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Happy Wednesday, folks.

Reps. Darrel Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) have reintroduced a bill that would reject the NIH requirement that any published research that was funded by taxpayers be made available in the free, public NIH digital archive after publication. The bill would also make it illegal for other federal agencies to adopt similar open-access policies. They claim, ISYN, that the law is necessary to protect the sustainability of the research publishing industry.

The lifespan of the average nuclear scientist in Iran seems pretty short these days. "Magnetic" bombs? Didn't I see that in a movie?

The CDC says binge drinking is a bigger problem than previously thought. They used data from the past 30 days . . .

. . . which leads me to my last headlines this morning: all eyes on South Carolina, even last night. New Hampshire gets no respect. And finally, in an article about how conservatives are enabling a Romney win by splitting their votes among the not-Romneys, FreedomWorks' Matt Kibbe says his group is considering pushing another as-yet-undeclared candidate into the GOP primary fight. Let's just get sloppy drunk instead, 'kay?

posted by Gabriel Malor at 06:48 AM

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