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Massive Rise in Prison Population May Have Serious Consequences (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — More people are now imprisoned in the United States than ever before — a trend that may have damaging consequences both for prisoners and for the nation as a whole, experts said Saturday (Feb. 18) here at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:55 pm Pope marks Ash Wednesday (AP)AP - Pope Benedict XVI rode on a motorized cart in an Ash Wednesday procession, forsaking the traditional short walk between two Rome churches as the 84-year-old pontiff tries to conserve his energy. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:45 pm Lawmakers to Obama: tamp down fuel prices with oil stocks (Reuters)Reuters - Three Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged the White House to signal it is ready to tap the nation's oil stockpiles to combat surging fuel prices, arguing an "aggressive" strategy could tamp down speculation. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:43 pm Groups challenge Shell Oil's Arctic air permit (AP)AP - Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air permit that was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:12 pm Scientist admits taking, leaking think-tank papers (AP)AP - Ethicists are criticizing a prominent scientist for misrepresenting himself to obtain and then leak sensitive documents from a conservative think tank that campaigns against mainstream global warming science. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:06 pm Pioneering molecular biologist Roy J. Britten dies (AP)AP - Roy J. Britten, a pioneering molecular biologist who discovered the crucial fact that humans and animals have multiple copies of some DNA segments, has died. He was 92. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 2:25 pm San Jose Hoarder's Trash Pile Visible from Space (ContributorNetwork)ContributorNetwork - It doesn't matter how many stories about hoarders we read -- they're all disturbing (and sad), particularly another incident the Huffington Post reported on Tuesday. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 2:19 pm Venus, Jupiter & Moon Make Skywatching Triple Play This Week (SPACE.com)SPACE.com - Anyone out under the stars in the early evening lately likely cannot help but notice two brilliant objects dominating the western sky: the planets Venus and Jupiter. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 1:01 pm 2 US rescue helicopters in Montenegro (AP)AP - Two U.S. helicopters arrived in Montenegro Wednesday to join rescue operations in the areas of the tiny Balkan state hit by the heaviest snowfall in 60 years. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 9:48 am The nations weather (AP)AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 5:12 am |