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• Stimulus dollars funded erectile dysfunction study in California

  This may not have been the type of "stimulus" feds intended. Two grants totaling nearly $1.5 million were distributed to the University of California San Francisco, NBCBayArea.com has discovered. The money was part of the federal stimulus program and went to studies into the ere …

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• Retail sales slow, raising worries about consumer spending

  Sales at U.S. retailers barely rose in April as the boost from an unseasonably warm winter faded, pointing to some loss of momentum in consumer spending early in the second quarter. Retail sales edged up 0.1 percent, held back by a decline in receipts from building materials and …

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• EU forces attack Somali pirates on land for first time

  Europe's naval force patrolling off the coast East Africa said on Tuesday it had attacked Somali pirate installations on land, the first time it had conducted such an action since extending its remit from strictly to sea-based operations.  Initial reports indicated tha …

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• Postal Service ban on overseas delivery of iPads, smart phones hits troops

  Starting Wednesday, it will cost more to send iPads, Kindles, smartphones and other popular electronic devices to American troops overseas. New United States Postal Service (USPS) rules restrict the international mailing of devices using lithium batteries, which power most  …

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• 88,000-mile journey? Plastic card makes landfall in Alaska after 33-year sea voyage

  A plastic card dropped into the ocean 33 years ago has been found on the coast of Alaska, after a potential 88,000-mile journey. The drift card was one of thousands put into the Bering Sea by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff in the late 1970s and early 1980s …

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