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Swine flu cases in Britain rise to 39 after more pupils fall ill
London - Five new cases of swine flu infection have been confirmed in Britain, taking to 39 the...
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WHO: 1,490 cases of new flu, 30 deaths, as scientists meet
Geneva - The World Health Organization held Tuesday an online conference of scientists from various...
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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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WHO rejects criticism it acted too slowly on swine flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting...
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FDA Calls for New Warnings for OTC Painkillers
Over-the counter painkiller will get new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver...
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Novartis says its new oral MS drug prevents relapses
Geneva - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Wednesday that 80 to 83 per cent of patients in a year-long...
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What is swine flu?
Stockholm - The current outbreak of swine flu which has caused alarm around the world is a...
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No travel restrictions needed, EU says ahead of swine flu talks
Brussels - The European Union's top health official Tuesday ruled out the need for travel...
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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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Kids with ADHD Taking Meds Do Better in School
Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are treated score higher on math and...
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WHO to Intensify Anti-Malaria Fight in Asia-Pacific
The World Health Organization (WHO) vowed on Friday to intensify the fight against malaria in...
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Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer
According to new studies presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting...
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FDA Approves Simponi for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved rheumatoid arthritis drug golimumab marketed...
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Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Symptoms of MS
Findings of a preliminary study give hope to people suffering from multiple sclerosis showing that...
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FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
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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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GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Announce New HIV Drug Company
Britain’s biggest drugs company GlaxoSmithKline and US rival Pfizer announced Thursday...
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New Campaign against Malaria Launched
A new campaign against malaria was announced Friday in Norway by international health agency and...
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Epilepsy Drug Valproate Tied to Lower IQs in Babies
Using anti-seizure drug valproate during pregnancy was associated with a higher risk of impaired...
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Don’t Cause Eye Damage
Men using erectile dysfunction drugs face no risk for vision problems, according to a study in the...
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China has long way to go on health reforms
Beijing - Chinese authorities released a long-awaited health reform action plan...
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Unapproved Morphine Remains on the Market, FDA Rules
The Food and Drug Administration on March 30 requested manufacturers of 14 medications based on...
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Acid Reflux Drugs Do Not Improve Asthma
A new study in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine suggests that treating...
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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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Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Scientists Show How Scratching Relieves an Itch
Have you ever wondered why is it that scratching makes you feel better? Maybe you don’t...
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Erectile dysfunction often early sign of cardiovascular disease
Wiesbaden - Impaired sexual potency can be an early sign of cardiovascular disease, according to...
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FDA Warns 14 Drugmakers for “Misleading” Ads on the Internet
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday faulted 14 pharmaceutical companies for...
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WHO earmarks 15 billion dollars to curb drug-resistant TB by 2015
Beijing - Ministers from 27 nations have backed a 15-billion-dollar plan to...
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FDA Panel Backs Bristol, AstraZeneca Diabetes Drug Onglyza
A federal panel of medical experts said Wednesday Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca...
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U.S.
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US braces for worse from swine flu
Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
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Obama asks Congress for 1.5 billion dollars for flu
Washington - US President Barack Obama is asking Congress for an added 1.5 billion dollars to fight...
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Ending flows of drugs, guns atop Obama's Mexico visit
Washington - As the death toll in Mexico's drug wars soars into the thousands, the United States...
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US, Mexico officials discuss crackdown on drug trade
Washington/Mexico City - US Attorney General Eric Holder, in Mexico Thursday to meet his Mexican...
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US signals huge anti-drug push on Mexican cartels
The United States Monday announced a huge boost in its cooperation with Mexican law enforcement...
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Pilot Involved in 2007 San Francisco Oil Spill Pleads Guilty
The pilot behind the massive oil spill in the San Francisco Bay in a November 2007 incident pleaded...
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FBI Takes Second Look into 1982 Tylenol Murders
The FBI decided to take another look into the 1982 case in which seven people who were murdered by...
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US Army Faced With Record Suicide Rates
Having to face the stress of ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the long overseas tours...
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National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Obama’s Health Care Reform May Not Work
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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Bristol Palin’s Future Mother-in-Law Arrested, Gets Out on Bail
Alaskan authorities have arrested Sherry L. Johnston, the mother of 18-year-old Levi Johnston ...
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Woman Undergoing Face Transplant Feeling Well
The woman given a second chance to life thanks to a face transplant undergone at the Cleveland...
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FDA Requires More Study Of Heart Risk For Diabetes Drugs
More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
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Epilepsy Drugs Need to Carry Suicide Warning
Epilepsy drugs must carry a warning saying that they increase risk of suicide, US...
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FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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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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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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FDA Panel Warns Over Two Asthma Drugs
A US Food and Drug Administration panel decided on Thursday that two asthma drugs pose serious...
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FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of Asthma Drugs
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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FDA Releases Warning on Use of Four Popular Asthma Drugs
An analysis released Friday by the Food and Drug
Administration concluded that four drugs used to...
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FBI Sting: 15 Police Officers Caught Protecting Drug Dealers
Although it sounds just like the script of a classic police movie, FBI agents tricked 15 Illinois...
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SUV Crash on Colorado Highway Kills 7, Including 2 Children
A horrifying accident occurred in northern Colorado early Thursday as an SUV plunged off an...
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Bush The Clement Grants 14 Pardons and Commutes 2 Sentences
In on of his last actions as the United States President, George W. Bush has granted 14 pardons and...
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U.S. Government Paying For Unapproved Drugs
Analysis of federal data conducted by the Associated Press has
revealed that the United States...
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Girl Living Without Heart For 4 Months Leaves Hospital
D’Zhana Simmons, a 14-year-old girl from South Carolina, was
able to leave the hospital on...
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The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!
For many people trying to kick the noxious habit of smoking,
the Great American Smokeout is a...
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Medicare Part D Enrollment Kicked Off
Beginning Monday,
November 17, American citizens aged 65 or older have six weeks to enroll for...
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Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too
Statins have long been prescribed for people diagnosed with
high levels of bad cholesterol in...
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Barack Obama’s Health-Care Reform May Help Many People
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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Obama Expected To Render FDA Imports Monitoring Stricter
With Barack
Obama having been elected the next president of the United States on November 4,...
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Business
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Pharmaceutical firm Roche's first quarter sales increase
Basel - Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, said it was confident it would meet full year...
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Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Wegmans Will Start Selling Free Antibiotics
Starting Tuesday, Wegmans Food Markets offers its customer antibiotics at no charge for a period...
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Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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Wyeth Accused Of Paying Medical Ghostwriters For Medical Articles
Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, paid a medical writing company to ghostwrite articles about its...
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Facebook Cashes In On Spam
According to a decision of the US District Court of North Carolina, Canadian citizen Adam Guerbuez...
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OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal
Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
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GlaxoSmithKline Reports Stronger Q3 Earnings and Sales
London - British pharmaceuticals concern GlaxoSmithKline reported Wednesday that it managed to...
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Ranbaxy Shares Drop 10% on FDA Import Ban
Ranbaxy Laboratories saw its shares plunge more than 10% on Wednesday as a consequence of the ban...
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One In Five Employers Uses Social Network Sites When Hiring People
New study shows that one in five employers use the social
networking service to research the...
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Salmonella Outbreak Brings To Light Tensions And Bad Communication
Investigators continued their search for
the source of the Salmonella saintpaul outbreak that has...
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FDA Offices Slowed Down by Chinese Bureaucracy
After last year’s discovery of a series of contaminated
drugs and food shipments from China,
the...
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Vytorin Sales Drop for Schering and Merck, Due to Ineffectiveness
Shares of Merck and Schering-Plough dropped greatly on
Monday, after a research revealed that the...
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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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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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Wyeth Undergoes Revision As Teva Launches Generic Protonix
Wyeth announced on Monday that it would revise the business
plan after rival Teva Pharmaceuticals...
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Eisai Closes $3.9 Billion Deal with MGI Pharma
The Japanese drug company Eisai Co. announced on Monday the acquisition of MGI Pharma Inc. (whose...
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Technology
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Teens Engaged In Risky Online Behaviour
According to a new study, 54% of teens talk about behaviours such as sex, alcohol use, and...
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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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Spammers, Watch Out: World’s Largest Spam Gang Busted!
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that, in
collaboration with authorities in New...
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One in Five Employers Uses Social Network Sites When Hiring People
New study shows that one in five employers use the social
networking service to research the...
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LHC To Startup Wednesday. Will It Crush Reality Or Just Bandwidth?
September 10th marks the first test-run for
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.
Doomsayers...
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Medpedia, The Online Collaborative Project On Health
Almost everyone who uses the Internet surely knows about
Wikipedia, the largest online...
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Internet Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs – A Thriving Business
Illegal Internet sales of prescription-free drugs is a thriving business, despite efforts by...
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Comcast Criticized over Net Limiting, Seat Warming and Nonsense
A simple test by the AP last October has found that Comcast appears to interfere with the...
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Microsoft And Dell To Fight AIDS With (Red) Products
Dell and Microsoft will join their forces in an initiative to
support the (Red) Foundation efforts...
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Girl’s Christmas MP3 Player Loaded with Porn
A man in Cookeville,
Tennessee, was shocked when he
discovered that the MP3 video players he had...
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Chinese Web Site Masquerades Official Gov Awareness Resource Site
It is known by everybody that
when you forbid a child to do something, he or she becomes even more...
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Movies
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Heath Ledger in His Last Role
Heath Ledger’s sister, Kate, told reporters backstage at the Academy Awards ceremony on...
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“Black Dynamite” and Sony’s $2 Million Deal
The Sundance Film Festival early Monday proudly presented a rare studio purchase: Sony Pictures...
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"Notorious," a Good Way to Remember the Hip Hop Star
“Notorious” is a biographical film who depicts the life of the hip hop star Notorious...
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Notorious B.I.G. – Lead Character in Movie
In case anyone is looking for a dispassionate movie about the life of Biggie Smalls, the...
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Official Gossip Girl Spin-Off
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have confirmed that an official Gossip Girl spin-off series is...
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Official Gossip Girl Spin-Off
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have confirmed that an official Gossip Girl spin-off series is...
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The Magical Resemblance Between Woolard and Notorious B.I.G.
Jamal Woolard was just a little known rapper known as Gravy before he was personally selected by...
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Heath Ledger, Honored Posthumous At Golden Globes
Ceremony awards are usually happy, glamorous events, where stars gather to gain recognition for...
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Brangelina, No Golden Globes
The Golden Globes award ceremonies are usually among the most glamorous and are certainly...
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A Golden Globe For Heath Ledger's Performance In "The Dark Knight"
Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor Sunday for his role as The...
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Ryan O'Neal Pleads Guilty To Drug Related Charges
The famous actor from “Love Story”, Ryan O'Neal, pleaded guilty today to felony drug...
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Dennis Quaid Gets $750,000 Settlement From Cedars-Sinai Hospital
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife agreed to a $750,000 settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in...
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Tom Cruise Apologizes For Arrogant Remarks Made 3 Years Ago
A gaunt-looking Tom Cruise made his return on "The Today Show" three years after his now...
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Polanski Seeks Dismissal of 30-Year-Old Child Sex Charge
A controversial documentary released earlier this year
focusing on Roman Polanski’s 1977 trial on...
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Heather Locklear Officially Charged With DUI
Actress Heather Locklear has been finally charged with one count of driving under the influence of...
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Ryan O’Neal, Son Charged with Drug Possession
Sexagenarian actor Ryan O’Neal and his son with actress
Farrah Fawcett, Redmond O’Neal, have been...
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Maureen McCormick Tells All About Trading Sex For Drugs In Memoir
Famously known as Marcia Brady, the eldest girl with hair of gold from the iconic sitcom "The...
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Update: Heather Locklear Arrested In Santa Barbara
Looks like former "Melrose Place" star Heather Locklear isn't doing so well after her...
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Screen Legend Paul Newman Dead At 83
Unfortunately, the screen legend Paul Newman has lost the
battle with cancer. According to his...
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Topical mafia film Gomorrah to represent Italy at Oscars
Rome - Gomorrah, a grim, violent portrayal of the Camorra - the Neapolitan version of the mafia -...
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Drugs Not Ryan O’Neal’s, Says Lawyer
An attorney for “Love Story” actor Ryan O’Neal has denied
allegations of drug use against his...
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MacKenzie Phillips Arrested
Actress MacKenzie Phillips, 48, was arrested Wednesday after
a baggage screening at LAX...
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70's Sitcom Star MacKenzie Phillips Arrested For Cocaine, Heroin
Shouldn't people know by now drugs are not allowed on planes, and any attempts to smuggle some will...
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Amanda Bynes responsible for Car Accident
Actress Amanda Bynes, 22, the star from “Hairspray,” was
involved in a minor car accident in Los
...
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Film Stars Donate Their Paychecks to Heath Ledger’s Daughter
Due to the fact that Matilda Ledger, Heath Ledger’s daughter
was not named in her father's will,...
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The Trio Replacing Ledger Donates Fees to His Daughter
The three actors that have taken the part played by Heath Ledger in his upcoming film “The...
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“Tropic Thunder” Knocks Off "The Dark Knight” From The First Position
Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder,” a satire of the
Hollywood-ian industry, dethroned the 4-week reign...
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'The Office' Star Busted For Drugs
Actor Craig Robinson, widely known for playing Daryl Philbin on NBC's "The Office," was...
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Heath Ledger’s Case is Dropped
Federal prosecutors have decided to drop the criminal case about how Heath
Ledger obtained the...
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Morgan Freeman Was Released From Hospital
The Oscar-winner actor Morgan Freeman was discharged from the Tennessee hospital, where he was...
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Sports
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Kohl's former manager arrested on doping charge
Vienna - Stefan Matschiner, the former manager of disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl, was...
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FIFA firm on rejecting WADA doping rule
Copenhagen - FIFA president Joseph Blatter remained adamant Wednesday in opposition to the World...
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Football Association Wants to Tighten Anti-Drugs Stance
London - The Football Association (FA) is to establish a register of players with previous doping...
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Stars Players Set on Fighting Illness that Hits Footballers
Florence, Italy (dpa) - Striker Stefano Borgonovo returned to the pitch 12 years after his last...
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Swimming Hat-Trick for US as Phelps Wins Sixth Gold
Beijing - American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the...
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Questions Emerge As Bolt Breaks The 100-Meter World Record
How fast does the lightning
strike? Really fast, as 21-year-old Usain Bolt, nicknamed “Lightning,”...
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Chris Benoit’s Doctor Faces New Charges
Dr. Phil Astin, the doctor of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who
killed himself, his wife and his son...
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Olympic Medals Must Be Returned
The worst possible scenario became a reality for Marion
Jones’s teammates, as the decision was...
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Authorities All Over Baseball Related Steroids Scandal
Federal authorities announced yesterday an indictment on a
Californian doctor who apparently...
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The IOC Still Debating On Marion Jones’s Medals
The International Olympic Committee has not yet decided on
the issue concerning the gold medals...
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Barry Bonds Testimony Made Public
Barry Bonds’ testimony was
finally revealed on Friday, after nearly five years since his December...
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Bonds’ Lawyers File Motion To Dismiss Perjury Charges
The defense team of former outfielder
for San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds asked a federal judge...
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Baseball Owners Back Up Selig Until 2012
30 Major League team owners
unanimously decided to extend Bud Selig’s contract until 2012. Selig...
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Marion Jones Will Spend Six Months In Prison
On Friday, Marion Jones was sentenced to spend six months in
jail for lying about using steroids...
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Clemens Claims Innocence In YouTube Video
Roger Clemens still has to put
up with the consequences of the Mitchell report being made public....
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Clemens versus McNamee: Who Is Telling the Truth?
The seven-time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens denied
the allegations of his former personal...
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MVP Roger Clemens Denies Allegations In the Mitchell Report
The Mitchell
report, finally made public in a press conference on Thursday, unveiled a list
of 86...
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BALCO And WADA United Against Doping
Dick Pound, President
of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and Victor Conte, founder of...
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Mitchell Report About to Unveil Over 50 MLB Names
Former
Senator and federal prosecutor George Mitchell’s report on baseball players' use...
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Barry Bonds to Make His First Court Appearance
Barry Bonds, on of America’s biggest sluggers, will be in a San Francisco court this morning to...
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Martina Hingis Retires after Testing Positive for Cocaine
Former World No. 1 tennis player Martina Hingis decided to end her sporting career after she has...
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Marion Jones to Plead Guilty in Doping Case
Gold medalist Marion Jones will reportedly plead guilty Friday to charges of lying to U.S....
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Vick Tested Positive for Marijuana
Michael Vick’s problems pile on as a federal judge has put him on tighter restriction after the...
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Golf to Introduce Anti-Doping Policy for 2008
Golf’s leading organizations announced Thursday that an anti-doping policy will begin in 2008.Tim...
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Ankiel and Glaus Carry on Baseball’s Steroids Headache
According to the latest reports, Rick Ankiel and former World Series MVP Troy Glaus received...
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Specials
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Epilepsy Drug Could Impair Your Baby’s Cognitive Function
The use of anti-seizure drug valproate while pregnant may cause your baby harm, US researchers said...
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Bone Fractures May Soon Have a Cure
A drug currently prescribed for osteoporosis may be available soon for people suffering from bone...
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Neither Viagra nor Cialis Causes Vision Damage
Neither Viagra nor Cialis taken on daily basis for sexual impotence damage men’s vision,...
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Brown Fat Makes You Slimmer
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that adults still have a type of fat that...
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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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Hong Kong pop star takes leave from industry after drugs arrest
Hong Kong - Hong Kong pop singer Kelvin Kwan plans to leave the entertainment...
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‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half
Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
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FDA Expands List of Risky Weight-Loss Products
Millions of people confront themselves with the No. 1 threat to their health, namely obesity....
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug Rivaroxaban
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend that the agency...
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Anna Nicole Smith’s Boyfriend, Doctors Charged with Conspiracy
Ana Nicole Smith’s longtime boyfriend and two doctors were charged on Thursday for giving the...
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WHO: HIV Prevalence among the Elderly Very High
While public health campaigns remain largely focused on the young, the number of older people...
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U.S. to Allow States to Make Their Own Rules on Marijuana
Recently, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has begun hinting at the fact that President...
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New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years
A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
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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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Doctors at Cleveland Clinic Weigh Chimp Victim’s Alternatives
Surgeons at famous Cleveland Clinic in Ohio find themselves in front of a difficult case, as they...
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Johnson&Johnson Sued by the United States
The United States has sued the Johnson&Johnson company for marketing the heart drug...
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Doctors Testing New Warfarin Dosage System
Wednesday, researchers reported that they were testing a new system aimed at regulating the...
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Metabolite in the Body Found to Be a Marker of Advanced Prostate Cancer
A simple urine test may distinguish between the benign and aggressive forms of prostate cancer,...
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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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Aspirin Found to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
Long-term use of aspirin or other similar nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce the risk...
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Nigeria Tainted Syrup Responsible for 84 Deaths
Nigerian officials have announced earlier this week that 84 children have died and 27 have...
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Octuplets Mom Reveals Battle With Depression In Early Motherhood
In her first official interview since giving birth to eight babies late last month, Nadya Suleman...
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Painkiller Darvon
FDA advisers have recommended that Darvon, a commonly prescribed painkiller, should be...
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Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial
People suffering from multiple sclerosis have given hope once again thanks to a clinical...
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Phelps Says Marijuana Pipe Photo Is Real and Apologizes
Michael Phelps, the man who won more Olympic gold medals than any athlete in the history of the...
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Zoloft, Lexapro – Significantly Better Than Other Antidepressants
New research published online Jan. 29 in the journal The Lancet concluded that Pfizer Inc’s...
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The Swarming Instinct In Locusts Has An Explanation
A recent study presented in the journal Science reached the conclusion that the increases of...
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Efficacy of Bristol, Sanofi’s Plavix Questioned
The Food and Drug Administration said it has ordered the makers of the widely used blood thinner...
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The New Miss America Has Great Plans for the Future
Young women from all around the country vied for the Miss America crown at the Planet Hollywood...
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Polanski’s Case in Stand-By
A California appeals court has decided to grant a request made by Roman Polanski’s...
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Science
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Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells
Stem cells have always been controversial, from ethical and biological point of view, but the...
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New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years
A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map Of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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Zoloft, Lexapro Are Significantly Better Than Other Antidepressants
New research published online Jan. 29 in the journal The Lancet concluded that Pfizer Inc’s...
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Newer Antipsychotics Double Heart Risks
The latest generation of antipsychotic drugs appears to be twice as likely to cause sudden...
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New Drug From Genetically Engineered Goats May Be On Its Way
The Food and Drug Administration revealed Wednesday that for the first time an...
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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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National Health Spending Continues To Rise
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome
A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
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Study Says Sugar Can Be Addictive
Researchers at Princeton University have come to a strange conclusion: sugar can be addictive....
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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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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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Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging
As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s
the secret of living a longer healthy...
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Study: Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s
Ginkgo biloba has been used medicinally for thousands of
years. Today, it is one of the top...
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Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs
An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The
Lancet tells that story of a Colombian...
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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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Bullies Enjoy The Pain Of Others
Children today are facing more behavioral problems than their parents did. In an increasingly...
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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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New Ways Of Regulating Blood Pressure May Arise
New studies concerning blood pressure conditions have shown that hydrogen sulfide, the gas...
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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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Cancer Treatment Connected To Gene Make-Up
Recently, scientists have discovered another gene mutation, which makes bowel cancer patients...
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Energy Drinks? You’d Better Avoid Them, Scientists Say
Have you wondered how many people consume energy drinks on a daily basis, or even more often? Or...
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The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine
Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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No More P.E.! A Pill That Could Replace Exercise May Be On Its Way
There is quite a good chance that scientists of the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences in La...
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Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Reported By Project A.L.S.
Scientists from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), while working alongside colleagues from...
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Anesthesia Found to Elevate Post-Surgical Pain
Anesthesia drugs used for cutting pain during surgery may paradoxically
increase pain and...
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Scientists May Have Found Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s
A team of German scientists has devised a new drug to fight
the most common form of dementia -...
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Breakthrough Discovery: Drug to Protect against Radiation Damage
Scientists have discovered a new drug, which can protect
healthy cells and bone marrow against...
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Nature: Scientists Are Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs
An informal survey conducted by the journal Nature about the
usage of drugs that “boosts the brain...
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World
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WHO says no evidence virus was a lab creation
Geneva - There is no evidence to support a theory that the new influenza A(H1N1) virus was created...
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First suspected swine flu case in Lithuania
Vilnius - Lithuania's health authorities were awaiting the results of tests Thursday in what could...
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Red Cross readies volunteers for swine flu
Geneva - The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies said it was...
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UN crime office calls for tougher measures amid economic crisis
Vienna - Countries should do more to combat financial and cyber crime, UN drugs and crime office...
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Top drug lord arrested in Mexico
Mexico City - Vicente Carrillo Leyva, one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords and son of the...
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Biden: US, Latin America msut cooperate in drug fight, economy
Vina del Mar, Chile - US Vice President Joe Biden, in Chile to discuss world economic issues as...
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Swiss neutrality means paying VAT on drugs and sex
Geneva - A court in Switzerland ruled Thursday that value added tax must be paid for all things...
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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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Smuggling Tunnels Key To Gaza Truce
Rafah/Tel Aviv - For the Gaza Strip to see a truce between Israel and Palestinian fighters, the...
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Mafia Killings Slap Zagreb Into Rude Awakening In 2008
Zagreb - Ever since it broke off from Yugoslavia, Croatia tried hard to persuade others and itself...
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Zimbabwe Declares National Emergency
Zimbabwe declared a national health emergency as the cholera epidemic froze the entire health...
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Catholic charity Caritas calls for children-specific HIV drugs
Vienna - The Roman Catholic charity network Caritas called on pharmaceutical companies Monday to...
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World AIDS Day - A Reminder That HIV Has Not Gone Away
Just days before the World AIDS Day on December 1st, the World Health Organization released a study...
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Fla. 19-Year Old Student Kills Self In Front Of Live Webcam
Abraham Biggs Jr., 19, a young college student from Florida killed himself
by taking a drug...
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Russian Crime Kingpin Taken To Court In Munich
Munich - The high-profile trial involving the alleged kingpin of the main Russian organized-crime...
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Biden Shares Medical Records with the World
To avoid speculations upon his health, Democratic US vice
president nominee Joe Biden on...
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NATO finds compromise on fight against Afghan drugs
Budapest - NATO defence ministers agreed Friday to target drugs traffickers and opium laboratories...
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NATO Tries to Avoid "Vietnam syndrome" in Afghanistan
Brussels - NATO defence ministers meet on Thursday and Friday amid concerns that a "Vietnam...
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Egypt Tourism Expected to Recover after Kidnapping
Cairo - A peaceful end to Egypt's tourist hostage crisis this week and no apparent link between the...
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United Nations Plan to Eliminate Malaria by 2015
United
Nations officials stated Thursday that a plan backed by approximately $3 billion
in...
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Philippines Bans Chinese Milk Products
After contaminated infant formula killed four babies in China and sickened some 53,000, on Tuesday,...
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Mafia Shootings in Italy: Seven Killed
Seven people were killed in two separate shootings near the southern Italian town of Caserta late...
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Ethnicity No Barrier to Kosovo's Cross-Border Smugglers
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo - In Kosovo, the gulf between majority Albanians and minority Serbs is...
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Hollywood Actor Ryan O’Neal and Son Busted For Possession
Sixty-seven-year-old actor Ryan O’Neal and his son Redmond,
23, were arrested on Wednesday on...
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Obama and McCain on U.S. Health Care
There are very few issues on which both U.S. presidential candidates agree. One of those issues is...
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NATO "Rejects" Russian recognition of Georgian provinces
Brussels - Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of...
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Federal attorney to discuss possible threat to Obama
Denver, Colorado - A federal attorney will discuss later Tuesday details of the arrest of three men...
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Arrests in Denver linked to possible threat to Obama
Denver, Colorado/Washington - The arrest of a man with firearms and drugs in Colorado led to two...
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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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Indonesian Woman Faces Life in Prison for Smuggling Drugs
An Indonesian woman faces life in prison for smuggling more
than 3 kilograms of heroin into the...
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Music
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Rapper T.I. gets year in jail
Los Angeles - Rapper T.I. was sentenced to a year in jail Friday for violating federal weapons...
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Sir Paul McCartney Gets Top Billing at Coachella
Sir Paul McCartney got the top billing at the 10th annual Coachella...
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Amy Winehouse: Some Things Never Change; But Some Fortunately Do
The 25 year old singer Amy Winehouse said she wanted to remove her husband Blake Fielder Civil's...
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British singer Amy Winehouse served summons to Norwegian court
Oslo - British singer Amy Winehouse has been served a summons to an appeals court hearing in Norway...
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Madonna And A-Rod Must Be Getting Pretty Serious
While keeping everyone guessing about the nature of their relationship, Madonna and Yankee's Alex...
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“Chinese Democracy” – Lots of Show, Less of Soul
When Guns N’ Roses hit the world with its unruly Appetite for Destruction back in the
late...
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Barenaked Ladies Frontman Expecting “Healing and Growth”
Steven Page, the frontman of Canadian rock band Barenaked
Ladies, has been given a generous chance...
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Amy Winehouse Hospitalized For Lung And Chest Problems Again
British songbird Amy Winehouse, whose health has been raising concerns for a long time, was...
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George Michael Says Sorry For Latest Drug Arrest
British singer George Michael, who was busted for crack cocaine in a London public bathroom Friday...
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History Repeating: George Michael Arrested in Public Toilet
Who could ever forget British singer George Michael’s
infamous 1998 arrest in a public toilet for...
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Disease Is Unforgiving with the Unforgettable Natalie Cole
The daughter of the music legend Nat King Cole was admitted
to a New York City hospital after
she...
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DMX: From Florida Jail to Arizona Jail
On August
27, DMX pleaded guilty to attempted marijuana and cocaine possession charges brought to...
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Rapper Snoop Dogg Given the Visa for Australia Tour
US
hip-hop star Snoop Dogg was finally given visa to visit Australia for a tour with...
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Another Solo Album for That Lucky Beach Boy Brian Wilson
After “Smile”, the revival of a lost Beach Boys project,
Brian Wilson brings out new material,...
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Snoop Dogg’s Tour Bus Stopped by Dallas Police, 2 Arrested
Snoop Dogg attracted police attention once more this week
but this time around, it appears that he...
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Amy Winehouse Leaves Hospital After Spending Night There
Twelve hours after she was admitted to a London hospital for
an adverse reaction to medication,...
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Amy Winehouse Was Briefly Hospitalized
The controversial pop star spent another night in hospital
due to a "reaction to...
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Rapper DMX Pleads Not Guilty to Theft Charges, Sings for the Press
Rapper DMX pleaded not guilty to felony charges of theft and identity theft in a Phoenix court on...
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Amy Winehouse's Husband Blake Fielder-Civil to Serve 27 Months in Prison
The troubled husband of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse is to serve 27 months in prison for...
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DMX’s Jailhouse Rap Keeps on Going
Rapper DMX is behind bars once again
after being detained by the police in Phoenix,
Arizona at a...
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Rolling Stones Guitarist Ronnie Wood Checks Into Rehab
Following his widely reported spree with a much younger cocktail waitress, Rolling Stones guitarist...
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Singer Natalie Cole Diagnosed With Hepatitis C
The Grammy-winning singer, who last made headlines for her comments about drug addict Amy...
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Amy Winehouse Still Smokes Despite Early Emphysema
Amy Winehouse's rep says that her father exaggerated her diagnosis and the singer does not have...
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Amy Winehouse Has Serious Lung Problems
In an interview for the British newspaper Daily
Mail, Mitch Winehouse said that his daughter, Amy...
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Amy Winehouse To Undergo Further Tests, May Cancel Gigs
It seems like the troubles are far from over for the British
singer Amy Winehouse. Her spokesman...
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Amy Winehouse To Stay In Hospital For More Tests
The British singer, Amy Winehouse, remained in hospital on
Tuesday after the first tests proved...
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Amy Winehouse in Hospital after Fainting
British singer Amy Winehouse was in her London home Monday when she fainted; luckily, her...
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Amy Winehouse Taken To The Hospital After Fainting
Amy Winhouse was taken to the London Clinic in Marylebone
after she fainted at home. According to...
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DMX Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charges, Drugs
Rapper DMX, real name Earl Simmons, has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and drug...
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DMX Busted Twice In One Week
Rapper DMX was arrested yet again on suspicion of animal abuse and drug possession, three days...
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People
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Heroin reportedly found in Hong Kong pop star's Tokyo hotel room
Hong Kong - Heroin has been found by police in the hotel room of a Hong Kong pop...
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Redmond O’ Neal Arrested Again For Drug Possession
Redmond O’ Neal, the troubled son of Ryan O’Neal and Farah Fawcett, was arrested on...
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Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged with suppling drugs
Los Angeles - Anna Nicole Smith's attorney and boyfriend as well as two doctors...
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Judge Won’t Dismiss Roman Polanski’s Child-Sex Case Yet
A California judge yesterday refused to approve a request filed by director Roman Polanski’s...
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What is Going On With Joaquin Phoenix?
As unbelievable as Joaquin Phoenix’s life story may be, it turns out to be absolutely for...
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Heath Ledger’s Life Insurance Case Wraps Up
The lawsuit involving Heath Ledger’s $10 million life insurance policy is close to an end...
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Pregnant Again
Thursday, Elisabeth Hasselbeck of “The View” revealed on the ABC daytime chat...
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Heath Ledger’s Parents Proud by Posthumous Oscar Nomination
Heath Ledger was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, for the extraordinary...
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Three Retained In Travolta Extortion Plot
Police in the Bahamas have arrested three people in connection with the alleged plot to extort...
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Biggie’s Neighborhood Has Changed
While Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Antonique Smith and Derek Luke shoot the scenes for the...
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Literary Icon Edgar Allan Poe, Subject of Heated Debate
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prominent writers of the American Romantic Movement. He is...
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Boy George, Sentenced To 5 Months In Jail
Boy George, born George Alan O’Dowd, is one of the most controversial artists in the United...
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Fergie and Josh Duhamel Got Special Entertainers for Their Wedding
Fergie, whose real name is Stacy Ferguson, and Josh Duhamel tied the knot on Saturday in...
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Actor Ryan O’Neal Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge
Actor Ryan O'Neal, best known as the star of the 1970 film "Love Story," pleaded guilty...
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Sopranos Actor Brancato Jailed
Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having taken part in a...
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Ryan O'Neal Pleads Guilty To Meth Possession
Actor Ryan O'Neal pleaded guilty to a felony charge of drug possession in a Malibu, Calif.,...
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Ryan O'Neal Pleads Guilty To Drug Related Charges
The famous actor from “Love Story”, Ryan O'Neal, pleaded guilty today to felony drug...
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Heather Locklear Pleads No Contest to Reckless Driving in Plea Deal
Former “Melrose Place” star Heather Locklear pleaded no contest on Friday to a...
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Charlie Sheen's Daughters Unharmed in Car Wreck
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards’s daughters, Sam, 4, and
Lola, 3, were being driven by their...
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Macaulay Culkin’s Sister Dies in Car Accident
Macaulay Culkin’s older sister, Dakota Culkin, died
Wednesday at UCLA hospital from injuries...
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Locklear Charged With Misdemeanor - Again
Heather Locklear, one of the most beautiful blondes Hollywood has offered us, is a popular actress,...
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DUI Misdemeanor Charge for Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor
driving under the influence of legally...
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Paula Abdul Fan, Former American Idol Contestant, Found Dead
A former “American Idol” contestant known to have been an obsessed fan of Paula Abdul was found...
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Hudson Murder Suspect Remains In Jail Until Dec. 3, At Least
William Balfour, the estranged husband of actress Jennifer
Hudson’s sister Julia and the sole...
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William Balfour Still Held In Custody
Jennifer Hudson, born in 1981, is an Oscar-winning actress, a singer and a model. As a singer, she...
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Amy Winehouse’s Husband Leaves Jail to Enter Rehab
The 26-year-old husband of troubled singer Amy Winehouse was
released from jail on Wednesday just...
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Mackenzie Phillips Pleads Guilty to Possession of Cocaine and Heroine, Enters Rehab
The actress Mackenzie Phillips, who has long
battled drug addiction, pleaded guilty to possession...
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Mackenzie Phillips Will Quit Drugs One Day at A Time…
The former "One Day At a Time" star, Actress Mackenzie Phillips has been ordered into an...
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Update: Mistrial In Britney Spears' Drivers License Case
Britney Spears used to be famous for her songs, good looks and seemingly charming, wholesome...
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What State Does Britney Call “Home”?
Trouble seems to following pop princess Britney Spears, no matter where she goes. Recently, we have...
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