growing Movement across the country, are on the verge of a monumental victory ... • read more - click here Fish exposed to antidepressants exhibit altered behavior Fish exposed to the antidepressant Fluoxetine, an active ingredient in prescription drugs such as Prozac, exhibited a range of altered ... • read more - click here Medicated to Death: SSRIs and Mass Killings Boiling Frog's Post - SSRI stands for Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor, and it is a class of drugs that is often used to treat depression and anxiety. It includes Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Paxil and a host of other commonly prescribed antidepressants ... • read more - click here Nigel Farage -There's No Consent for a 'United States of Europe' Youtube - UKIP Nigel Farage addreses the European parliament • read more - click here Kill Switch Included on All Cell Phones Made in US by 2015 Melissa Melton - According to a program launched yesterday by CTIA - The Wireless Association, an international nonprofit that has represented the wireless communication industry since 1984 ... • read more - click here 10 Natural Ways to Relieve Spring Allergies by Tess Pennington - Now that winter is behind us, the long-awaited season of spring brings with it rebirth, renewal and allergies. When flowers, grasses and trees begin to set forth their blooms, our allergies show up. Congestion, sneezing ... • read more - click here