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Bush assures; Congress proposes
As President Bush offered assurances that financial woes will be fixed, the US House proposed...
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US taking stake in banks
The United States will inject $250 billion into US banks as part of effort to stem the financial...
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Greenspan in the hot seat
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was in the hot seat Thursday as lawmakers pressed...
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Obama's promise
President elect Obama raised the hopes and expectations of many Americans, now comes the time to...
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U.S. automakers appeal for help
The White House on Tuesday said it was open to considering any proposals from Congress to...
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What Will Congress Do in Lame-duck Session?
When Congress meets this week for a lame-duck session, the
economic crisis looms large. Will...
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Bush Calls on Congress to Bailout Auto Industry
President Bush says he's disappointed that Congress didn't vote on a bailout for the auto industry....
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Automakers Return With A Plan
Heads of the Big 3 automakers will once again propose an auto
industry bailout plan to Congress....
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Bush urges help for automakers
U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday urged Congress to help those ailing automakers that can...
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Indicted Congressman Voted Out of Office
Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana has lost his re-election bid.
Jefferson was defeated by...
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Another Kennedy for Congress?
Reuters' Jon Decker and Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post discuss the possibility of...
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House approves $14-bln auto bailout
The U.S House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday to lend up to $14 billion to the...
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Congress to Hold Hearing on Madoff Scandal
The
losses in an alleged Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff are still being
calculated, but...
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Congress Sounds Off Against SEC in Madoff Affair
Republican and Democratic House members say the alleged $50
billion fraud involving Wall Street...
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Congress, Obama focus on economy
An economic stimulus plan of about $775 billion is the first of business for the House and Senate...
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Burris Barred As New Congress Starts Work
Roland Burris, the man picked to succeed President-elect Barack
Obama in the U.S. Senate was...
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Obama officially elected
The U.S. Congress officially declared Barack Obama as the next president of the United States in a...
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Obama, Geithner focus on economy
On his first day in office, President Barack Obama said that he is freezing the pay of his senior...
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Geithner Apologizes for Not Paying Taxes
At his confirmation hearing Wednesday, Treasury
Secretary-designate Tim Geithner apologized to...
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Obama seeks Republican support
President Barack Obama tried to placate Republicans in Congress who insist his $825 billion plan...
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Delay Coming to Digital TV Switch
The
transition from analog to digital television broadcasting will be
pushed back by four months,...
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Tainted peanut president grilled
The president of the U.S. peanut company blamed for a salmonella outbreak refused to answer...
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Bernanke testifies
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke heads to Capitol Hill to deliver semi-annual testimony on monetary...
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Jindal's response to Obama speech
Calling for fiscal responsibility, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal delivered the Republican...
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Obama on energy
In his televised address before members of the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama called on...
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Obama: Economic Agenda Begins With Jobs
During his first address to a joint session of Congress,
President Barack Obama said 'now is the...
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Obama: U.S. Schools 'Need More Reform'
In
a speech to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama says
American schools don't...
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Senate Approves DC Voting Bill
The
people of District of Columbia would get the vote in Congress the
Founding Fathers denied...
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Bernanke: End-of year recovery depends on financial system
Washington - The US economy continues to show signs of stabilizing and may be growing again by the...
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Clinton seeks "meaningful" steps against climate change
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for the...
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Voting underway in South Africa's fourth democratic poll
Soweto, South Africa - Voting was under way Wednesday in South Africa's fourth general election...
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Thousands attend funeral of former Argentine president Alfonsin
Buenos Aires - Several thousand people attended the funeral Thursday in Buenos Aires of...
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As Clinton visits Mexico, US Congress raises crime alarm
Washington/Mexico City - As US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived Wednesday in...
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Italian Alleanza Nazionale disbands, fuses with Berlusconi
Rome - Italy's second-biggest governing coalition party, the Alleanza Nazionale, formally disbanded...
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Obama angry over AIG's huge bonuses, vows to block them
Washington - US president Barack Obama Monday added his anger to mounting criticism of the...
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China ready to add to economic stimulus, Wen says
Beijing - Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday said China has made contingency...
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Queen Elizabeth II to bestow honorary knighthood on Kennedy
Washington - Queen Elizabeth II has decided to bestow honorary knighthood on longtime US Senator...
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US Pursuing Truce For Gaza Conflict
Washington - The United States is pushing for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that would require...
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On The Tracks Of Villa And Zapata In Mexico City
Mexico City - Whoever follows in the footsteps of Francisco "Pancho" Villa...
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Obama Election Only Bright Spot In Black Year For Africa
Nairobi/Johannesburg - You know it has been a bad year when the only news to cheer is the election...
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Misery In Democratic Republic Of Congo Set To Continue
Nairobi/Goma - Hopes for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a five-year war...
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2008 - The Year The Rainbow Nation Lost Its Lustre
Johannesburg - 2008 in South Africa was bookended by two watershed political events that reflected...
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Misery In Democratic Republic Of Congo
Nairobi/Goma - Hopes for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a five-year war...
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Czechs Seek To Balance US, European Ties
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's big test in 2009 will be juggling the nation's...
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Iran's Reformists Start Election Campaign Minus Khatami
Tehran - Iran's reformists held their annual congress Thursday, kicking off their campaign for next...
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Ailing US Carmakers Issue Recovery Plans As Sales Tumble
Washington - The struggling Big Three US carmakers on Tuesday submitted the recovery plans demanded...
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US In Year-Long Recession, Top Economic Arbiter Declares
Washington - The United States has been in a recession since December 2007, the country's official...
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Mumbai limps back to normal, anger mounts at politicians
New Delhi - A day after the terrorist siege of Mumbai ended, claiming 187 lives, political heads...
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Elders Tell MDC: Join Government Now, Push For Change Later
Johannesburg - The Elders on Monday urged Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change...
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Disgraced Alaska senator bids farewell
Washington - Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican ever in Congress' upper...
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French Socialists - And Segolene Royal - Fight For Survival
Paris - The French Socialist Party and its self-appointed diva, former presidential candidate...
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Leaders meet as economic woes pile up
Washington - The world's 20 leading economies are holding an historic summit in Washington Saturday...
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G20 leaders open critical financial summit
Washington - The world's 20 top economies launched on Saturday an historic summit aimed at...
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Segolene Royal set to announce candidacy for party leadership post
Paris - Segolene Royal, the defeated Socialist Party candidate in last year's French presidential...
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China says "serious differences" remain in Dalai Lama talks
Beijing - China on Monday said "serious differences" remained in its dialogue with the...
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Mexican President's Right-Hand Man Dies at 37 in Crash
Mexico City - Was it an accident or was it an attack? Mexican authorities were beginning to...
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Diplomatic Efforts to Resolve Crisis in Congo Under Way
Nairobi/Goma - Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where...
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UN Secretary General Calls for Ceasefire in Congo
Manila - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for an immediate end to fighting in...
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U.S.
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US health industry promises to tackle spiralling costs
Washington - Representatives of the US healthcare industry on Monday pledged to find savings of...
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Stress tests to show banks need cash; investors feared worse
Washington - Some of the United States' largest banks will be forced to raise...
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Obama announces tougher corporate tax rules
Washington - US President Barack Obama outlined a new proposal on Monday to rein in tax...
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Gates urges Congress to quickly approve war funds
Washington - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urged Congress on Thursday to quickly sign off on...
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US braces for worse from swine flu
Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
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Climate envoys slightly more optimistic after top emitters meeting
Washington - Top climate officials declared themselves slightly more hopeful of reaching a global...
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Sebelius confirmed as US health secretary amid swine-flu scare
Washington - Kathleen Sebelius was approved by the US Senate as health secretary Tuesday,...
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Obama asks Congress for 1.5 billion dollars for flu
Washington - US President Barack Obama is asking Congress for an added 1.5 billion dollars to fight...
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Long-serving US Republican Senator switches sides
Washington - Senator Arlen Specter, who has served as a Republican in Congress for nearly 30 years,...
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Obama at 100-day mark with packed foreign policy agenda
Washington - US President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office have been dominated by the...
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US lawmakers arrested during Darfur protest
Washington - Police arrested five members of the US Congress on Monday during a protest outside the...
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Obama, US Congress, briefly relocated in airspace violation
Washington - During a dramatic few moments in the US capital, US President Barack Obama and the US...
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Oversight group fears fraud, criminal acts in US financial rescue
Washington (dpa) - The United States' dramatic efforts to stabilize the financial system are...
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Decade after Columbine, gun laws lax as ever
San Francisco - Ten years ago, two teenaged misfits walked into their high school in Columbine,...
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Ending flows of drugs, guns atop Obama's Mexico visit
Washington - As the death toll in Mexico's drug wars soars into the thousands, the United States...
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Obama eases travel, communications restrictions for Cuba
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday lifted all restrictions on Cuban Americans...
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Report: Obama to ease travel restrictions for Cuba
Washington - US President Barack Obama planned to ease travel and other restrictions to Cuba...
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Obama seeks 83.4 billion dollars for Iraq, Afghan missions
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Thursday asked Congress to authorize...
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US lawmakers seek citizenship for Binghamton shooting victims
Washington - Two New York senators on Thursday said they will seek posthumous US citizenship for...
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US delegation meets Fidel Castro, says Cuba wants dialogue
Washington - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro met Tuesday with three members of the US Congress...
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Gates announces major shift in US defence priorities
Washington - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Monday announced a major shift in the Pentagon's...
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Madoff's waterfront Florida home, three boats seized
Washington - Prosecutors started seizing the property of the fraudster-financier Bernard Madoff on...
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House approves new controls on tobacco in United States
Washington - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved tougher anti-smoking controls in...
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Momentum grows in US Congress to lift Cuba travel ban
Washington - The US Chamber of Commerce threw its weight behind a bill introduced Tuesday in...
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US Congress releases first draft of climate bill
Washington - US legislators on Tuesday unveiled far-reaching climate legislation that would boost...
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Obama defends spending as key to future economic growth
Washington - US President Barack Obama defended the spending outlined in his budget Tuesday,...
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US Congress to vote on 90 per cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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Obama defends ambitious budget as in-step with economic challenges
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his ambitious budget proposals,...
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Prosecutors go after Madoff's luxury homes, cars, boats
Washington - US prosecutors intend to seize millions of dollars of homes, cars and other...
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Obama administration drops "enemy combatant"
Washington - US President Barack Obama has dropped previous policy of labeling Guantanamo Bay...
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Specials
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Nation's 11 Most-Endangered Structures, Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing today its list of the most endangered...
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EPA: CO2, Greenhouse Gases Are Pollutants, Cause Climate Change
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally acknowledged the fact that the CO2 emitted by...
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Pope "saddened" by attacks, thanks "Jewish friends"
Vatican City - In an unusually strongly-worded letter, Pope Benedict XVI has admitted that the...
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Power Shift Gathers Momentum, ‘Invades’ Washington
More than 12,000 college and high school students from different parts of the country gathered...
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Mobile Companies Adopt Micro USB Standard
At the Mobile World Congress that was held in Barcelona this week, seventeen mobile companies...
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Digital TV Switch Happening For Over 600 TV Stations
For more than a quarter of the nation’s total of around 1,800 television stations,...
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Digital TV Switch Marks Historic Moment
For hundreds of U.S. television network stations the days of analog broadcasting will very soon be...
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FTC Requires Better Internet Privacy Policies
Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission reprimanded Internet companies for the fact that they had...
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DTV Delay Finally Made Official
President Barack Obama made the digital TV delay official on Wednesday by signing legislation...
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Local TV Stations To Go Digital Despite DTV Switch Delay
The deadline for digital television transition was pushed back until June 12 but that won’t...
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A Dell Smartphone ?
Very successful devices such as Apple’s iPhone and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry...
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Miss America!
After 88 years, this pageant for beauty, brain and drive keeps evolving and promises to make...
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The Transition To Digital TV Might Leave Many In The dark
The switch to digital television is certainly needed, but some argue that now is not the moment and...
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Digital TV Switch To Be Postponed
Obama’s transition team has asked Congress to postpone the switch from analog TV to digital,...
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Flynt and Francis Ask For $5 Billion Bailout
During the financial crisis America is facing, many industries have asked for bailouts, relying...
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No More Funds for the Converter Box Coupons
It appears that the U.S. Congress underestimated the amount of funding needed for the TV Converter...
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Court Reinstates Power Plant Pollution Regulation
Tuesday, a United States appeals court decided to reinstate a regulation put forward by the Bush...
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‘Right of Conscience’ Rule Passed. What’s Next?
The Bush administration passed on Thursday the “conscience protection” rule,...
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Joshua Sharfstein on Top of the List for Head of the FDA
Joshua Sharfstein, who is currently head of the Baltimore
Health Department, is said to have...
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Medical Residents Should Sleep More to Prevent Deadly Errors
A series of reports done on the medical field have revealed
serious medical errors....
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Medical Residents Need a Sleep-Break after 16 Hours of Work
Medical residents should work no longer than 16 hours in a row without a five-hour break for sleep...
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Odetta’s Voice and Humanism Will Always Be Remembered
One of the great folk singers of late-20th-century America, Odetta Holmes known as Odetta, died of...
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Experts Recommend More Sleep for Medical Residents
A panel of
experts at the Institute of Medicine issued a recommendation to medical
residents...
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Bush's AIDS fight gets PEACE award; White House in red
Washington - As most Americans were beginning to think about hanging their Christmas decorations,...
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Palin Hopefully Looks Towards The Future
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska stood behind a lectern and held a news conference for the first time...
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US voters to decide best leader in crisis: McCain or Obama
Washington (dpa) - The presidential battle between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain...
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Vice-president Dick Cheney experiences Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Current vice-president Dick Cheney will receive treatment at George Washington University Hospital...
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Veolia Transportation Deeply Grieved By Accident
The September 12th train accident that caused the
death of 25 people and the injury of another 130...
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Bailout Legislation Expands Mental Health Coverage
Bailout legislation approved last week by Congress and
signed by President George W. Bush, as a...
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Rice says nuclear deal done, only procedural signing left
New Delhi - Days after a landmark civilian nuclear deal was approved by the United States Congress,...
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Gadgets
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HTC Magic, 2nd Android Smartphone, Unveiled
The first successor of the G1/Dream Android smartphone has finally arrived. Vodafone unveiled the...
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Google’s Android Cell Phones for Sale at Huawei and Vodafone
Maybe Google’s Android software will be successful after all as Huawei Technologies from...
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Samsung Unveiling Solar-Powered Touch Phone
At the World Mobile Congress 2009 held in Barcelona, Samsung unveiled its new handset...
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More Rumors Emerge on Microsoft’s Smartphone
Rumors that Microsoft Corporation is planning to release a smartphone have started running...
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Microsoft Baking A Home-Made Smartphone?
Rumors about Microsoft making its own smartphone resurfaced on Thursday, when Broadpoint AmTech...
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Samsung’s 12-Megapixel Camera Phone – More Than Just a Rumor
Get ready for this one: Samsung is rumored to be releasing a 12-megapixel camera phone at the 2009...
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HTC Hopes To Outshine iPhone With Diamond. Touch Diamond.
While the long-awaited 3G iPhone is still nothing moer than
a rumor, other cell phone makers are...
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Microsoft Unveils New IE Mobile, Updates Windows Mobile
Microsoft unveiled at CTIA Wireless 2008 a new version of
its Internet Explorer for mobile phones....
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Good Bye Nokia N95, Welcome Nokia N96
The Finnish mobile phone maker, Nokia, unveiled today at the
Mobile World Congress 2008 the...
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Sony Introduces Xperia X1 With Windows Mobile
During a press event held before the official start of the
Mobile World Congress 2008, Sony...
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Opera Releases Opera Mobile 9.5
Just ahead the Mobile World Congress which will be held on
the 11th through the 14th of February...
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Kodak Changes The Photo Capabilities Of Your Phone
Thanks to a new technology announced today by Kodak, you
will soon be able to buy a cell phone...
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Are You Ready for Readius, The Foldable Phone?
Forget iPhone! A new Wonder Gadget is ready to conquer the hearts and pockets of gizmo lovers. A...
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iPhone Unlocked in Only Two Months. What's Next?
Is there anyone left who hasn’t found out that the iPhone
can only bought with an AT&T...
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Technology
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FCC Working on Plan to Deliver Broadband to Americans
As of yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission is concentrating its efforts to create a...
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U.S. Electricity Grid Breached by Cyber Spies from Russia, China
Government officials acknowledged the fact that our nation’s electricity grid has been...
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More Android Phones Underway From T-Mobile And Samsung
According to a report from New York Times, T-Mobile is planning to release more devices based on...
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CeBIT trade fair ends; big drop in number of visitors
Hanover, Germany - One of the top annual fairs in the technology industry, CeBIT, drew to a close...
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Skype, moving onto phones, plans to charge for new services
Skype, the popular phone-like service that lets people talk free over the web, plans a set of new...
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Merkel and Schwarzenegger open CeBIT trade fair
Hanover, Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and California Governor Arnold...
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Microsoft’s W7 and WM7 Release Dates Narrowing Down
The precise date when Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7 will be launched is unknown yet, but the...
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Microsoft Demos Emerging Technology During TechFest 2009
Technology as we see it now is just a small glimpse of what technology will look like in a few...
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Mobile App Stores Stand Out at Mobile World Congress
The shiniest stars at this year’s Mobile World Congress seemed to be the mobile app stores....
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Congress Urged To Support Reform and Funding Of New Forensics System
A strong set of evidence should be able to put the right people in jail, and absolve the innocents,...
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Verizon Shakes Hand with Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent for LTE Deal
Verizon Wireless announced yesterday at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain,...
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Mobile Producers Get Eco-Friendly With Solar-Powered Phones
The GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was not only about touch-screen displays, it was also...
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Verizon Picks Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for LTE Deal
Verizon Wireless chose Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to provide the infrastructure for its roll out...
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Microsoft CEO Unveils Windows Mobile 6.5
Microsoft seized the opportunity on Monday at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 to unveil its new...
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The Digital TV Switch Is Timidly Taking Place
The Federal Communications Commission announced over the weekend that the original list of 368...
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Cell Phones Worldwide Reunite Using the Same Type of Charger
Tuesday at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, several "leading mobile phone...
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Yahoo to Release New Services for Mobile Devices
During the GSMA Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Yahoo officially announced...
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Barcelona: Wave of Windows Phones Coming Up Our Way
From now on, PCs won’t be the only ones wearing the Windows label on their foreheads....
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Smartphone Manufacturers Embrace Flash Technology
It seems that Adobe is currently focusing on grabbing as much market share in the mobile...
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Mobile World Congress, Without Apple
Apple’s success with the iPhone and the iPhone 3G is certainly incontestable. Since the...
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Time for DTV Transition
Today is the big day for two local television stations! They will cut off their analog signals and...
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Microsoft Reveals Windows Mobile 6.5
On Monday, Microsoft has unveiled the new version of its smartphone operating system, during the...
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LG Asks For Intel’s Moorestown Chip
It looks like Intel architecture is coming to smartphones, as LG Electronics and the giant American...
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Samsung Reveals Four New Phones, But Omnia HD Steals The Spotlight
Samsung wanted and got the spotlight at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after...
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Adobe Talks Flash Player 10 for Smartphones and More
Adobe had a bunch of announcements to make this week, starting with the most exciting one (for...
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Sony Ericsson Bets It All On Entertainment with W995, Idou
Things may not be looking so bright right now for Sony Ericsson, but that is about to change once...
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Quick Look at Sony Ericsson’s 2 Newly Unveiled Phones
Sunday evening before the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson unveiled its...
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The FTC Asks For Better Privacy Protection Online
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just issued revised guidelines for behavioral advertising,...
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Sun Launches Java FX Platform
On Thursday, Sun Microsystems announced that some cell phone manufacturers have began the...
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Many TV Stations Switch to Digital Next Week
Less than two weeks before the expected end of analog broadcasting the House of...
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Science
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Marathon mission to keep Hubble's eye on universe
Washington - For nearly 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has kept its orbiting eye trained on...
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Mexico to build space port
Mexico City - Mexico plans to begin construction this year on a space port to send satellites...
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Astronauts take call from White House
The crew of the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery received a phone call from...
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National Health Spending Continues To Rise
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Decision to Be Made on Space Shuttle’s Fate
The NASA transition team of President-elect Barack Obama is faced with a difficult decision...
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Griffin Denies Fight With Obama Transition Team
It seems like the fact that NASA administrator Michael Griffin and the space agency were...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed Because of Technical Problems
The Space Shuttle Endeavour was canceled from departure due to technical problems. The orbiter had...
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Mars Rover Costs More Than Expected
NASA is planning to send another rover to Mars in 2009 to
further explore the red planet and,...
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IUCN Red List: 1/4 Of World’s Mammal Species on the Verge of Extinction
The world’s population of mammals is in constant decline,
and at least one fourth of them are on...
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Update 2: Mammals Everywhere Need Protection!
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) recently released an extremely...
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Heavy Discussions On NASA's Future
A measure called the NASA Reauthorization Act, approved by Congres yesterday, managed to cover...
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Gap Closed: NASA Allowed To Book Seats On Soyuz Flights Beyond 2011
As NASA’s plans to reach the International Space Station
after the space shuttle retires seemed...
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EPA Rejects Yazoo Backwater Project Over Environmental Concerns
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected the Yahoo
Pumps Project proposal for the...
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Report: NASA Shuttle Program To Get Another Five Years
Saturday, The
Orlando Sentinel announced that, according to an internal e-mail,...
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NASA Program Seriously Imperiled by War Between Russia and Georgia
The war between Russia
and Georgia
may prove to be a serious problem for NASA, as its capability...
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NASA’s Program Could Get Affected By The Russia-Georgia War
According to a report in The Washington Post, the Russian-Georgian war may have several very...
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Update 1: NASA Pushes Back Space Shuttle Successor To 2014
Due to NASA's allegedly tight budget, the Agency has announced that Orion, the spacecraft designed...
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Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life
NASA scientists announced Monday that they discovered what seems to be a
highly oxidizing...
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Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy
A new congressional report reveals that the Bush administration changed their initial standing on...
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The Global Warming Issue Needs To Be Addressed NOW
20 years ago, James Hansen, a highly respected NASA
scientist sounded for the first time the alarm...
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Fermilab, US science face disaster due to trimmed budget for 2008
America’s most famous particle physics lab will almost certainly cease to develop key projects, due...
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Students Grants Rise, Interest Rates Drop
With the newly approved bill that stipulates a $20.2billion
boost in financial support for college...
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Bush Signs Bill to Boost Scientific Research in the US
President Bush signed on August 9 the COMPETES Act, which should boost scientific research in the...
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Bald Eagle Off The Endangered Species List
The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service announced today that the
bald eagle will be removed from the...
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Business
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CEO says AIG needs no more bail-outs, for now
Washington - American International Group Inc (AIG), the troubled global insurance giant that...
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Report: 10 US banks need more capital
New York - About 10 large US banks will need to increase their capital under a government...
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Federal Reserve chief Bernanke to testify as stress tests near
Washington - With the US central bank expected to release the results of long-awaited bank stress...
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US reviewing trade barriers, existing free-trade deals
Washington - The United States is reviewing existing free- trade deals and will take other...
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Obama seeks support from bank executives
Washington - US President Barack Obama was to court support from banking executives later...
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AIG, Obama under fire as Congress, public take aim
Washington - The US Congress tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance giant AIG's...
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Some AIG workers offer to return incendiary bonuses
Washington - In a conciliatory gesture, some AIG employees have offered to return some of the 165...
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Congress wants AIG bonuses back; AIG head rebukes suicide remark
Washington - The US Congress Wednesday tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance...
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China: Rich nations should pay for pollution from exports
Washington - The world's wealthiest nations should be responsible for China's pollution coming from...
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Nvidia Presents Its New Projects At The MWC
Nvidia announced at the Mobile World Congress its plans to launch a new Tegra...
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HTC Presents Its New Mobile Devices
HTC chose the Mobile World Congress to present its new devices, the...
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Skype Enters The Mobile Market Teaming Up With Nokia
The GSMA Mobile World Congress appears to be the best moment for announcing new...
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Microsoft Strikes Deal with LG Electronics
Monday, Microsoft Corporation announced that it had clinched a deal with LG Electronics...
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Microsoft Introduced Its Windows Mobile 6.5 Update
During today’s Mobile World Congress, which is taking place in Barcelona,...
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Nokia Presents Its New E55 And E75 Mobile Phones
Looking to start off the annual GSMA World Congress with a big announcement,...
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Samsung Explained Its Plan For The Upcoming Android Phone
Looking to set everything straight, Samsung’s officials released a statement to address the...
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Samsung's Blue Earth Smartphone Brings A New Perspective
Samsung announced the upcoming release of the first solar-powered touchscreen...
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Asus And Garmin Prepare The Release Of Their First Product As A Team
The partnership between computer maker Asustek Computer and GPS device maker...
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Sun Microsystems Prepares Its JavaFX Mobile Platform
Sun Microsystems announced the upcoming release of its JavaFX Mobile platform,...
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LG Brings A New Multimedia Phone On The Market
LG Electronics released on Sunday a few details about its new upcoming multimedia phone, Arena,...
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Microsoft's My Phone Page Is Almost Finished
Microsoft announced that it is close to completing the restoration of the My Phone Web site, which...
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The Switch to Digital TV Remains in June
Less than two weeks before the expected end of analog broadcasting the House of...
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Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Waiting List for DTV Coupons
Consumers Union is urging Congress to delay the nation's transition to digital television, because...
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Obama urges car industry bail-out as Republicans balk
Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama Thursday called on Congress to prevent a collapse of...
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Deal in principle on rescue for US car industry
Washington - US lawmakers were close to agreement Tuesday on a 15-billion-dollar bail-out for the...
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Pelosi: Congress considering short-term funding for carmakers
Washington - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said late Friday that Congress was considering a...
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GM scales back production, cuts corporate jets
New York - Suffering US automaker General Motors Corp will again cut its production, the firm said...
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Congress to automakers: "Show us a plan"
Washington - Congressional leaders on Thursday charged the three ailing US automakers to present a...
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Half-price BMW, Anyone? South Africa Feels The Squeeze
Johannesburg - When Zafar Wahid, a project manager with Liberty Life insurance company, was...
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FDA Wants to Review Older Medical Devices
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday required manufacturers of 25 types of medical devices...
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Adoption of Electronic Medical Records Going Slow in US Hospitals
According to a survey published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, only 9...
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Obama’s Budget Outline
President Obama promised more money for conservation and renewable energy in his budget outline...
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February, the American Heart Month
The American Heart Month runs into others celebrations, such as Valentine’s Day but even if...
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Obama and His Plans Regarding Some Changes Inside the FDA
President Obama has said in a televised interview that his administration will conduct a complete...
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Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Seven States Sue Federal Government over Abortion Rule
California and six other states sued the federal government Thursday over the “conscience...
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Obama and New Administration, Urged To Boost FDA’s Food-Related Spending
The Food and Drug administration is one of the most important regulatory agencies in the United...
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Child Health Plan Backed Up By Senate
The large majority of Americans get their health insurance from their work place, those who are...
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GAO: FDA Has To Change Its System For Approving Devices
A report released this week by the Government Accountability Office reveals that some of...
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Health Groups Dissatisfied with U.S. Tobacco Control Policies
The annual report on U.S. tobacco control efforts released by the American Lung Association gave...
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New CDC and FDA Leaders To Be Appointed
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is now making serious efforts in order to name new...
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Most Unemployed People Can't Afford A Health Insurance
It looks like the cost of buying health insurance is too big for unemployed Americans. This...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Choosing Toys for Christmas Is No Child’s Play
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 18 children died in toy related deaths in...
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National Research Council asks EPA to Assess Phthalates
A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental...
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New Rule Protects Doctors Exercising the “Right of Conscience”
The Bush administration on Thursday announced new protections for health care providers who...
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GAO Giving Medicare Private Plans Heat
A warning given by a government watchdog agency on Monday
says that those who sign up for the...
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Obama Named his Desired Health Care Leader
President-elect Barack Obama reasserted his pledge to overhaul the nation's healthcare system when...
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Insurers Group Backs Universal Health Care
America’s
Health Insurance Plans, a trade group representing companies that insure more
than 200...
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Medical Residents To Get More Sleeping Hours
A national report has shown that the lack of sleep between shifts can disturb a doctor's work and,...
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Panel: Medical Residents Should Sleep More to Prevent Deadly Errors
A series of reports done on the medical field have revealed
serious medical errors....
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FDA Decides To Allow Melamine in Baby Formula
The Food and Drug Administration has recently released a report which states that the industrial...
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Unapproved Drugs, Covered By Medicaid
The health care system has long been subject to extensive criticism. One of the main campaigning...
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Medicare Plans Cost a Lot, Offer Little, Study Says
According to studies published on Monday, private health
insurance plans, which server roughly a...
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Universal Health Care Mandate May Generate Insurer Revenue. What about Profit?
The much talked-about government plan assuring insurance
coverage for all Americans may bring...
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Universal Health Coverage, In Discussion
As medicine, technology and science advance at a very fast rate, medical breakthroughs now happen...
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Health Insurance Inustry Extends Coverage To Everyone, on One Condition
Members of the health insurance industry announced Wednesday
that they would support an overhaul...
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FDA’s Preemption Policy, Fought Against From Within
The FDA decided to protect drug-makers from state-court
liability suits by offering drugs their...
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Sharing Your Genes With The World
As part of their project on http://www.personalgenomes.org, a
group of enthusiastic scientists and...
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