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Glaxo’s Avodart Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk
GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s drug Avodart appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 23...
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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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NSAIDs Don’t Prevent Alzheimer’s
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pain drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and naproxen may delay the...
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HIV Treatment Should Be Started Earlier than Currently Recommended
HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend...
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Americans Suffer From Severe Sleeping Problems Because of the Recession
It appears that the recession has forced Americans to cut back on everything from health care to...
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Caffeine Prevents Skin Cancer?
Caffeine might offer some protection from skin cancer, researchers at the University of...
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Former Mayor Marion Barry OK after Kidney Transplant Surgery
Washington Mayor Marion Barry is in good condition after undergoing kidney transplant surgery on...
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Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant
Washington Mayor Marion Barry was admitted to Howard University Hospital Thursday to prepare for...
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Physical Activity May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Many studies have shown that physical activity helps the body get rid of extra pounds, thus...
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Women’s Heart Rate May Predict Heart Attack
Women’s pulse may be a good predictor of their risk of heart attack later in life,...
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Antidepressants Help Older Adults with Anxiety Disorder
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have completed a three-month...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple the Risk of Catching a Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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New Ovarian Cancer Therapy May Be Unlocked by Two Enzymes
New research data surfaced showing that women suffering from ovarian cancer with low levels of two...
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HIV Testing Recommendations Highly Ignored
Two years after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommended that patients in...
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HIV Patients Have a Higher Risk Of Developing Cancer As Well
When you think one’s health is as bad as it can get, think again, as doctors are discovering a new...
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Attorney General Mukasey Loses Consciousness, But Feels Just Fine
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed during a speech on Thursday night, being taken to the...
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CDC Advice For HIV Testing Still Not Followed In Many ERs
Back in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
called for virtually all patients...
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Avapro Blood Pressure Drug Ineffective To Heart-Failure Patients
In a clinical trial, the blood pressure medicine Avapro didn’t perform better than other medicines...
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November Is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Quit Smoking!
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and statistics don’t
look too promising. According to the...
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Sleep Deprived People With Hypertension Stand Higher Heart Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or catching up...
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A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded
Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
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Researchers Map Cancer Genes
Washington University researchers have decoded the complete
DNA of a patient suffering from...
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Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled
By using cells donated by a woman in her 50s who died of leukemia, the scientists at the Washington...
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Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time
For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...
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Rain and Autism Linked: Counties with More Rainfall Have Higher Autism Rates
The results of a new study confirm the
findings of a controversial 2006 paper entitled “Does...
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Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism In Some Areas
Children living in regions with higher levels of annual
rainfall may be more predisposed to...
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Study Calls For Earlier AIDS Treatment
HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend,...
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Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival
HIV patients who began treatment earlier than is currently recommended lived longer compared to...
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Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
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U.S.
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Obama sounds upbeat on economy, but warns "hard times" still ahead
Washington - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the government's efforts to pull the US economy...
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Porn film shown on US college campus despite funding threats
Washington - A few hundred students gathered at a US university campus to watch a pornographic...
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Obama wraps up Turkey trip with call to youth
Ankara - US President Barack Obama wrapped up a two-day visit to Muslim Turkey on Tuesday by...
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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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Western Forests Affected By Climate Change
The U.S. Geological Survey released a report presenting a worrying trend in western U.S. where the...
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The Big Day Has Come!
Hundreds of thousands of visitors are descending on Washington, hoping to see history unveil in...
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California Experts Puzzled By Mysterious Pelican Deaths
An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
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Obama warns US economy could worsen without swift action
Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama warned Thursday that the recession in the United...
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Report: Murders by black US teenagers on the rise
Washington - The number of murders committed in the US by black teenagers increased 34 per...
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Obama unveils education secretary
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday tapped a long-time friend and head of...
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Nickelsville Homeless Camp Moving to Another University District Church
A camp of homeless people has been offered a new location in the parking lot of University...
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Larry Summers - Obama's Chief Economic Advisor
Washington - Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary and president of Harvard University, brings...
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Geithner To Head Obama's Economic Team During Crisis
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama Monday unveiled the economic team that will attempt to...
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Geithner to head Obama's economic team during crisis
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama Monday unveiled the economic team that will attempt to...
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Attorney General Mukasey Collapses During Speech In Washington
Attorney General Michael Mukasey was rushed to the hospital for medical attention after he...
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Obama fills White House positions, still vetting Clinton
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled new members of future White House...
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Locy Cleared of All Charges
A federal appeals court threw out a contempt order requiring fines of up to $5,000 a day against a...
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Obama to meet Bush, tour new home
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama was on Monday to meet with the man whose role he will...
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Obama's right-hand man: Insider with abrasive reputation
Washington - Rahm Emanuel, the new chief of staff under president-elect Barack Obama, is a...
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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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US voters throng polling stations in historic election
Washington/Chicago - Tens of thousands of US voters waited patiently in serpentine queues Tuesday...
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"Obamaland": Chicago's diverse Hyde Park hopes for win
Chicago - In Chicago's Hyde Park district, Barack Obama is more than a candidate for president:...
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Studs Terkel, Chicago Radio Personality And Writer, Dies At 96
The Chicago Tribune reported that Studs Terkel, the writer,
radio-TV personality and social...
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Obama's Star Rose Fast with Eloquent Speech, Steady Presence
Washington - Barack Obama's enigmatic smile has seen him through many difficult times - even when...
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Two Killed in Arkansas University Shooting
Washington - Two people were killed when gunshots were fired on a university campus in the southern...
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Republicans make robocalls, Democrats rally, Powell may speak
Washington - On the next-to-last weekend before historic US elections, Republicans were dialling...
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EWG Says Bottled Water Filled With Cancer-Linked Contaminants
When we buy bottled water, we genuinely believe that it is
safe to drink, but things are not like...
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Beyond God, Guns and Gays: US Evangelicals Head to Polls
Washington - Democrat Barack Obama may seem more comfortable discussing his Christian faith than...
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Cheney Undergoes Treatment for Abnormal Heartbeat
Washington - US Vice President Dick Cheney underwent treatment Wednesday after doctors found an...
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"Joe the Plumber" Mirrors Changing Dynamics in Last Debate
Washington - With the US and global economy in turmoil, it was the trials and tribulations of a...
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Specials
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Drug Found to Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer
Avodart, a drug currently approved for the treatment of noncancerous enlarged prostate, also lowers...
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Marion Barry ‘Is Getting Better Every Day’
The kidney transplant surgery that Washington former mayor Marion Barry underwent on Friday went...
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Will Ferrell Earns Mixed Reviews For George Bush Broadway Play
Comedian Will Ferrell, who famously played former US president George Bush on "Saturday Night...
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Antarctica Is Not As Cold As Believed
The general belief that the eastern Antarctic area is getting colder despite the worldwide trend of...
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California Experts Puzzled by Mysterious Pelican Deaths
An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
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Teens, MySpace, Sex, Violence and Alcohol
A recent study revealed that the hottest topics of discussion on the social networking giant...
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True Love Can Last Forever, New Study Says
Does true love last forever? A new study comes to support the old saying “Love never gets...
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A Better Way Of Keeping Donor Organs Fresh
Deutsch researchers claim that they have found a method to increase the odds that kidneys from...
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"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies at 81
Washington - Influential political scientist and former Harvard professor Samuel Phillips...
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FBI Agent Mark Felt, Watergate’s “Deep Throat,” Dies at 95
Former FBI agent Mark Felt, better known as “Deep Throat,” the man who helped...
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Attorney General Is Fine After Collapse While Holding Speech
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey is said to feel better after his collapse while holding a...
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Supplements Don't Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk
A long-term study of more than 14,000 male
physicians concluded that taking daily supplements of...
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Migraines Reduce Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Women who usually suffer from migraines may have the comfort of knowing they stand less chance of...
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Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome
Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...
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Autism Associated With Wet Weather
Children in U.S.’s wettest climates stand more chances to suffer from autism, according to a study...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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Vice-president Dick Cheney experiences Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Current vice-president Dick Cheney will receive treatment at George Washington University Hospital...
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John McCain Ready To Patch Things Up With David Letterman
After suddenly pulling out of his appearance on David Letterman less than a month ago, Republican...
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"Express" Is Not Your Usual Sporty Movie
A new sporty fairytale has just hit the theaters: Universal Picture’s “Express,” a story about the...
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FDA Postpones Decision To Ban Kid’s Cough Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration needs more data on whether over-the-counter
cold medicines are...
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Virus hunters track HIV to 100 years back
Washington - A decades-old paraffin wax-encased block of tissue has added a curious chapter to the...
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Palin, Biden fight over change, economy, war on terror
Washington - US vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden clashed over the centrality...
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Scientists Discover Oldest Rocks on Earth near Quebec
Scientists discovered what seems to be the oldest known piece of the earth’s crust. The old rocks...
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Science and Art Receive MacArthur Grants
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the
Chicago-based grant-making private...
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High Blood Pressure Conference: Learn To Deal With Your Blood Pressure
The American Heart Association’s Conference of the Council
for High Blood Pressure Research held...
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Five Top Scientists Are To Win Lasker Medical Awards
A Japanese scientist who discovered a fungus that fights against cholesterol will be awarded on...
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America’s Health Insurance Rates, Median Income Increase,Census Bureau Says
America’s poverty rate remained flat in 2007 as median household income edged upward, according to...
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Smoking Addiction Could Be In Your Genes
Researchers from the University
of Michigan, Washington University
School of Medicine, as well as...
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Bruce Ivins Had Some Mental Problems Indeed
It appears that Bruce
Ivins, the main suspect in the anthrax case, was suffering from some kind...
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World
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"Al-Qaeda sleeper" pleads guilty to terrorism charge in US
Washington - Ali al-Marri, an alleged "al-Qaeda sleeper" accused...
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Italian earthquake toll at 211 after students found dead
L'Aquila, Italy - The bodies of four students located Tuesday under rubble brought to 211 the death...
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Italian earthquake death toll now at 207
Rome - By midday Tuesday the death toll from an earthquake that struck central Italy early the...
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As Clinton visits Mexico, US Congress raises crime alarm
Washington/Mexico City - As US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived Wednesday in...
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Antarctica Is Getting Dangerously Warm!
The troubling situation in Antarctica keeps getting worse. There are clear signs that the...
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Iran In 2008: Inflation At Home, Isolation Abroad
Tehran - It was not the best of years for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
As 2008 drew to...
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US In Year-Long Recession, Top Economic Arbiter Declares
Washington - The United States has been in a recession since December 2007, the country's official...
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Legality of US Strike in Syria Debatable
Washington - The US raid against a top al-Qaeda operative this week in Syria was the latest effort...
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Three Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells
The Nobel Prize for chemistry is shared this year by three
US-based scientists, one of them...
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Obama seeks 30-minute ads as McCain steps up attacks
Washington - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is buying up rare 30-minute advertising...
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Gunman in US kills shop employee, causes panic in shopping centre
Washington - A 42-year-old man shot and killed a shop employee in a shopping centre in the US town...
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Obama, McCain clash over Iraq, Iran in first debate
Washington - Democrat
Barack Obama and Republican John McCain clashed in their first debate...
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Republican John McCain will attend debate
Washington - Republican John McCain has decided to attend the first presidential debate with...
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McCain, Obama Debating over Debate
Washington - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are scheduled hold their first...
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McCain Looks to Upstage Obama on Financial Crisis
Washington - Republican candidate John McCain upstaged Democratic opponent Barack Obama by...
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US Presidential Election Campaign Put on Ice for a Day
On Thursday the day the US
celebrated the seventh anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks was...
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Bush Plans to Withdraw 8,000 Troops from Iraq by February
The United States plans to withdraw an additional 8,000 troops from Iraq by February, US President...
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Sarah Palin, a surprise pick, brings conservative credentials
Washington - John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin may come as a surprise, but she...
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College Presidents Sign Petition to Lower Drinking Age
More than 100 fellow college and university presidents have
stirred a national debate on drinking...
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Obama's Kin to Burnish American Image at Convention
Washington - There are few things more American than basketball and "family...
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Pakistan Faces Serious Challenges after Musharraf
Islamabad - Crowds gathered in the streets, dancing to the frenzy of drum beats, distributing...
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Unabomber Opposes Cabin Display at Washington Newseum
“Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a
three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
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Bruce Ivins Had Some Mental Problems Indeed
It appears that Bruce
Ivins, the main suspect in the anthrax case was suffering from some kind...
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Man Who Threatened to Jump From Senate Office Building Is Identified
Monday, a man who was on the seventh floor of the Senate Office
Building threatened to
jump but,...
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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Handgun Ban
After having the decisive vote on issues regarding the Guantanamo Bay inmates, the death penalty...
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F.B.I. Arrests Hundreds in Child Prostitution Raids
The F.B.I. led a five day operation meant to discover child
prostitution networks and managed to...
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US Study Shows Modern-Day Immigrants Adapt Quickly
A study on immigrants’ integration conducted by a Duke University
economist and sponsored by the...
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Study Finds Midwest Has the Highest Drunken Driving Rates
A government study released on Wednesday has found about 15
percent of the U.S. adults have driven...
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The Dalai Lama's Seattle Message To The World
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has
almost finished his five-day conference...
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Female Navy Officer Testifies about Working as Call Girl
A female U.S. Navy officer testified in a federal court in Washington that she had sex for money...
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Science
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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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Arctic summer ice may vanish in 30 years, study finds ahead of summit
Washington - Ice in the summertime could be a thing of the past in the Arctic in as soon as...
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Homo Ergaster Or Early Homo Erectus 1.5 Million-Year-Old Footprints Found!
Some 1.5 million-year-old footprints, found in sediment deposits in northern Kenya, are the oldest...
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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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Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life
The battle against pollution has been one of the biggest concerns over the past two decades. And...
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Our Trees Are Dying
Tree mortality doubled in just 17 years in the Pacific Northwest and 25 years in California....
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Antarctica Suffers From Global Warming Just As Every Other Continent
Even though a few years back there were some reports about Antarctica’s weather getting...
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Antarctica Is Warming, Rather Than Cooling, Study Shows
A recent study made by scientists from the United States rejected the wide accepted thesis that...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple The Risk Of Catching A Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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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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Griffin Denies Fight With Obama Transition Team
It seems like the fact that NASA administrator Michael Griffin and the space agency were...
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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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NASA Delays Launch of MLS to 2011 Due to Technical Faults
The launch of the Mars rover, planned for 2009, won’t go according to plan. NASA delayed the launch...
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Phoenix Mars Lander Declared Officially Dead; Mission Found Ice on Mars
Washington - After months of dust storms and severe cold, NASA's Phoenix Mars lander was declared...
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Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome
Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
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Scientists Map Cancer Genome for the First Time
For the
first time, a team of scientists managed to decode all the genes of a person
who suffered...
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Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism
Children living in regions with higher levels of annual
rainfall may be more predisposed to...
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NASA Probe Reveals Traces Of Intense Volcanism From Mercury’s Past
Less than one month after MESSENGER conducted its second
flyby past our Solar System’s innermost...
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HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says
US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV
treatment earlier than currently...
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Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US
Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
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Update:Five-Decade-Old Miller-Urey Vials Revive Origin Of Life Theory
A new generation of scientists has managed to relight the
interest in an experiment conducted by...
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EWG: Bottled Water Filled With Cancer-Linked Contaminants
When we buy bottled water, we genuinely believe that it is
safe to drink, but things are not like...
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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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Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells
The Nobel Prize for chemistry is shared this year by three
US-based scientists, one of them...
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Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien - US scientists
Washington - Martin Chalfie, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University in New York,...
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MESSENGER On Second Flyby Past Mercury: Say Cheese!
The innermost planet of our Solar System, Mercury, received
the visit of NASA’s MESSENGER...
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Messenger craft flies within 200 kilometres of Mercury
Washington - NASA's Messenger spacecraft came within just 200 kilometres of Mercury early Monday,...
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Geologists Discover Oldest Reminiscent Rocks Of Earth’s Crust
Geologists could be looking at the oldest rocks on Earth in
northern Quebec, along the eastern...
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Update: NASA Prepares Its New $485 Million Mars Mission
NASA announced yesterday its decision to offer the
University of Colorado an astonishing $485...
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