FDA panel decides there needs to be more studies on artificial food dyes.

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Hare, Phil Harman, Jane Harper, Gregg Hastings, Alcee L. Hastings, Doc

The Food and Drug Administration is meeting Wednesday and Thursday to examine whether artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in children. Recent studies have drawn this link, causing some experts to call on the FDA to ban the dyes ? or at least require a warning label.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/30/134962888/fda-probes-link-between-food-dyes-kids-behavior?ft=1&f=1007

Hoekstra, Peter Holden, Tim Holt, Rush D. Honda, Michael M. Hoyer, Steny H.

People in Afghanistan, especially the young, have closely followed developments across Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Many of them say they draw inspiration from Egyptians and Tunisians, and admire their courage in managing to organize and topple their respective governments.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/31/134982528/arab-revolutions-inspire-afghan-youth?ft=1&f=1004

Costello, Jerry F. Courtney, Joe Crenshaw, Ander Critz, Mark S. Crowley, Joseph

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/31/arizona_senate_race_waits_to_see_if_giffords_will_run_253023.html

Hodes, Paul W. Hoekstra, Peter Holden, Tim Holt, Rush D. Honda, Michael M.

The U.S. administration has imposed limits on its own actions in Libya, ruling out the use of ground troops or explicitly targeting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Some say that leaves a disconnect between the president's rhetoric and military moves.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/30/134979662/are-u-s-rhetoric-action-in-libya-in-line?ft=1&f=1014

Hinojosa, Rubén Hirono, Mazie K. Hodes, Paul W. Hoekstra, Peter Holden, Tim

Mounting problems, including incorrect radiation figures and a shortage of storage tanks, stymied emergency workers Sunday as they tried to nudge Japan's stricken nuclear complex back from the edge of disaster.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/27/134896508/radiation-rises-sharply-inside-japan-nuclear-plant?ft=1&f=1007

Boozman, John Bordallo, Madeleine Z. Boren, Dan Boswell, Leonard L. Boucher, Rick

In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the North Pacific, dumping 28,800 toys into the ocean. What happened to those toys led writer Donovan Hohn on a worldwide journey filled with beachcombers, oceanographers, ship captains and environmentalists.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134923863/moby-duck-when-28-800-bath-toys-are-lost-at-sea?ft=1&f=1057

Capps, Lois Capuano, Michael E. Cardoza, Dennis A. Carnahan, Russ Carney, Christopher P.

An engaging mock election showed the benefits or otherwise of the AV system of voting How do you make the AV referendum engaging? Radio will be trying all sorts in the coming weeks (this weekend's Archive on 4 offers a history of referendum campaigns and votes) but **Victoria Derbyshire** (5 Live) yesterday tried a simple format: a mock election to show how AV works alongside a first-past- the-post vote. The result was a lively programme that changed my mind on the issue three times in two hours, explained some tenets of AV clearly, and rendered the mechanics of AV voting over five rounds about as gripping as they're going to get for now. In a "mass live radio experiment" with an audience in Brentford and Isleworth, the existing voting system gave the following percentages: Labour (39); Lib Dems (15.6); UKIP (3.2); Greens (16.9); Conservatives (22.7); BNP (2.6). Five rounds of AV later, Labour had 49% and the Greens 41.7, and Labour was duly mock-elected. While experts and campaigners spoke about the bigger principles involved, some members of the audience reeled from the way the result went with AV. "I probably ended up voting for the Green party," said ...

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Cummings, Elijah E. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. Davis, Artur Davis, Danny K. Davis, Geoff

John's in talks with Tina Brown about moving this dump to the Daily Beast. Thoughts?

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DeGette, Diana Delahunt, Bill DeLauro, Rosa L. Dent, Charles W. Deutch, Theodore E.

The Food and Drug Administration is meeting Wednesday and Thursday to examine whether artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in children. Recent studies have drawn this link, causing some experts to call on the FDA to ban the dyes ? or at least require a warning label.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/30/134962888/fda-probes-link-between-food-dyes-kids-behavior?ft=1&f=1007

Clay, Wm. Lacy Cleaver, Emanuel Clyburn, James E. Coble, Howard Coffman, Mike