Close to 35,000 people were present to raise money and awareness for breast cancer at the 16th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for Cure on Sunday.The event took place at Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh and involved a 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) run or walk and also a one-mile fast walk.The race was preceded by a parade and tribute to the 3,000 breast cancer survivors present and also for the ones beaten down by the disease."Our message to everyone who is fighting this disease is simple:...
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According to Climate Counts, a nonprofit group, Apple trails far behind when it comes to climate friendliness.The environmental group, funded by organic yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm, used publically available information in order to create its Climate Counts Company Scorecard, which ranked on a scale from one to one hundred the eco-friendly strategies of a large list of companies from numerous departments. The main concerns regard the efforts to tackle global warming and to stop climate...
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A medical helicopter belonging to the University of Wisconsin Hospital crashed today, killing the three people on board. According to hospital officials, the Med Flight helicopter left Madison on Saturday night with the mission to drop off a patient at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. It then departed at around 10:30 p.m. and from that point on there was no further communication received from the crew. The helicopter was found close to 8:30 a.m. at about four miles away from...
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Although
the population near the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile has been evacuated,
the pets were left behind. The Coalition for Ethical Control of Urban Fauna
didn’t accept the situation and requested that the pets be rescued as well.
Now,
help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind. According to The
Associated Press, about 450 dogs and 350 cats were left behind when the town's
residents were evacuated after the initial eruption on May 2.
“They
asked...
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Jennifer Aniston and singer John Mayer have been spotted together again. They were seen at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami Saturday, eating, chatting and kissing at poolside, People reports. The couple also attended the Miami wrap party Saturday night at Nikki Coconut Grove, and the two kissed each other the whole evening. Rumors that Jennifer Aniston and singer John Mayer are dating started spreading late last month after the two were seen having a private lunch together in a Miami...
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