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We're Half Way to a Dangerous Climate Change
With the issue of global warming and climate change in prime focus over the past years, some...
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Researchers Decode Cow Genome
Good news for the cattle industry. A team of scientists managed to complete a research study which...
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Cow Genome Decoded, Could Improve Beef, Milk
A scientific breakthrough was achieved by researchers in the filed of animal genetics, namely: the...
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Update: Antarctic Bridge that Was Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Ruptures
The rupture of the ice bridge that was holding Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf in place will...
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Antarctic Bridge that Was Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Ruptures
An ice bridge that was holding an ice shelf (that has been disintegrating since the 1960s) in place...
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New batteries could run on a virus
New York - Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a prototype...
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Phew! Chunk of Debris Nearly Hits the ISS
A potentially dangerous chunk of debris missed the International Space Station Thursday prompting...
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Orbiting ISS crew begin extra spacewalk
Moscow - Two crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) opened the hatches to...
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Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change Kicks Off Today
More than 2,000 climate scientists and researchers will gather today in Copenhagen, Denmark, to...
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Kepler Launch a Success
The launch of NASA’s Kepler telescope was a success. The telescope was launched on the back...
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Asteroid Passing By Was Not A Threat To Earth
At the beginning of the week, an asteroid of considerable size passed us by, and most of us...
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NASA Decides Discovery Will Launch Next Wednesday
NASA has decided that the new attempt to launch the space shuttle Discovery will take place next...
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Wow! Huge Asteroid Nearly Hits Earth
An asteroid nearly hit Earth Monday morning and we didn’t even know with.
Our...
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Close Call: Asteroid Passed 38,000 Miles of Earth on Monday
Every time people see a new ‘end of the world’ movie with a huge asteroid hitting...
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Satellite Collision Debris to Orbit Earth for Thousands of Years
The unprecedented collision between U.S. and Russian communications satellites could further damage...
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Full Migratory Route of Songbirds Revealed For The First Time
Researchers have longtime been interested in deciphering the migratory habits of songbirds, but it...
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What Are The Odds…? Two Satellites Collide 500 Miles above Earth
An unprecedented incident took place almost 500 miles above northern Siberia, as a privately held...
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NASA Is Concerned About Vibrations That the ISS May Have Suffered
NASA says excessive vibration caused by repositioning the International Space Station last month...
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Antarctica Is Getting Warmer, Threatening More Animals
The creatures probably most affected by the global warming are those living in the cold,...
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Study: Google Searches - The Silent Carbon Dioxide Producers
Google searchers could count among the most popular activities in the world at this moment;...
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Third-Hand Smoke: Dangerous For Health
A recent study has revealed a disturbing fact: fewer than half of smokers know that poisons...
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Diamonds Suggest That Comet Hit North America 13,000 Years Ago
A scientific report showed on Friday pointed out that a group of comets may have hit North...
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Scientists Find Nanodiamonds Across North America
A new study released Friday reports that the tiny diamonds sprinkled all over North America...
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Carbonate Deposits on Mars Indicate Life-Sustaining Water
Scientific instruments aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected minerals which...
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Bush Administration Loosens ESA Consultation Process
The U.S. Department of the Interior yesterday released
modifications to ease the consultation...
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Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty
The government’s plan for research on potential health and
environmental risks posed by the use of...
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Are Meteorite Strikes The Reason Life Appeared on Earth?
Yoshihiro Furukawa at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan unveiled an amazing discovery. He claims...
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Study Says Happiness Is Contagious
A study
published Friday in the British journal BMJ, authored by Dr. Nicholas A.
Christakis, a...
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Marine Wildlife Endangered By Human-Made Underwater Noise
The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly
taken an unwanted course in the...
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Shuttle Endeavour On Its Last Day In Space
The departure from the International Space Station was
celebrated by shuttle Endeavour’s crew...
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U.S.
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German Kennedy museum to honour Obama with exhibition
Berlin - The Kennedy Museum in Berlin is putting on an exhibition about US President Barack...
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US seeks restrictions on tourism to Arctic-Antarctic region
Washington - The United States will push for more restrictions on tourism to the North and South...
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Iowa becomes third US state to allow same-sex marriage
Washington - The Midwestern state of Iowa became the third US state to allow same-sex...
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Czechs await Obama amid changing relations
Prague - The notorious Czech provocateur of an artist, David Cerny, had the privilege last summer...
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Obama keeps promise on California visit
Los Angeles - US President Barack Obama visited the Southern California town of...
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TV entertainment holds mirror to US during recession
Los Angeles - US viewers turning to their televisions for comfort and distraction from economic...
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner selling 28-million-dollar mansion
Los Angeles - The tough economic times could be having an impact on irrepressible Playboy founder...
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Buffalo Plane Crash Probably Caused by Ice Buildup
As the investigation into the Buffalo plane crash that killed 49 people is under way, authorities...
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Gay Couples Protest before Marriage Bureaus Nationwide
Hundreds of gay couples, wearing signs that said “Just Not Married,” showed up today at...
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Obama to Impose $500,000 CEO Pay Cap, but Execs Could Still Avoid It
The Obama administration is imposing restrictive rules on fat paychecks and lavish spending for the...
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Obama to Direct EPA to Review the State’s Emissions Bid
You wanted change?
President Barack Obama is changing the most controversial pillars of the Bush...
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Black Boxes of Flight 1549 Confirmed What Hero Pilot Said
The so-called black boxes recovered from the US Airways jetliner which emergency-landed in New...
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Sanjay Gupta Is Obama’s Pick for Surgeon General
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for surgeon general is CNN medical correspondent and...
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Columbia shuttle crew died within seconds, NASA report says
Washington - The astronauts who perished in the 2003 disintegration of the space shuttle...
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Investigation into Denver Plane Veer-Off Begins
Federal investigators are beginning today (Monday) the examination of the burned fuselage of the...
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Continental Plane Veers Off at Denver Airport Catching Fire, 38 Injured
All hell broke lose at Denver International Airport after an Continental Airlines flight with 112...
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Barack Obama Is TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year
TIME magazine on Wednesday named its Person of the Year in 2008. No surprise here as United States...
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First Face Transplant In The U.S.
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have
performed the nation’s first partial face transplant. The...
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White House Urged to Increase Cybersecurity
A panel
comprising leading government and industry experts has recently issued a
report urging...
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Staten Island Fireman Dies on the Job
Sunday morning a New York City Fire Department lieutenant
was killed while fighting a fire in...
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Veteran Firefighter Tragically Dies in Staten Island Fire
A NYC Fire Department lieutenant died early Sunday while battling a blaze in Staten Island. The man...
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Government Report: U.S. Dominance Will Decline by 2025
A recent report from the United States intelligence concluded that the U.S. dominance in the fields...
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Supreme Court backs Navy in sonar training dispute
Washington - The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to eliminate restrictions on the Navy's sonar...
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Pelosi: US Auto Industry Must Be Aided, GM Too Big to Allow Failing
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) urged Congress to back a financial bailout for the...
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California to get first bullet train in US
Los Angeles - California is to get the first bullet train network in the United States, with trains...
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Obama's Grandmother Dies of Cancer in Hawaii
Washington - Barack Obama's grandmother, who helped raise him in Hawaii, passed away after a...
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On film, US black presidents abound
Los Angeles - Barack Obama is hoping to become the first African American president of the United...
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Obama visits grandmother in Hawaii
San Francisco - Democratic candidate Barack Obama was visiting his ailing grandmother in Hawaii on...
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Obama Rushes to See Ailing Grandmother at Height of Election
San Francisco - Democratic candidate Barack Obama was rushing to the bedside of his ailing...
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For Obama: "It's the Network, Stupid!"
San Francisco - If anyone still questioned the power of the internet to play a key role in the...
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Health
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WHO confirms 1025 flu cases in 20 countries
Geneva - The World Health Organization confirmed Monday 1025 officially reported cases of influenza...
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EU Health Agency Raises Number of Swine Flu Cases
Seven European countries had confirmed cases of people infected with swine flu as of Thursday...
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European pharma industry holds flu talks in Brussels
Brussels - Representatives of the European pharmaceutical industry Wednesday discussed their...
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Fructose-Sweetened Drinks Tied to Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Many studies have shown that sugared beverages are not healthy, but we’re still consuming...
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Dendreon’s Provenge Improved Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients
Dendreon Corp. announced Tuesday that the pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT study of its drug Provenge in men...
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Reduce Liquid Calories to Lose Weight, Study Suggests
What is the first thought on your mind when you decide to start a diet? I am sure you think about...
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Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing
An experimental drug showed promise in treating advanced prostate cancer in early trial,...
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April – The National Child Abuse Prevention Month
This April marks the 26th anniversary of the National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a month...
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Novo Nordisk Shares Down after Liraglutide Gets Mixed Review
Shares of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S fell as much as 13 percent on Friday after a Food and...
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US Supreme Court throws out tobacco appeal
Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out cigarette maker Philip Morris USA's appeal...
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DC HIV/AIDS Cases Rising at Alarming Rates
A report released this month by D.C. health officials, noted that at least 3 percent of...
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Older People More Exposed to HIV Due to Unprotected Sex
A recent study concluded that older people are more exposed to HIV infection because their sex...
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You’d Better Learn to Control Your Anger! It Can Cause Cardiac Arrest
A new study in the March 3 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology concludes...
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Humana On Medicare Rate Calculations
Humana Inc is "closely analyzing" all aspects of the planned fiscal 2010 payment rates...
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Fatal Psoriasis Drug Banned
The FDA issued a public health advisory February 19th regarding reports of a rare brain infection...
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Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Genentech of South San Francisco and the Salk Institute of La Jolla have...
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Autism-Vaccine Debate Not Over Yet
Vaccines do not cause autism, a special court ruled Thursday in three cases...
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Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases
Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
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Brain-training Exercises Don’t Delay Alzheimer’s Onset
A new study says that there is no evidence to support the theory that brain exercise programmes...
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Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits
According to a new study, taking a multivitamin does not help you reduce your risk of developing...
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No Connection Between Breast Cancer And Pregnancy
The researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reached the conclusion that...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
A UK and Canadian team of researchers have managed to put forward evidence of a link...
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Studies Show Caffeine, Insulin Lower Dementia Risk, May Help Improve Memory
According to two new studies, caffeine and insulin were the found to be effective in reducing the...
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Genes Determine How Popular One Can Actually Become
According to a new study by researchers in the U.S., your popularity and social skills may weigh...
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Fewer Calories Lead to Better Memory
A new study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that...
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Genes May Give You A Hint On Your Popularity
Have you ever wondered what makes you popular or not? Apparently, the genes you inherited from...
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Diastolic Dysfunction Related to Reduced Exercise Capacity
Diastolic dysfunction substantially reduces a person’s ability to exercise, a new study...
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FDA Clears Fibromyalgia Drug Savella
Forest Laboratories Inc and Cypress Bioscience Inc, the developers of the fibromyalgia drug...
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WellPoint Suspends Enrollment Of New Members In Medicare Health Plans
WellPoint, parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin, and one of the largest...
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UnitedHealth Reached A Hefty Agreement With New York Attorney General
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, resolved a conflict-of-interest...
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Sports
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Jordan leads class of 2009 into Hall of Fame
Los Angeles - As a youngster, he never thought about it, but Michael Jordan soared into the...
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Teams to appeal after diffuser protest turned down
Melbourne- Race stewards turned down protests filed by several Formula One teams Thursday against...
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Super Bowl offers diversion from grim US economy
If it can be said that sports is a secular religion, then Sunday's Super Bowl between the...
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Sanchez Trying To Save Almeria; Keeps Real Dreams Alive
Madrid - The economic crisis means there will be few newcomers to the Spanish Liga in the January...
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Liverpool And Chelsea Out To Regain Winning Habit
London - After a fortnight of upsets, leaders Liverpool and second-placed Chelsea will be looking...
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Lewis Hamilton: Looking to be F1's youngest ever champion
Lewis Hamilton is just one step away from being crowned Formula One's youngest ever world drivers'...
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Old familiar faces in new places
Los Angeles - The NBA played its annual summer game of "Deal or No Deal," and many old...
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Sports World Still Calm amid Finance Market Turmoil
Hamburg - With banks battling for survival, markets reporting takeover scrambles and company...
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Mourinho Splits Football Buffs as Inter Dither on Pitch
Milan - Three months after taking over Inter Milan, star coach Jose Mourinho seems to have achieved...
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Nieminen Welcomes Djokovic Junior to ATP with Crushing Win
Bangkok - Match-tough Finn Jarkko Nieminen schooled the kid brother of Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-0 in...
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Di Maria the hero as Argentina defend Olympic title
Beijing - Angel Di Maria scored the only goal of the game Saturday as Argentina successfully...
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For Some, Just Getting to the Olympics Is a Victory
Beijing (dpa) - Some countries competing in the Beijing Olympics have worked years to get here and...
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Romo’s Getaway Helped Him Focus On The Giants Game
How did Tony Romo prepare for
the Giants’ game? Well, for starters, he took a weekend off the...
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Jim Leyritz Kills Mother of Two in Car Accident
Jim Leyritz, the Yankees hero,
faces serious accusations after killing a 30-year-old woman in a...
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Everett Makes Remarkable Recovery
Kevin Everett showed remarkable signs
of recovery upon his Sunday stopover to the Buffalo Bills...
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Petrino Unexpectedly Leaves Falcons For Arkansas
After only 13
games as coach of the Atlanta Falcons, Booby Petrino unexpectedly resigned...
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Ryan’s Tenure with the US Women’s Soccer Team Is Over
Greg Ryan, the US women's soccer coach, will look for a new job after the end of the year. U.S....
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Boulerice Gets 25-Game Suspension after Brutal Cross-Check
Philadelphia Flyers forward Jesse Boulerice was suspended for 25 games by the National Hockey...
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Falcons Attempt to Recover $16M from Vick
The Atlanta Falcons plan to recuperate more than $16 million in bonus money from their troubled...
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Hamilton Closes In on Title after Victory in Japan
Lewis Hamilton took another step towards his first Formula 1 title after he finished first on a wet...
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Germany Beats Norway 3-0, Awaits US in the Final
World Cup raining champions Germany crushed Norway 3-0 in the semi final on Wednesday to advance...
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More “Bad Newz” for Vick
Michael Vick’s legal problems continue as Atlanta Falcons’ suspended quarter back was indicted by a...
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Sixers and Nuggets Swap Players
The franchises that made the Allen Iverson blockbuster trade, the Sixers and the Nuggets agreed for...
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Hamilton Suffers A Heavy Crash At European Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton, the 22-years old McLaren-Mercedes’ driver,
crashed heavily during qualifying...
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Video Games
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California Video Game Law is Unconstitutional, Court Finds
The state of California has issued a new law concerning the violent video games on the market. The...
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The End-of-the-Year Videogame Sales Battle
The NPD Group divulged its report chronicling retail U.S. videogame hardware and software...
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Adults Play Video Games Too!
We know for a fact that teens love playing video games, but
how many adults have the same...
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NIMF Says Video Games Not All Bad
The National Institute on Media and Family said in this year’s
MediaWise Video Game Rating Cards...
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Study: Video Games Generate Civic Experiences Better Than School
Video games and children are usually two things that parents
are advised to keep apart. However, a...
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Parents, Have No Fear: Video Games Are Good for Your Kids
Presently, the majority of kids and teenagers are hooked on
playing video games, regardless of...
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Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Great Story, But Not So Great Video Game
Despite the fact that it was described by LucasArts as the link between the not-so-successful...
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Sony Pulls PS3 Firmware 2.40 Due To Technical Glitches
Shortly after it was release, Sony has decided to remove the
2.40 firmware after some...
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With PS3 Software Update 2.40, Sony Aims For Communities
Sony released today a new update for its gaming platform, PlayStation
3. Dubbed 2.40, the new...
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PS3 Made Sony Lose $3 Billion
Forbes reports that Play Station 3 has cost Sony an incredible $3 billion, mainly because of the...
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Nintendo Hardware Stellar, How About The Games?
In the restless world of video games, every passing month
brings new challenges. After a...
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Spielberg – EA’s “Boom Blox” To Hit Stores On May 6
Steven Spielberg is the name behind
Electronic Arts’ “Boom Blox” for Nintendo Wii, which is...
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Microsoft About HD DVD: We Wait
In an official statement, Toshiba announced that no decision
has been taken regarding the future...
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Make Room For Spielberg’s Bloom Blox
If you still do not own a Wii, now maybe it is time to get
one! BOOM BLOX, a game developed by...
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ESRB and Manhunt 2 In Hot Waters Again
Rockstar, the developer of Manhunt 2, and ESRB could be in
trouble again as four U.S. senators...
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Grand Theft Auto IV Is Still on Track
"We're going to give a firm
date when we are utterly convinced that we have it and that isn't...
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Manhunt 2 Still Haunted by BBFC
Rockstar Games’ ultra-violent third person survival-horror is still faced with the possibility of...
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Halo 3 Breaks Day One Sales Records
As anticipated, Microsoft’s “system seller” Halo 3 brought
the company more than $170 million in...
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Gaming Industry Set to Surpass $18 Billion in 2007
NPD Group, which has just released its estimates for the month of July in the US and Canada,...
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Some Clues About Spielberg A Electronic Arts’ Game Projects
Electronic Arts has had the right
sticky hook for bringing its gamers to this year’s E3 Media...
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Crysis to Debut on September 11!
Gamers, rejoice! Thy God hath bestowed His merciful hand
upon thy humble heads, and yes, thou...
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AMA Refuses to Label Video Games Addiction As Mental Disorder
A proposal filed by the Maryland State Medical Society to
label video games addiction as a mental...
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A New Psychiatric Diagnosis: Video-Games Addiction ?
The addiction to video games could be labeled as a psychiatric
disease according to a proposal to...
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People
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Actress Natasha Richardson buried in New York
New York - Actress Natasha Richardson was buried Sunday at a small funeral service of family...
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Natasha Richardson dies of head injury after skiing accident
New York - Actress Natasha Richardson died Wednesday in a New York hospital from head injuries...
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McG Defends Bale, Bale Apologizes for Outburst
The filmmaker who witnessed Christian Bale’s notorious tirade on the set of “Terminator...
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Will Bale’s Anger Moment Affect His Future Oscar Consideration?
Apparently, Christian Bale is unable to control his temper or at least proved so by getting...
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Michael Jackson Sued Over “Thriller” Musical
The musical inspired from Michael Jackson’s music video “Thriller” created an...
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Shia LaBeouf Won’t Drive This Year
Access Hollywood was the first online source which announced Shia LaBeouf’s car crash and...
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Veteran Actor Bob May Died At The Age Of 69
Veteran actor and stuntman Bob May, best known from the popular 1960s television show Lost in...
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Pat Hingle Died at 84; Played in “Batman”
Son of a schoolteacher and of a building contractor, Pat Hingle admitted himself into the U.S. Navy...
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Paula Abdul Is Unlikely to Leave “American Idol”
Although “American Idol” producers have already announced several format...
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Tina Fey Talks About Her Scar
Tina Fey has been in the public eye recently more than ever, thanks to her flawless comedic...
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Suri Cruise And Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Switch Places Is Hollywood's Hottest Tot Top
Beating strong competition from Brangelina's children, TomKat's two-year-old daughter Suri Cruise...
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Barker and Moakler Meet Over Dinner
Travis Barker, the former drummer of band Blink-182, and DJ AM narrowly escaped death after being...
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Blink 182 Drummer Travis Barker Jabs at Ex-Wife on MySpace
Travis Barker, 32, ex-drummer for band Blink-182, is
currently admitted to the Grossman Burn...
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Aiming For The Stars Runs In The Family
Richard Garriot, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriot, the
creator of some famous RPG games like...
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Wreckage of Adventurer Steve Fossett’s Plane Found
According to a statement by Madeira County Sheriff’s department, wreckage that was found on...
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DJ AM Released From Hospital, Travis Barker Still Receiving Treatment
Good news keeps coming for the two survivors of last week's tragic plane crash, DJ AM and former...
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No DUI Charge for Shia LaBeouf, Perhaps Suspended License
Shia LaBeouf’s late July arrest on suspicion of drunk
driving has come to a pretty decent...
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Nick Hogan Has Been In Jail Long Enough
Hulk Hogan's teenage son Nick will be released from jail three months early thanks to his good...
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Oprah Doesn’t Want Republicans On Her Show
Oprah Winfrey disagreed with Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin previously discussed...
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Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy, Levi Johnston, Not So Much Into Kids
Now that the news about Republic Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's pregnant teenage...
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Bob Marley Gets Statue in Hard-Rocking Serbian Village
Belgrade - An underdeveloped but hard-rocking Serbian village was set to reveal a sculpture to the...
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Isabel Lucas Is Picture of Discretion in LaBeouf Crash
Shia LaBeouf’s accident on Sunday is West
Hollywood created quite a furor, the more so when it...
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Model Committed Suicide, Medical Examiner's Report Says
Young supermodel Ruslana Korshunova, who fell to her death from a New York apartment building on...
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Uma Thurman to Marry Financier Arpad Busson
Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman will marry her boyfriend Arpad Busson, who gave her a...
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Police Investigating Threatening Calls to Hogan's House
Florida police are conducting an investigation into threatening voicemail messages left at the...
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Madonna's Adoption Finally Approved
A Malawi judge has finally approved Madonna’s application to
adopt three-year-old David Banda from...
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Nick Hogan Sentenced To Jail Over Car Crash
The son of Hulk Hogan pleaded no contest to charges of felony reckless driving on Friday and was...
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In Sister's Footsteps: Barron Hilton Charged with DUI
Paris Hilton’s little brother, Barron Hilton, has been officially charged with DUI,...
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Britney's Mom and Pop Still in Charge
Britney Spears failed to regain control of her finances Monday as a court ruled that father Jamie...
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Alycia Lane Fired After NY Arrest
Alycia Lane, an Emmy Award winning news television anchor arrested in mid-December for hitting a...
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Movies
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Japan's animation artists hit by economic downturn
Tokyo - Young Japanese animation artists are hit hard by the global economic...
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New Look At Underwater Life In ‘Under The Sea’
For those who have never taken diving lessons but always wanted to, “Under the Sea 3D,”...
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Ron Moore Discusses Shocking ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Revelations
The latest twists in the first of the final 10 “Battlestar Galactica” episode asked for...
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Sundance Film Festival, the Greenest Place in the United States
Back in 2006, Al Gore’s documentary about the global warming, “An Inconvenient...
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The Sundance Film Festival to Kick Off
Thursday night, the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to kick off in Park City, Utah,...
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Batman's Commissioner Gordon, Pat Hingle, Passed Away
Pat Hingle, the veteran actor whose television and film career spanned over six...
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Stephenie Meyer and Chris Weitz Tell Fans to Keep the Faith
Catherine Hardwicke brought Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight,”
the first in her vampire love series of...
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Catherine Hardwicke Leaves “Twilight” Sequel
After weeks of speculation, it has now been announced that
Catherine Hardwicke will not direct the...
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Beyonce Knowles Is Etta James
The very popular Beyonce Knowles will be starring in the movie “Cadillac Records” as Etta James, a...
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“Nobel Son,” a Movie about Dysfunctional Family Relationships
Directed by Randall Miller, “Nobel Son” is
a three in one drama, comedy and thriller about the...
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“New Moon” to Feature “Twilight” Stars
“Twilight” fans who stormed into theaters as soon as the vampire
romance film was released last...
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Vampire Love Story to Continue in Twilight Sequel
With such adoration from the public and tremendous box
office success, it comes as no surprise...
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What a Bite! “Twilight” Scores Big at Box Office
Vampire love seems to be contagious these days, as the
highly anticipated “Twilight” took in...
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Keanu Reeves Cleared in Dubious Paparazzo Lawsuit
The jury weighing whether Keanu Reeves was at fault or not
for a paparazzo’s alleged...
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The World is Not Enough for Bond. James Bond
Despite the fact that it won't open in the United States until November 14, "Quantum of...
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Oprah's Life Wouldn't Be The Same Without Kindle
Today is the day that Oprah Winfrey will announce her new favorite gadget. During the October 24th...
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Oliver Stone Didn’t Quite Hit the Bull’s Eye
Oliver Stone’s portrayal of President George W. Bush opens Friday. “W” is like a bird’s eye view on...
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Report: Iranian actress faces legal problems after Hollywood movie
Tehran - An Iranian actress faces legal problems back home after she played in a Hollywood movie...
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'Harry Potter' Movie Magically Postponed For Next Summer
Very disappointing news for all Harry Potter fans out there: there will be no Harry Potter movie in...
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"Half-Blood Prince" Release Delayed Eight Months
The release date for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth film in the franchise, was...
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Director Remembers the Late Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac
Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac both passed away last week,
unexpectedly, at an age when their careers...
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Director Of “Transformers” Sequel Defends Shia LaBeouf
Michael Bay, who directed Shia LaBeouf in “Transformers” two
years ago and is currently directing...
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Time Has Made The “X-Files” Hard To Believe
It’s a pity that six years were sufficient to lock the
X-Files. Although they are back, all...
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President Bush's Wild Side Revealed In 'W' Trailer
The new trailer for Oliver Stone's upcoming movie, simply called "W," based on President...
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'Mad Men' Showered with Prizes at the US Critics' Awards
This edition of the US TV Critics' Awards belonged to the TV drama series 'Mad Men,' which is...
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After 16 Emmy Nominations, Mad Men Honored with 3 TCA Awards
The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced its TCA Awards, honoring television excellence...
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The Dark Knight – Dark and Provoking
Comic books are a never-ending source of inspiration for the
cinematographic realm. There is no...
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"Hancock" or How to Lose Focus of a Superhero Movie
Somewhat rightfully classified as a B movie, popcorn flick
because of its bloat-free length and...
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Waiver Approved By WGA for N.A.A.C.P Awards
The writers will be allowed to work for the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored...
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Bruckheimer and MTV Will Join For Video Game Partnership
Hollywood award-winning producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, and
Viacom Inc's MTV will join to form a...
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Specials
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Oxfam: Climate crises to affect 375 million by 2015
Bangkok (dpa) - Natural disasters caused by climate change are expected to affect 375 million...
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Infant Formula Contaminated with Fuel Rocket
When it comes to food, everybody appears to be in danger, from infants to the very old. Nothing is...
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Update: Alaska’s Volcano Redoubt Finally Erupts
Alaskan volcano Redoubt erupted six times overnight Sunday and Monday. The eruption caused a huge...
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EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases Pollutants
The Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged that the green house gases are a pollutant...
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India launches world's cheapest car: The Nano
New Delhi - The Nano, the world's cheapest car, that has been billed by its manufacturers as having...
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Fresh water supply pressured by growing population, social demands
New York - The world's fresh water is a finite commodity, but growing demands for it are tearing...
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Anger, Stress Can Cause Irregular Heart Beat
Doctors have always warned about the negative impact of stress on our body, especially on our...
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National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Is Here!
February 23 opens the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an entire week dedicated to eating...
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Court Rules Against Age Limit On Video Game Sales
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the law banning the sale or rental of violent video...
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Black History Month - A Studying Opportunity
All over the U.S., as well as in many other countries in the African Diaspora, February is...
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Space Collision Deemed as Catastrophic
Friday, space experts revealed that the crash of two satellites had given rise to what had...
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Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer No More Dangerous Than Others
A new study from researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center concluded...
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Charles Darwin's 200th Anniversary
February 12 marks the 200th birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin and scientists and...
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Top BMW Designer Leaves Auto World To Pursue Other Interests
Car designer Christopher Bangle is stepping away from his job at BMW to pursue interests outside...
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NTSB Opens 4-Day Hearing On Medical Helicopter Crashes
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday began a four-day hearing in Washington ...
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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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Genes Play a Major Role in Social Behavior
A team of researchers of the University of California, San Diego, the same team who analyzed the...
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Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold
A new study suggests the connection between lack of sleep and common cold is stronger than...
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Antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s Patients – Potentially Fatal After Extensive Use
First of all, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease with no known cure. Except for...
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Windows 7 Beta First Look: Mixture of Feelings
January 9 is perhaps the most talked about date in the Vista era, simply because it’s the day...
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Gyms Are Reducing Prices
For the year that has just begun, fitness centers all throughout the United States have decided to...
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Evanston Cancels First Night Party Due to Financial Problems
First Night organizers throughout the country claim that the lethargic economy may have a strong...
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Prominent Trumpetist Freddie Hubbard Dies at 70
Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose blistering talent had a strong impact on an...
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First US Face Transplant Completed
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have
performed the nation’s first partial face transplant. The...
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Low-Glycemic Diet Keeps Diabetes under Control
For people who have type 2 diabetes,
following a low-glycemic diet designed to keep blood sugar...
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Low-Carb Diet Can Cause Memory Loss
A low-carb diet may be an inspired choice
when it comes to losing weight, but it could also...
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Survey: Most Adults Would Choose Internet Over Sex and TV
The Internet has become a major part of our lives, and for a
lot of us, it seems to have become...
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Gene Helps Prevent Heart Disease
Some individuals who carry a gene mutation can consume fatty foods without having their cholesterol...
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The Grinch Stole Christmas, But Dickens Brought It Back
“A Christmas Carol” is exactly what Charles Dickens described
as his “Little Christmas Book” and...
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1950s Bondage Model Betty Page Dies
Betty Page, one of the most famous pin-up stars in the 1950, passed away on December 11 from...
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Business
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Wall Street falls for second day on swine flu, banking fears
New York - Major US stock indices fell for a second straight day Tuesday as concerns over the...
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Google Feels the Recession, but Still Doing Pretty Well
Even the mighty Google can’t get away from the economic recession that basically hit the...
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Three Gorges Dam faces 14.5-billion-dollar cost overrun
Beijing - China's Three Gorges Dam, due to be completed in November, is...
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Brilliance BS4 - not brilliant on safety, German crash test finds
Munich - The Chinese Brilliance BS4, like its big brother the BS6, has been poorly rated in...
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US ratings agency Moody's to quit Taiwan
Taipei - Taiwan confirmed Friday that US ratings agency Moody's plans to quit the country in...
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Chicago Sun-Times files for bankruptcy
New York - The Sun-Times Media Group Inc, owner of the Chicago Sun Times and more than 50 other US...
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US unveils trillion-dollar toxic-asset rescue bid
Washington - The United States will use both private and public funds to buy up...
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Telefonica and Vodafone to share mobile phone networks
Madrid - The Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica and its competitor Vodafone announced...
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Sensex surges nearly 4 per cent on strong global cues
New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex index rose by 4 per cent during trade...
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Microsoft To Launch Its Own, Apple-Like Retail Stores
Inspired or irritated by Apple’s success with its retail stores, Microsoft announced its...
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Music Service Ruckus Is Now Officially Closed
The music industry it’s known for its numerous ups and down, which are...
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Google Brings Books To Mobile Devices
Google announced yesterday that the scanned 1.5 million public domain books,...
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Ticketmaster-Live Nation Potential Agreement Does Not Draw Acclaim
Should Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation decide to merge, the alliance would become an...
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Amazon Might Be Preparing The Release Of Its Kindle 2.0
As soon as Amazon announced its upcoming media event in New York City’s Morgan Library &...
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Pandora Adds Audio Ads
The popular Web radio service Pandora announced through its official Twitter feed that it will add...
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Google Introduces Its Preffered Sites Feature
Looking to adjust its searches towards personalized results, Google announced yesterday that it has...
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Intel Profit Went Down 90 Percent in Q4 of 2008
Intel, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, has announced a 90 percent drop in...
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Vicks VapoRub Linked To Breathing Problems In Infants
A new study has recently revealed that Vicks VapoRub, a popular cold remedy, could cause airway...
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Abbott to Purchase Advanced Medical for $1.36 Billion
Monday, Abbott Laboratories Incorporated announced it would buy Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) for...
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to all-time low
London - The Bank of England Thursday slashed interest rates to an historic low of 1.5 per cent in...
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GM Introduces Its New SRX Cadillac
General Motors unveiled today its new 2010 Cadillac SRX, which is scheduled to go on display later...
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Companies in emerging economies most likely to bribe: report
London - Companies based in emerging markets are more likely to pay bribes in order to win...
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Black Friday shoppers hunt for bargains amid economic downturn
Los Angeles - Bargain-hunting shoppers crowded malls, superstores and high streets across the US on...
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Bank of England governor urges banks to start lending again
London - The governor of the Bank of England indicated Tuesday that further nationalizations in...
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Industry group: 2009 chip sales expected to plunge
San Francisco - Worldwide sales of computer chips will fall by 5.6 per cent in 2009, the...
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EA Comes Out With Its Own Fitness Game
Looking to cash in on the popularity of Wii Fit’s innovative
features, Electronic Arts announced...
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The BlackBerry Storm Expected On November 21
Verizon Wireless presented new details about the release of
Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry...
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Apple And Dell Are Looking Forward To The Holiday Season
Looking to provide some information about the upcoming
holiday season’s sales trend, Change Wave...
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FCC's Decides On The Unregulated Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission reached the unanimous
decision that the air waves must be...
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iPod Creator Quits Apple
This week marks an upheaval in Apple’s upper management
structure. Tony Fadell, who was the senior...
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Technology
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Sun posts 201-million-dollar loss
San Francisco - Sun Microsystems posted a sharp drop in revenue alongside widening losses...
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AMD Announces Globalfoundries Is Officially Open for Business
AMD officially announced that Globalfoundries is now open for business, and outlined some of the...
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Gartner: 2009 Will See Worst Decline In PC Shipments In History
In its most recent estimations, Gartner Inc. warned that the PC market is in for the sharpest...
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Child Porn Bill Would Lengthen User Data Retention Period To 2 Years
Making the Internet a safer place for children is not an easy task, as shown by the latest attempts...
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Yahoo To Test Competition With Rich Ads in Its Search Service
Being Google’s competitor has never been easy for Yahoo, but here’s something that...
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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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Microsoft to Launch Its Own, Apple-Like Retail Stores
Inspired or irritated by Apple’s success with its retail stores, Microsoft announced its...
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No More Radio Advertising for Google
Google plans to stop selling advertising on broadcast radio at the end of May. Mountain View-based...
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How Will the $99 iPhone Change the Market?
Analysts have already begun to test how the new $99 iPhone will hit the markets. Some reports...
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Student Caught Red Handed in Facebook Sex Scam
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that a Wisconsin teen used a fake Facebook profile in...
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Study: Data Breach Costs Companies $6.6 million per Breach on Average
A recent study revealed the fact that the total cost of a data breach has climbed 2.5% to $202 per...
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Windows 7 versus Competition
Even though Microsoft’s latest iteration of its popular operating system is still in its...
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Cisco Reveals EnergyWise Technology For Green Businesses
We live in a world where staying green has become an important part of our existence, and...
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House Committee Postpones DTV Delay Meeting For Further Assessment
The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce committee appointed to oversee the...
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Report Disrupts Media Image Of Older Male Preying On Kids Online
The final report from the Internet Safety Technical Task Force on online child safety has finally...
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Google Denies Accusations About CO2 Emissions
A recent research by Harvard University physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross, seemed to reveal...
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Windows 7 Beta Gets Mixed Reviews
January 9 is perhaps the most talked about date in the Vista era, simply because it’s the day...
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10 Trendy Gadgets From US Tech Shows
San Francisco/Las Vegas - Cash-strapped consumers may not be able to afford much in the way of new...
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Motorola Creates World’s First 100% Recyclable Carbon Neutral Phone
What better way to get environmentally friendly than have a green cell phone? Motorola acknowledged...
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RIAA Ends Agreement With MediaSentry
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has just announced that the termination of its...
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Microsoft Investigating Internet Explorer Attacks
Microsoft confirmed the vulnerability in its Internet
Explorer 7 browser, and revealed in its most...
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Microsoft Launches Seadragon Mobile For iPhone
Based on the latest announcement from Microsoft, the first thing that comes to mind is that perhaps...
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U.S. Government Is Criticized on Nanomaterials Risks
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Facebook Worm Resurfaces, Resumes Attacks
The Koobface virus which Kaspersky Lab reported in July this year has hit again, and is targeting...
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If Facebook Says You’re the Star of a New Video, Run As Fast As You Can
Just weeks after Facebook won an $873 million lawsuit against several people accused of hacking...
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Media, Our Children’s Parent?
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, Yale University and the California Pacific Medical Center...
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Palm Begins Worldwide Layoffs, But Stays On Track With OS Plans
The ongoing competition on the smartphone market forced Palm
Inc. to announce layoffs, although...
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Google Adds Editing Search Results Feature: SearchWiki
Recently,
search giant Google has introduced a new feature that enables Internet users to...
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Tech gifts for a frugal holiday season
Washington - The holiday season is fast approaching in many parts of the world, which means gift...
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Major Spam, McColo, Host Taken Down In The US
The recent discovery of a major host of spam senders might
lead, at least for a certain amount of...
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World
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Vietnam golfers deny golf courses waste space
Hanoi - Vietnamese golf promoters Thursday rejected claims made at a recent...
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Mexico to inject over 2 billion dollars to combat effect of flu
Mexico City - Mexico launched Tuesday a plan to provide more than 1 billion dollars to help...
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Hong Kong celebrity sex-photos scandal suspect found guilty
Hong Kong - A computer technician Wednesday was found guilty of stealing explicit...
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Mexico eateries close as industry feels flu pinch
Mexico City - Mexico's entertainment industry, one of the few sectors that continued to defy the...
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Enlargement gives EU a Russian headache
Moscow/Brussels - According to the world's most famous Australian soap opera, everybody needs good...
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Four teenage girls die in car accident in southern Germany
Waldkirchen, Germany (dpa) - Four teenage girls died in a car accident in southern Germany late...
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Brown hails police action as anti-terrorism chief resigns
London - A major anti-terrorism raid in Britain prematurely exposed by a security blunder was...
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China seeks restraint, Japan a resolution on North Korea
Beijing/Tokyo - China called Monday for restraint after North Korea's rocket...
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Brown and Rudd praise growing consensus ahead of G20 summit
London - The leaders of Britain and Australia said Monday they were confident that this week's...
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Heavy metal song behind EU-US "road to hell" spat
Prague - Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic's humbled premier, has conceded that his ill-timed...
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WTO chief Pascal Lamy: Protectionism is on the rise
Geneva - Since the beginning of the year, countries around the world have been implementing...
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EU grants budget deficit reprieve to five member states
Brussels - Acknowledging the extraordinarily adverse impact of the economic downturn on European...
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A Part Of The Arctic Sea Will Be Closed For Commercial Fishing
Through a unanimous vote given by the members of a federal fishery panel...
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Inflation Plunge Adds To Rate Cut Pressure
Berlin - European inflation plunged to its lowest level in more than two years in December, data...
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Bauhaus To Mark Birthday In 2009
Weimar, Germany - The eastern German city of Weimar has become a popular destination for...
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UN Nuclear Watchdog Leaves Much To Do For New Director
Vienna - As Mohamed ElBaradei is about to enter his last year as head of the International Atomic...
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Dutch Lawmakers Debate Financial Support For Newspapers
Amsterdam - The Dutch government and opposition members have joined forces to boost the financial...
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Happiness Is in the Air!
Happiness is in the air at least that is the conclusion of a
new study published in the British...
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Bangkok Airport Becomes Political Stage For PAD
Bangkok - Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, once the pet project of former prime...
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German Exports Slump While Consumers Defy Gloom
Berlin - A slump in exports and a contraction in investment pushed Germany into a recession during...
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Indonesia Tourism Industry Still Waiting To Rebound
Jakarta - Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation with the world's second-longest shoreline, has...
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German Business Confidence Plunges To Near 16-Year Low
Berlin - German business confidence plunged to near a 16-year low in November, a key survey...
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Russia, China Strike Deals, Challenge US In Latin America
Lima - By the time United States President George W Bush arrived in Lima Friday for the annual...
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Britain to clamp down on "sex-slave trafficking"
London - The British government announced plans Wednesday to clamp down on prostitution involving...
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Iran Scheduled A Conference On Obama And US Affairs
Tehran - Iran announced earlier today an upcoming conference meant to review the victory of Barack...
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Brazilian President Calls for Global Solutions
Saturday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
urged international finance ministers to...
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New Zealand conservatives favoured to win general election
Wellington - New Zealand's conservative National Party is poised to sweep from power the Labour-led...
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How Far Will Europe Push the World on Financial Reform?
Brussels - Europe's leaders have already said that they want the world's greatest powers to create...
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Internet Companies And Human Rights Organizations Fight For Freedom Of Speech
In some states, censorship reaches frightening new standards. Just take into consideration the...
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Merkel to Meet Brown amid Recession Fears
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet this week with British Prime Minister Gordon...
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