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I Am Legend
Will Smith’s new movie “I Am Legend” is the third adaptation
of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel of...
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Doomsday (2008)
The year is 2008, and a pandemic threatens to wipe out the whole of the human race. For many in...
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UN Report: Mobile Subscribers Reach 4.1 Billion At The End of 2008
Over the past five years, the Information and communication technologies index showed that almost...
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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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Pew Draws The Portrait of The Average Twitter User
Over the past three years, sharing updates about oneself has become an increasingly popular...
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Facebook Talking Business With Nokia To Expand Mobile Reach
Facebook is reportedly working on expanding its reach into the mobile world, by establishing a...
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Digital TV – Delaying the Delay
The Senate unanimously voted, again, on Thursday night, to postpone the transition date...
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Switch to Digital TV – a Complete Mess
The transition from analog to digital television will continue as planned, on the 17th of...
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Switch to Digital TV Delayed
The actual issue is not so much the new TV sales, but the older sets that people still hang...
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China Continues Anti-Porn Fight, Shuts Down 1250 Websites
China continues its fight against online vulgarity, as officials confirmed shutting down 1250...
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People Not Ready for Digital TV
There are a few weeks left before broadcasters are scheduled to replace analog television...
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The GeoEye-1 Helped Us Write History Better
GeoEye's new GeoEye-1 satellite captured Tuesday's inauguration of President Obama from way above....
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Two Senators Ask For Delay Of The Switchover Program
Two senators, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and John Rockefeller of West Virginia, have introduced...
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CNNIC: Chinese Netizens Nearly Equal United States Population
If last year in June, it was announced that China had become global leader in number of Internet...
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Survey: Adult Users on Social Networking Sites Quadruple Number
Social networking sites are primarily populated by young users, but the number of American adult...
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China Blacklists Google, Other Websites For Spreading Pornography
The Chinese government has taken a clear stance against websites that spread pornographic material...
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Yahoo Announces new Y! OS
In a press conference held on Monday in San Francisco, Yahoo announced a new Yahoo! Open Strategy...
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Major Earthquake Expected To Hit Sumatra within Decades
The Indonesian island of Sumatra has been the scene of
devastating earthquakes in recent years,...
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Google Releases Its Newest Service: Google Flu Trends
Google Inc. announced the release of a new tool, which will
provide information about potential...
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Honda Unveils Walking Assisting Machine
The ever-ingenious Honda Motor Company has come up with a computerized device designed to help...
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FCC: Nationwide Wi-Fi Broadband Plan Not A Threat To T-Mobile’s 3G
The Federal Communications Commission has released a report
at the end of last weak, meant to ease...
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Report by the FCC Dismisses Wireless Internet Interference Claims
The Federal Communications Commission released an engineering
report on Friday, which gives the...
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Facebook, MySpace Absolute Rulers In Mobile Social Networking
Social networking has longtime crossed the border between
desktops and mobile devices, and as a...
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Skype Unaware Of Security Breach And TOM’s Storing Habits
While Skype said OK to a partnership that spies on its customers, it was unaware of any security...
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Web’s Founder Concerned with How to Improve its Creation
The man credited with creating the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is concerned with the fact that the...
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Users Divided Over Efficiency of iPhone OS 2.1
When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 2.1 firmware update that
was released on Friday, he said that...
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Cheap Web Access for Poor or Remote Countries
Satellite Company O3b Networks that stands for "other 3 billion," referring to the...
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Cameras monitor your every step in China's most watched city
Shenzhen, China - It's nightfall in China's most watched city. Women nervously draw tight their...
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Update2: China Casts Censorship Veil Over Apple’s iTunes Store
China seems to continue with its censorship practices, even
when it comes to Apple. Chinese...
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Experts: Cyber Attacks Against Georgia Not Russian Warfare
Several security experts have come forward challenging Georgian allegations that the cyber attacks...
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Cyber War against Georgia Started Well Before the Gunfire
Bombs and other explosive ammo may have began turning Georgia’s separatist region of South Ossetia...
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Google Launches Music Onebox In China
After big Internet names like Amazon or Yahoo, now it’s
Google’s turn to venture into the world of...
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U.S.
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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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Mexico City prepares for rare visit from US president
Mexico City - Only five US presidents have visited Mexico City in the past 100 years, but one more...
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Stolen Canadian plane flown halfway across US
Washington - A pilot was arrested late Monday after flying a small, stolen plane...
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At least 14 killed in rampage at immigrants' centre
Washington - A lone gunman went on a rampage at an immigration services centre in New York...
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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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President Obama Lifts Restrictions on Govt. Funding for Abortion
On the fourth day as the United States President, Mr. Barack Obama decided to lift the restrictions...
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Calif. Expects Obama to Allow Own Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Environmentalists hope President Barack Obama’s administration will allow the state of...
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Obama Suggests Postponing Digital Television Switch
The United States was preparing for full transition to digital television, an event that was...
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US begins official process of naming Obama president
Washington - While he may have been elected by US voters back in November, the process of formally...
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Gene Mutation Said To Combat Obesity
The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
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Bush Administration Eases Rules on Endangered Species Act
Six weeks before Democratic President-elect
Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration is...
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Experimental Malaria Vaccine Effective in Clinical Trials
An experimental vaccine against malaria may
prove to be a powerful weapon in the fight against one...
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Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US
New cancer cases and deaths have started to decline for the
first time in both American men and...
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Wildfires turn California from heaven to hell
Los Angeles - California always evoked bikini-clad beach beauties, high-tech hothouses and carefree...
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CDC Declares: Burlington Is Healthiest US City
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Burlington City, Vermont, was the healthiest...
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CDC Declares Vermont City the Healthiest in the U.S.
Recently,
the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have
released a...
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Google Releases Its Newest Tool: Google Flu Trends
Google Inc. announced the release of a new tool, which will
provide information about potential...
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US Heart Failure Hospitalization Rate Almost Tripled Over Three Decades
A study presented Sunday at the American Heart Association
meeting in New Orleans revealed that...
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Latin and Black Voters Instrumental to the Success of Proposition 8
Although the fact that the black and Latino demographic
contributed heavily to the success of...
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Obama victory helps turn page on US racial history
San Francisco - An 11-year-old white girl came home from school in rural California a few days...
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Now It's Up to Voters in Historic US Elections
Washington - After an historic 20 months of rallies, debates and countless commercials in the most...
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Chicagoans Take to Cell Phones in Bid to Help Local Obama
Chicago - Strangers chat about politics on the train and buttons peer out from coats with the...
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Obama Victory Would Be a Dream Come True for French Blacks
Paris - When French historian Pap Ndiaye was asked recently what Barack Obama's election as US...
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The Candidates Positions on Key Issues
Washington - The US presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama, 47, and Republican John McCain,...
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Asian, Latino voters could change course of election, report says
Washington - A large and growing, but underestimated, voter bloc of Asian and Latino immigrants...
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3 Percent Of American Children Are Unisured, With An Insured Parent
More than 2 million American children have
no health insurance because their parents can’t afford...
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Swing states shifting to Obama, but undecideds remain
Washington - As a passionate, divisive, 20-month US election enters its final two weeks, Cara...
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Palin Opposes the Listing of Beluga Whales as Endangered
Given that
the beluga whale population in Alaska’s largest city Anchorage decreased by...
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United States Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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Young Latino voters push for Obama
Los Angeles - Eight years ago, the votes of Cuban exiles in Florida launched a Republican...
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Gadgets
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Nokia Enters The Touch Screen Market
Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer, has unveiled
their new 5800 XpressMusic...
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Nintendo Doesn't Disappoint And Unveils New Shiny DSi
Putting an end to intense speculation, president and CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata announced...
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Google Unveils Music Onebox In China
After big Internet names like Amazon or Yahoo, now it’s
Google’s turn to venture into the world of...
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AT&T Releases Details About The 3G iPhone Pricing Scheme
AT&T has announced new details about its pricing scheme for the Apple’s gadget, the 3G iPhone....
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China Mobile Talks With Apple About An iPhone Deal
It seems like Apple’s ultimate gadget, the 3G iPhone will
soon be available in China.
According...
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China Mobile: No Formal Talks With Apple
According to Xinhua, during a conference held on Saturday in
China's Hainan Province,
Wang...
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Apple Has Signed O2, Orange and T-mobile for Euro-iPhone
According to Financial Times, Apple’s partners for the European launch of the craved iPhone are O2...
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Business
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Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Approved By FDA For TRD Treatment
Eli Lilly’s Symbyax won FDA’s approval for the treatment of treatment-resistant...
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Tata's Nano set for commercial launch Monday
New Delhi - Tata Motors' Nano, said to be the world's cheapest car, was set to be launched in the...
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Russia to Get Disney TV Channel
Tuesday, Walt Disney Co and Media-One Holdings Ltd revealed that they were planning to
roll...
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Disney Channel to Be Launched in Russia
The Walt Disney Co. and Media-One Holdings Ltd. announced on
Tuesday that they would launch a...
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Output and spending drop in Japan amid global financial turmoil
Tokyo - Japan's industrial output dropped in October because of slow overseas demand for cars and...
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Google Prepares Its Strategy For 'Attacking' The White Spaces
California’s San Jose hosted yesterday the Wireless
Communications Association International...
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FCC Report Gives The Go-Ahead To Free Wireless Web
Two days
ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a report stating that the use of...
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Italian Carmaker Fiat and Serbia Sign Deal
Serbia and the Italian carmaker Fiat on Monday signed a joint-venture deal expected to bring almost...
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Update1: San Jose Is Tesla's New Home
San Jose managed to strike a deal with electric car maker Tesla, which is going to build its new...
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German Billionairess Triumphant in Takeover Battle
Berlin - The bitter power struggle for the giant German auto supplier Continental AG ended in the...
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Amylin Shares Drop as FDA Warns about Byetta’s Pancreatitis Risk
The United States Food and Drug Administration issued Monday warnings to doctors and patients as...
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The US Food and Drug Administration To Take On The Tobacco Industry
Wednesday was a very important day, or one could even call it a historic day, for the tobacco...
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China Has 253 Million Internet Users
China has allegedly surpassed the United States as the world's first country in terms of the number...
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The Associated Press Demands New Quotation Policy
One of the biggest news organizations in the world, the
Associated Press decided on presenting...
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The FCC Considers That Less Is More When It Comes to ETFs
The Federal Communications Commission recently scheduled a
hearing in order to discuss the highly...
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FCC Delays Its Wireless Network Plans
The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to offer free high-speed
wireless Internet all across...
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The FCC Prepares For Spectrum Auction Debate
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced its decision to move forward with its plans to...
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Napster Goes Free. DRM-Free.
In a quite expected move, Napster announced today it will
start selling DRM-free tracks for 99...
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iTunes is the New Leader in Music Retail
Apple's iTunes music store has managed to overcome retail giant Wal-Mart to grab the first place in...
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Abbott Laboratories Sued in 18 States for Blocking Competition
Iowa recently joined 17 other states that sued Abbott
Laboratories for blocking generic...
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Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Obesity Drug Proven Safe
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its
experimental pill against obesity passed a...
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Fujifilm Makes $1.44 Billion Offer to Purchase Toyama Chemical
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. made public on Wednesday its offer of about ¥155 billion ($1.44 billion) to...
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Honda’s Quarterly Profit Up 38% on Fuel-Efficient Cars
Honda Motor Company, Limited, the largest engine-maker in the world, producing more than 14 million...
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Tata Unveils The $2,500 ‘People’s Car’
The highly awaited “People’s Car”
was unveiled on Thursday at the auto show that took place in New...
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Manhattan Apartment Prices Set Record On Real Estate Market
The record fall in the fourth quarter of 2007 of U.S. home
prices has not affected the Manhattan...
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AOL Realigns Business And Moves to New York
AOL, the global Internet services and media division of Time
Warner Inc., announced on Monday it...
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Medco Health to Acquire PolyMedica for $1.5B
Medco Health Solutions Inc. announced it is to acquire the largest U.S. supplier of diabetes...
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Ford Recalls 3.6 Million Vehicles with Faulty Switch
Ford Motor Co announced it will recall about 3.6 million vehicles because of an alleged faulty...
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People
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Madonna must stick to Malawi law in second adoption: activists
Johannesburg - A human rights group in Malawi, where US popstar Madonna is trying to adopt a...
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‘Slumdog’ Child Actors Get Homes from Mumbai Government
Following the Oscar success of “Slumdog Millionaire,” Indian authorities will repay the...
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Stallone To Star In And Direct ‘The Expendables”
Sylvester Stallone has recently signed on to direct and star into the upcoming action movie, the...
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Michael Crichton, Author of Jurassic Park, Dies of Cancer at 66
Michael Crichton, aged 66, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. According to the release issued by his...
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Nick Hogan Walks Out Of Jail And Straight To Party
After serving 166 days behind bars out of an eight-month sentence, Hulk Hogan's 18-year-old son...
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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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Jury Selection in O.J. Simpson's Trial Resumes Today
Prosecutors and defense lawyers resumed Wednesday the process of selecting a jury that would decide...
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John Lennon’s Murderer Was Denied Parole For Fifth Time
John Lennon's killer has failed in his fifth attempt to be paroled on Tuesday. Mark David Chapman...
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Census: Hispanics Are the Fastest Growing Minority Population
New Census figures released Thursday indicate that Hispanics continue to be
the...
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Hulk Hogan's Son Finally Free To Mingle
Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son, Nick Bollea, will hopefully stop suffering from "unbearable...
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Brigitte Bardot Fined $23,000 For Racist Writings
French actress Brigitte Bardot was spared jail time on Tuesday after a Paris jury convicted her of...
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Well-Behaved Foxy Brown No Longer In Solitary Confinement
Hot-tempered BlackBerry-throwing Foxy Brown has been released from solitary confinement halfway...
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Poor Deaf Confined Foxy
Hip-hop diva Foxy Brown is misunderstood: she says she did not take a mandatory drug test because...
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Foxy Brown in Solitary Confinement
Rap diva Foxy Brown has been a bad inmate at Rikers Island, upsetting both guards and fellow...
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Kathy's Jesus Remarks Censored
Of course Kathy Griffin is in trouble after making an unconventional reference to Jesus in her...
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Bob Barker Gives His Blessing To New “Price Is Right” Host
Former "Price Is Right" host, Bob Barker, who announced his retirement recently, was...
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Bob Barker Tells Rosie O’Donnell To Replace Him
Freshly retired "he Price Is Right" host, Bob Barker, suggested that Rosie O’Donnell, who...
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Bob Barker Makes A Nice Exit
"The Price is Right" host, Bob Barker, officially ended his 50-year career in television...
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Paris Hilton’s First Night In ‘Hell’ Goes Well
After spending her first night at a Los Angeles County jail, described by freshly released inmates...
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Science
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Soyuz Docks with ISS, Manually
The Russian Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft docked with the International...
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Mount Redoubt Calm, but Will Soon Erupt Again
Although everything seems to be tranquil now at volcano Redoubt after six explosive eruptions on...
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One Third of US Bird Species are Endangered
Nearly one third of the bird species in the United States are "endangered, threatened or in...
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Scientists: Sea levels could rise 1 metre as Antarctic ice melts
Wellington - A large amount of permanent Antarctic ice could melt in the next 100...
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Evidence Points To Horse Domestication As Early As 5,500 Years Ago
The theories regarding horse domestication have been quite controversial among scientists, however,...
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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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Study Shows that Climate Change Will Cause Food Shortage
On Thursday, a team of researchers in the United States pointed out that both crops and...
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Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread Identified
Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
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Study Says Gene Mutation Might Protects Against Heart Damage
The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
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Gene Mutation Reduces Level Of Triglycerides
The study of 809 members of the Old Order Amish community found that there are some carriers of a...
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A Vaccine Against Malaria That Promises To Drastically Cut Infection Rates
Researchers reported on Monday that a revolutionary vaccine against
malaria protected up to 65...
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Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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The Supreme Court Decision Might Hurt Whales
The Supreme Court of Justice has recently made a decision to lift two restrictions imposed to how...
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Marine Mammals At Risk: Supreme Court Overturns Sonar Limitations
The latest court ruling over the use of mid-frequency navy
sonar off the coast of California...
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Rare "living fossil" nest found on New Zealand mainland
Wellington - The first nest of eggs laid by tuatara reptiles - living fossils who are descendants...
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Scientists Identify Mysterious Bat-Killer Fungus
Scientists have finally identified the cause of the mysterious
condition that has decimated the...
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Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves
The Bush administration will once again try to take the gray wolf of the northern Rockies off the...
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Gov. Palin Reacts To NOAA’s Decision On The Beluga Whales
Following the recent decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to...
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Palin Loses Again: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
This week, the Cook Inlet beluga whale population near Anchorage has made it onto the list of...
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Scientists Revive Paralyzed Wrists With Re-Routed Brain Signals
Scientists have taken another significant step toward
restoring paralyzed patients the use of...
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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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Genetic Map of Europe ShowsLlittle Diversity
Hamburg - Two international research teams have compiled a genetic map of Europe, revealing little...
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Image Of Distant Planet-Star System Challenges Planet Formation Theory
The astronomical discoveries to date have generated a lot of
theories about stars and planet...
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Update: The LHC Is Ready For Its Upcoming Scheduled Objectives
After its first official test, which took place yesterday and
ended up being a complete success,...
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Update: The Worrying Arctic Ice Situation - Now You See It, Now You Don't
The Arctic sea ice level is rapidly shrinking and heading
toward a new record, as at this point it...
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Neanderthals Were Just As Bright As Modern Humans
Recent studies point out that Neanderthals might have had a
lot more going on than people...
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Unusual Polar Bear Spotting Highlights Disasters of Global Warming
Ten polar bears were seen swimming in open water off the northern coast of Alaska, an unusual...
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NYC Nuclear Plant Likely To Create An Earthquake Hazard
A recent tectonic study on the New York City – Philadelphia area revealed that there is much more...
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Ten Polar Bears Spotted Swimming 60 Miles From Alaska Shore
An usually large number of polar bears has been spotted swimming in open waters, off the northwest...
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Specials
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FDA Wants 14 Drugmakers to Stop Misleading Ads
The Internet is full of promotional ads of drugs and I am sure you thought at least once in your...
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Intel and GE Sign $250 Million Deal in Health Care Field
Two Giant US companies announced Thursday that they will team up to produce a line of...
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Pyramids to go dark for "Earth Hour"
Cairo - The Pyramids and the Sphinx, normally bathed in the golden glow of high-powered...
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China Blocks YouTube, Again, for No Specific Reason
China banned access to YouTube again, only this time it did not explained why. Google, the Web...
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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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Darwin girl likely victim of crocodile attack
Sydney - Body parts were found Monday near where an 11-year-old girl went missing...
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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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Social Networks, Blogs More Popular than E-mail
Online activities such as social networking and blogging are now more attractive and time-consuming...
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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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Migraines May Now Have An Explanation: Too Much Belly Fat?
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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What Killed the Neanderthals?
Scientists will never give up on trying to discover as many things as possible about the species of...
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Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again
Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing cancer in...
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The HIV/AIDS Issue Is As Present As Ever
The 9th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day took place on February 7, and just as before,...
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Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Goats Gets FDA’s Approval
Federal officials approved for the first time a drug made from milk of genetically engineered...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness DAY Is Almost Here
Saturday marks the annual National Back HIV/AIDS Awareness DAY, a day meant to encourage...
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Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib
Pfizer Inc. halted a Phase III study of its experimental drug axitinib designed to cure advanced...
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School Opens in Honor of Black History Month
Sunday, in honor of Black History Month, a nineteenth century school that used to serve...
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Shy or Sociable? Your Genes May Decide Your Attitude in a Group
In a recent report conducted by researchers at Harvard and the University of California,...
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The Number Of Internet Users In China Is Growing
China has been criticized for their policy of censoring content on the Internet, mostly content...
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China Sweeps The Internet
China is well known for the continuous fight against pornography, a fight that had its peak in 2005...
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Pope Benedict calls for end to Gaza bloodshed
Rome - Pope Benedict XVI Sunday called for an end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli...
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Hanukkah vs. Christmas?
As most of the population in the United States shares Christian beliefs, the winter holidays may...
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Zoos Detrimental to Elephants from the Wild
Researchers and conservationists who have
compared, in a premiere study, the behaviour of captive...
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Study: Gene Mutation May Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
A small group of people carry a genetic mutation which helps protect their heart against the...
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Gene Mutation Protects against Heart Damage
The presence of a gene mutation in the human body appears to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol and...
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Friendly Japanese robots help with the shopping
Tokyo - Humanoid robot guides are being used at a shopping mall in the Japanese city of Osaka to...
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Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy
Health continues to be an important issue for the United States,
as recent studies have shown that...
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Can AIDS Epidemic Be Stopped?
How to manage the HIV epidemic is a question that appears to
be more frequent than ever nowadays....
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Higher Alcohol Taxes Found to Lower Alcohol-Related Deaths
A study funded by the Substance Abuse University of Florida College of Medicine found that raising...
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Diarrhea Bacteria, Quite Common in U.S. Hospitals, Survey Shows
As many as 13 out of every 1,000 hospital
patients are infected with Clostridium difficile,or
C....
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World
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FBI to assist in hunt for killers of Hungarian Roma
Budapest - Hungary's national chief of police said on Monday that the US Federal Bureau of...
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Peru suspends flights to and from Mexico
Lima - Peru suspended from Thursday all flights to and from Mexico over the ongoing flu...
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Flu epidemic stifles Mexicans' traditional sociability
Mexico City - A week of measures to combat a flu epidemic - including several cases of swine...
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British troops mark end of Iraq campaign as new era looms
Baghdad/London - The British military lowered its flag over Basra headquarters Thursday to mark the...
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Number of flu deaths rises to 152 in Mexico amid panic buying
Mexico City - The number of dead in Mexico's flu epidemic rose to 152, Mexican Health Minister Jose...
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Arctic counries meet to discuss climate change
Oslo - Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore called for more action to tackle global warming Tuesday on the...
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Pope visits Italian earthquake region, urges "solid" reconstruction
L'Aquila, Italy - In a visit Tuesday to Italy's earthquake-stricken Abruzzo region, Pope Benedict...
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45 suspected and confirmed swine flu cases in New York City
New York - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that 28 cases of swine flu have been...
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Wild elephants kill elderly woman in Sumatra
Jakarta - Two wild elephants went on a rampage in Lampung province on 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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Japanese fleet kills 680 whales, misses target
Tokyo - Japan's whaling fleet failed to achieve its target but still returned to...
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Japan fails to reach whale hunt target due to obstruction
Tokyo - Japanese whaling ships returned Monday after a so-called scientific...
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More than a dozen men join Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines
Manila - More than a dozen men were expected to be nailed to wooden crosses in a...
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Two rare Sumatran elephants killed
Jakarta - Two Sumatran elephants have been shot and killed in Indonesia's...
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Pope Benedict ends Africa trip following rousing Angola welcome
Luanda - Pope Benedict XVI left Africa on Monday after a week-long visit, which was marred at...
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Bin Laden calls on Somali militants to overthrow president
Cairo - Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden called on Somali militants to topple the new president...
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Pope lauds Christian and Muslim coexistence in Cameroon
Yaounde - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday held up the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims...
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Benedict to push reconciliation on first Africa papal visit
Johannesburg - Four years after his ascension to the throne of St Peter, Pope Benedict XVI embarks...
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China Celebrates Entering Year of the Ox
Millions of Chinese around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year and considering the problems...
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US Calls For Durable, Sustainable Ceasefire
New York - The United States pitched a plan on Tuesday for a comprehensive solution to end the...
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UN Security Council Debates Israel-Hamas Conflict
New York - The UN Security Council late Tuesday held an emergency session with envoys from 25...
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New Bangladeshi Leaders Face Difficult Road Ahead
Dhaka - The new government of Bangladesh will have to be nimble or risk being swept away by...
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Modern Marrakesh Offers Tantalizing Glimpses Of Oriental Magic
Marrakesh - Marrakesh in Morocco is not only one of the most exhilarating cities in Africa -...
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Russian Roulette In Israeli Ghost Town On The Front Line
Sderot, Israel - Morning rush hour in Israel - and Sderot is a virtual ghost town. The streets...
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Hallelujah As Christians Celebrate In Taliban
Islamabad - Around 78 families coming to the lone church in Wana, the main town of the tribal...
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Vatican Enters 2009 With Ambivalence Towards Obama
Rome - Outgoing US President George W Bush's visit to Rome in June culminated in talks with Pope...
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The Hague - Self-Proclaimed Capital Of World's Conscience
Amsterdam/Belgrade - The city of The Hague put itself firmly on the global map in the summer of...
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Christmas Looks Grim For Jobless Migrants In Spain
Madrid - For Maria G., a 40-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant in Madrid, it is a grim Christmas ahead....
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Peace In Somalia Appears As Distant As Ever
Nairobi - The war in Somalia, one of Africa's bloodiest ongoing conflicts, shows little sign of...
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Phuket Uses Discounts To Lure Foreign Travellers Back
Phuket, Thailand - Now is the time for a cheap holiday in Phuket, Thailand's leading beach...
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Flu Death Toll in Mexico on the Rise
The number of dead in Mexico's flu epidemic rose to 103, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova...
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More Americans Living with Paralysis than Previously Thought
New research by the University of New Mexico suggests that the number of people in the United...
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Less than Half of US Women Screened for Chlamydia
A study by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that less than half of women are being...
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Severe Hypoglycemia May Increase Risk for Dementia in Diabetes Patients
Older people suffering from diabetes are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia when they...
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Do You Know What Diet To Follow?
Following a diet is not easy, especially if you choose it on your own. Why? Simply: because people...
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Georgia Takes Measures to Protect Its Bat Population
White-nose syndrome has decimated bat populations in eight states from New Hampshire to West...
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Intel and GE team up on telemedicine
New York - Going to the doctor could become a thing of the past for many people if the telemedicine...
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Polypill Could Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk One Day
A new five-in-one “polypil” could reduce the risk of heart attack one day, according...
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Babson College Closes because Likely Norovirus Outbreak
Babson College closed its doors on Saturday because of a likely norovirus outbreak. More than 100...
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British medical journal urges Pope to retract condom remarks
London - A top medical research journal Friday urged Pope Benedict XVI to retract his...
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Circumcision Lowers Men’s Chance of Getting STDs
Many studies have shown that circumcision helps men prevent infection with HIV virus. Apparently...
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Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows
Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
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March 24 Is World TB Day
March 24 is World TB Day, a day that aims to remind people that the disease is still a major health...
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Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Gets FDA Approval for Treatment-Resistant Depression
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s Symbyax, a combination of...
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More Mentally Ill Adults Cared for in Nursing Homes
According to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid prepared for The Associated...
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Pope Benedict’s Remarks – Misunderstood?
Pope Benedict’s statement upon arriving in Cameron that AIDS cannot be overcome by the...
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Lose Weight! Live Longer!
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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FDA to Ask Outside Panel about Extended Use of Seroquel
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will ask an outside panel of medical...
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Radiation Exposure via Medical Scans on the Rise in the US
A new report from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements notes that...
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Wine May Lower Risk of Esophageal Cancer
A glass of wine on daily basis could lower your chance of developing Barrett’s Esophagus, a...
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Flu Viruses Mutate, Become Resistant to Tamiflu
A recent government study showed that the influenza A viruses that resist the antiviral drug...
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Norovirus Infects More than 100 Passengers on Cruise Ship
A trip on the sea ended not so well for more than 100 passengers on a Holland America Cruise ship...
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Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB
Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
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Most Prenatal Multivitamins Lacking Iodine
Most US prenatal multivitamin brands appear to lack iodine or the actual dose of iodine they...
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Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women
Even moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer,...
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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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Forum Calls for Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Asia
On Friday, after three days of debate during a health forum, representatives at health...
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HIV Infections Explode in China Due to Unprotected Gay Sex
AIDS is just killing China. HIV became the top killer among infectious diseases in China last year...
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Zimbabwe Fights Worst Cholera Outbreak in Its History
Zimbabwe is experiencing the worst cholera outbreak in the history of the country with almost...
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10-Year-Old Girl Dies of Flu in Long Island
A Levittown elementary school student died over the weekend apparently because influenza,...
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