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McConnell: ?There is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration?

Obama addresses the IRS scandal at a news conference. (Getty)

Republican Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman continued Sunday to press the Obama administration on the Internal Revenue Service scandal that's engulfed the White House.

On CNN's "State of the Union," Paul told Candy Crowley he heard about a "written policy" that encouraged IRS officials to target "those who are critical of the president."

"And when that comes forward, we need to know who wrote the policy and who approved the policy," Paul said.

The Kentucky senator seemed to backtrack when pressed about the existence of yet another controversial document.

"Well, we keep hearing the reports and we have several specifically worded items saying who was being targeted," Paul said. "I don't know if that comes from a policy, but that's what's being reported in the press and reported orally. I haven't seen a policy statement, but I think we need to see that."

Memo or no memo, McConnell said it's clear that political bullying is being cultivated by the Obama White House.

"There is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration," McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "The nanny state is here to tell us all what to do and if you start criticizing, you get targeted."

[Related: The IRS targeted tea party groups. Did liberal groups get better treatment?]

Earlier this month, an inspector general report disclosed that the IRS improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. On Sunday's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos,? Portman called for a bipartisan investigation into inspector general's report.

"What we do know is that politics was put ahead of the public interest," Portman said. "And it was done in two of the most sensitive areas of our government."

"So, it seems to me that there's a lot of issues here we need to get bottom of," the Ohio Republican added. "We need to find out what really happened and ensure that we can begin to regain some trust in our government. That's my concern."

Meanwhile, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer accused the GOP of conducting "fishing expeditions" ahead of next year's midterm elections.

"I think we've seen this playbook from Republicans before," Pfeiffer said on "Meet The Press" Sunday. "What they want to do when they are lacking a positive agenda is try to drag Washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions, trumped-up hearings and false allegations. We're not going to let that happen."

Obama appears to be weathering the storm, the Associated Press noted. A poll released on Sunday by CNN/ORC International showed President Obama has a 53 percent approval rating, with just 45 percent saying they disapprove.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/irs-scandal-mcconnell-paul-obama-191839606.html

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Saudi woman scales Everest for first time

Saudi woman scales Everest with group of 64 climbers Saturday. Raha Moharrak, a 25-year old graphic designer, is the first Saudi woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.

By Staff,?Associated Press / May 18, 2013

A 1963 photo shows the summit of Mt. Everest. A Saudi woman was among 64 climbers who reached the summit Saturday.

(AP Photo/Henry S. Hall, Jr. American Alpine Club Library, Barry Corbet Personal Papers and Films)

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?Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain.

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Tilak Padney of Nepal's Mountaineering Department says 35 foreigners accompanied by 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on Saturday morning after climbing all night from the highest camp on South Col.

All were reported to be safe.

Among them was Raha Moharrak, who became the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale the world's highest peak.

Raha Moharrak, a 25-year old graphic designer, is the only woman in a group of four Arabs who announced two months ago that they would be reaching the summit in 2013.

"The first ever Saudi woman to attempt Everest has reached the top!! Bravo Raha Moharrak. We salute you," said a tweet from the group, according to Al Jazeera.

The "Arabs with Altitude" group includes?Mohammed Al Thani, a?member of Qatar's royal family, Raed Zidan, a Palestinian real-estate businessman and?Masoud Mohammad, an Iranian living in Dubai who owns an ice-cream franchise.

Ahead of her trip,?Moharrak said:??I really don?t care about being the first ... so long as it inspires someone else to be the second."

Everest can be climbed from either Nepal or Tibet, and about 3,000 people have made it to the summit.

May is the most popular month for Everest climbs because of more favorable weather.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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Kanye's 'Black Skinhead' Debuts On 'SNL,' One Day After Massive Video Project Hits Streets (VIDEO)

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Kanye West hit the stage during the May 18 episode of "Saturday Night Live" to perform some new music.

The 35-year-old West performed a new track called "Black Skinhead," rapping the song in the middle of the show. Wearing a studded black leather jacket and jumping around in front of a screen that featured the words NOT FOR SALE intercut with barking dogs, the rapper worked his way through an energetic track that includes lyrics that are filtered through a loud-speaker effect. Censores seemed to miss West's use of the n-word, which made it to broadcast during the East Coast feed.

West also performed "New Slaves," a song that he debuted by projecting it on the sides of buildings across the world.

His stint on "SNL" was one that the musician seemed less than enthused about. In the promos for the episode, hosted by actor Ben Affleck, West appeared apathetic and serious.

He also addressed the gig at a recent performance. "Someone asked me, 'When you do 'SNL,' are you going to do a skit about the paparazzi and humanize yourself?'" West said during a show, referencing his recent run-in with the paparazzi. "What the f--k do I have to apologize for? When did I become inhuman? Or was it them demonizing me and harassing me that made me less than human?"

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Ways To Fight Off That Aching Pain In Your Back ? Hot Article Depot

Having consistent back pain can have an effect on many aspects of your life. It may put an end to exercising or from enjoying many daily activities. If you experience back pain, read through this article to discover some ways to improve your situation.

Avoid back pain by making sure your mattress is not too soft. It is generally agreed that very soft mattresses are not good for backs. But mattresses that are excessively firm will cause painful pressure points, so you must find your happy medium between the two. It is highly likely that you will need to visit a variety of stores, testing out various brands, and sizes, of mattresses to find the right one for you.

Water therapy might be efficient in healing your back pains. When you are in the water, the pressure and strain your spine and back muscles are subjected to is considerably lessened. In addition, water can help restore some of the range of motion your back problems have caused you to lose. There are a lot of community recreation centers that offer water therapy for a reasonable price.

If you?ve tried all known back pain relief methods to no avail, it may be time to schedule an appointment with a chiropractor. The chiropractor will take x-rays, and you can then discuss how to go about treating it. With these gentle adjustments, you can ease your pain.

For those suffering with back pain, receiving a massage is a good way to relieve it. Touch therapy can really help people with back pain. A good massage will loosen up your back muscles that are tight, giving you a nice feeling of relaxation and a relief from pain. You should aim to get a massage a minimum of once per week to help you manage your back pain.

Is back pain a part of your daily life? If so, do not twist your back too much as you go about your day. Regardless of what you are doing, twisting your body can seriously damage your back and leave you in pain. If you are active in various sporting activities, make sure to notice how your spine?s movements react. If you experience tightness or pain, slow down whatever activity in which you are engaged.

Give up smoking! Someone who smokes has 30% more chances of getting back pains. Smoking constricts blood vessels and reduces blood circulation. This stops necessary nutrients from accessing the lower portion of the spine and the discs, which makes them become brittle and apt to be injured.

Relaxing is probably considered one of the better remedies for back pain. Also, doing something as easy as the right breathing technique could really help someone suffering from pain. Using controlled breathing exercises can significantly reduce the pain and the stress that may be causing it. For instance, breathing deeply should take most of the pain away.

Being aware of various types of back pain is good, but all are painful when they strike your personally. Back pain can ruin a person?s day. If you use the tips from this article, you can keep living your life in less pain.

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News in Brief: Highlights from the Biology of Genomes meeting

An enormous tree's enormous genome, genes for strong-swimming sperm and more presented May 7-11 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

An enormous tree's enormous genome, genes for strong-swimming sperm and more presented May 7-11 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

By Tina Hesman Saey

Web edition: May 16, 2013

A record-setting genome for a towering giant
Deciphering the genome of the loblolly pine is a tall order, as is perhaps fitting for a tree that can grow to be 30 meters in height.

Researchers sequenced the conifer?s (Pinus taeda) approximately 24 billion bases of DNA, Steven Salzberg of Johns Hopkins University reported May 10. That surpasses the previous record holder, wheat, by more than 7 billion bases. The DNA is distributed over 12 chromosomes, each about two-thirds the size of the entire human genome.

A preliminary analysis suggests the trees may have up to 64,000 protein-coding genes, although Salzberg says the number is probably smaller. Humans have just over 22,000 protein-coding genes.

Next, the researchers will tackle the sugar pine genome. That one is even bigger, with more than 35 billion DNA bases.


Strong swimming sperm?s secret
A gene variant can make sperm strong and speedy, a study of wild mice suggests.

Researchers compared two species of wild mice -- one promiscuous, one monogamous -- to learn how genetic factors produce physical characteristics that may give one species an evolutionary edge.

By pitting sperm from the two species against each other in a race to the top of a test tube, Hopi Hoekstra, a Harvard University evolutionary geneticist, and her group found that the fastest sperm are ones that have tails with a longer midsection. Hoekstra reported May 9 that the team traced the genetic source of that structural difference to a variant in the PRKAR1A gene. In people, male infertility can accompany mutations in that gene.

The gene?s activity is higher in hybrid males carrying at least one copy of the promiscuous species? version than in males with two copies the monogamous version. And males with the promiscuous gene produce sperm with longer midsections and appear to have a mating advantage even when no other males are around. Of the males that sired pups when left alone with a female for a week, 45 percent carried two copies of the promiscuous species? version of the gene, while only 25 percent had two copies of the monogamous species? version.


In and out of Africa
Migration out of Africa wasn?t a one-way journey, a new study suggests. In about 1,000 BC, a large group of people made the reverse trek from the Middle East into eastern Africa, evolutionary geneticist Joseph Pickrell of Harvard Medical School reported May 11.

Those migrants mixed with east Africans, and their descendants carried their genetic heritage into southern Africa.

Pickrell and his colleagues discovered the back-to-Africa migration while investigating a genetic connection between Italians and some southern Africans. Shared genetic variants between southern Europeans and Africans could mean that factions of the original Middle Eastern population migrated both into Africa and into Europe.

Citations

P. de Jong et al. The sequencing, assembly, and characterization of a 24Gb conifer genome (P. taeda). Presentation at the Biology of Genomes meeting, May 10, 2013.

H. Hoekstra. The genetics of adaptation in wild mice. Presentation at the Biology of Genomes meeting, May 9, 2013.

J. Pickrell et al. Unraveling waves of population mixture in sub-Saharan Africa using patterns of linkage disequilibrium. Presentation at the Biology of Genomes meeting, May 11, 2013.

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350524/title/News_in_Brief_Highlights_from_the_Biology_of_Genomes_meeting

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