AP - Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district's appeal of a ruling that it violated a student's rights by censoring his anti-Bush T-shirt.
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Court allows student's anti-Bush T-shirt (AP)
AP - Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district's appeal of a ruling that it violated a student's rights by censoring his anti-Bush T-shirt.
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OUR MAN MACHIAVELLI (Richard Reeves)
Richard Reeves - NEW YORK -- I suspect that there will be not much debate when jurors get together this coming winter to choose Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University. Few entries will be able to stand up to "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," a four-part series by Barton Gellman and Jo Becker, published in The Washington Post last week.
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Squash grown 10,000 years ago in Peru (AP)
AP - Agriculture was taking root in South America almost as early as the first farmers were breaking ground in the Middle East, new research indicates. Evidence that squash was being grown nearly 10,000 years ago, in what is now Peru, is reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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On the road again, B.B. King preps new album (Reuters)
Reuters - Three months. That was the
longest stretch B.B. King ever took off from the road. After
six weeks, however, that old antsy feeling came knocking.
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Surgeons Push for Less Invasive Lung Cancer Procedures (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) - Less invasive lung surgery
should become the first option for cancer patients, U.S. experts say.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 29, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Being breastfed may not cut kids' obesity risk (Reuters)
Reuters - Breastfeeding has many benefits
for babies, but protection from obesity may not be one of them,
a UK research team reports.
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Military offering free laser eye surgery (AP)
AP - An Army eye clinic that offers free laser eye surgery to soldiers will give highest priority to special forces groups and other units most likely to go to combat in Iraq, according to a published report.
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N.H. repeals parental notice of abortion (AP)
AP - Gov. John Lynch signed legislation Friday that made New Hampshire the first state to repeal a law requiring a parent be notified before a minor received an abortion.
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Chinese wins Japan's 1st comics prize (AP)
AP - A Hong Kong Chinese artist has won Japan's first "Nobel Prize of Manga" for artists working in the comic book genre abroad.
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Mingus 1964 concert to bow on disc (Reuters)
Reuters - Look for Charles Mingus, fronting a
dazzling sextet, to climb the traditional-jazz chart this
summer.
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Woman pleads to stalking singer (AP)
AP - A former national laboratory worker has admitted that she used government computers to access the e-mail account of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington and hacked into a cell phone company's Web site to obtain his phone number.
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U.S. Stock Funds Disgorge $10 Billion (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Investors yanked $9.99 billion from mutual funds focused on U.S. stocks in May, even as the market bobbed and weaved to higher ground.
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Wall St looking brighter after inflation news (FT.com)
FT.com - US stocks were potentially looking at a brighter start on Friday, after a closely watched measure of inflation fell back into the Federal Reserve's comfort zone.
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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The Nat'l Assn. of Purchasing Management's regional business activity surveys rose in June. The Chicago-area gauge eased to 60.2 vs. 61.7, but still remains solid. The Milwaukee index jumped to 66 from 58. Better auto production and exports helped, and could boost national activity. The index for New York City rose to 451.5 from 450.2, and the outlook improved as well.
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Jobs, subprime mess to rule July 4th week (Reuters)
Reuters - Investors are hoping the coming week
brings some answers to the question of whether an improving
U.S. economy unleashes inflationary forces, and one place to
look will be in the June payrolls data.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Toxin detected after 1 shift in smoky bar: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke
in bars and restaurants can result in measurable levels of a
toxin in workers' bodies that is known to cause lung cancer,
U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Overweight elderly don't have higher death rates (Reuters)
Reuters - After the age of 80, carrying a
few extra pounds may not subtract years from your lifespan, a
new study from Japan shows.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 29, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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U.S. tracks serious form of syphilis in gay men (Reuters)
Reuters - A particularly serious form of the
sexually transmitted bacterial disease syphilis has been
detected in gay and bisexual U.S. men infected with the AIDS
virus, federal health officials reported on Thursday.
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Sanofi pulls obesity drug application in U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - Sanofi-Aventis is withdrawing its
application to sell obesity drug rimonabant -- its biggest new
drug hope -- in the United States, dealing a further blow to
its pipeline hopes.
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Veggie Booty snack food recalled (AP)
AP - A popular snack food sold nationwide is being recalled because of concerns about contamination. All lots and sizes of Veggie Booty Snack Food are being recalled, the company said, following a report of 51 cases of salmonella poisoning that may be associated with the product.
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Antidepressants not big risk for defects (AP)
AP - Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link.
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Beijing bans 10 types of drugs (AP)
AP - China's capital banned ten types of drugs for exaggerated effectiveness, a newspaper reported Friday, amid rising concerns of fake and tainted products in China's food and drug supply chains.
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WHO: Air travelers should exercise legs (AP)
AP - The World Health Organization recommended Friday that passengers on long flights exercise their legs and resist taking sleeping pills to reduce the risk of potentially fatal blood clots.
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Katz back with new engaging dog book (AP)
AP - "Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm" (Villard, 288 pages, $23.95) — Jon Katz: The menagerie at Bedlam Farm continues to grow in "Dog Days," the engaging new entry in Jon Katz's memoirs about living the country life with man's best friend.
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"Old Acquaintance" a tepid revival (Reuters)
Reuters - John Van Druten's comedy "Old
Acquaintance" has inspired not one but two film adaptations --
one in 1943 starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins and a 1981
remake titled "Rich and Famous" with Jacqueline Bisset and
Candice Bergen -- but it surprisingly has not been seen on
Broadway since its 1940 premiere.
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Capsule reviews of this week's new films (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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`Transformers': Less than meets the eye (AP)
AP - With "Transformers," Michael Bay has either made a big, dumb summer adventure for the little boy in all of us or the world's most-expensive General Motors commercial.
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Restaurants on list of top 100 US retailers: report (Reuters)
Reuters - In a sign of the growing influence
that restaurants have on how and where consumers spend their
money, a major retail trade group has included for the first
time six restaurant companies on its list of the top 100
retailers, released on Friday.
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Bank regulators finalize mortgage rules (AP)
AP - Banking regulators on Friday completed guidelines that call on lenders to strictly evaluate borrowers' ability to repay home loans.
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FTSE stays positive as BT rings up gains (FT.com)
FT.com - London equities stayed in positive territory on Friday with shares in BT Group standing out after bullish comment on the company's prospects from its chief executive.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Overseeing the executive branch (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The 9/11 commission recommended not only increasing the powers of the federal government to protect us, but also enhancing the system of checks and balances to preserve the precious liberties that are vital to our American way of life.
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Gas Stations Ripe for ID Theft? (PC World)
PC World - Using a credit card at a gas station could pose more of a risk for data theft than shopping online, as point-of-sale terminals have emerged as a weak link in the security chain, according to a Gartner Inc. analyst.
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Former official gets 10 months in Abramoff case (Reuters)
Reuters - A high-ranking Bush administration
official was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Tuesday for
lying to Congress as it investigated a bribery scandal centered
on lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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Women attacked or killed in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - • June 26, 2007: Farida Nekzad, editor of Afghanistan's independent news agency Pajhwok, receives death threats on her cell phone during the funeral of a fellow female journalist, Zakia Zaki, who was slain by gunmen earlier in the month.
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CDC: About 2M more Americans uninsured (AP)
AP - The number of adults without health insurance jumped by 2 million from 2005 to 2006, according to a new federal report. Uninsured Americans numbered 43.6 million last year, a 6 percent increase from 2005, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Dust in West speeding up snow melting (AP)
AP - Ranching, mining, energy exploration and other activities that raise dust in the West are helping diminish the snowpack that supplies much of the region's water, a new study says.
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Health problems follow childhood cancer survivors (Reuters)
Reuters - A substantial minority of young
adults who have survived a childhood malignancy will have at
least one severe health problem, according to a report
presented here Tuesday at a media briefing of the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
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More vitamin D can put more pep in seniors' steps (Reuters)
Reuters - Declining physical performance
among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of
aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency,
results of a new study suggest.
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Health Tip: Stop Your Child From Biting (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Young children often bite out of frustration,
anger and emotions that they don't otherwise know how to express.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 26, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Portion-Control Dishware Helps Obese Diabetics Lose Weight (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Using a plate and cereal bowl that
indicate proper portion sizes helped obese patients with diabetes lose
weight and decrease their use of glucose-controlling medications, says a
Canadian study.
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Kidney, heart disease spur each other (AP)
AP - Hearts and kidneys: If one's diseased, better keep a close eye on the other. Surprising new research shows kidney disease somehow speeds up heart disease well before it has ravaged the kidneys. And perhaps not so surprising, doctors have finally proven that heart disease can trigger kidney destruction, too.
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Brazil offers morning-after pill to poor (AP)
AP - Brazil's government has added "morning after" pills to its newly expanded birth control program in hopes of helping poor people reduce unwanted pregnancies and dangerous illegal abortions.
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Mexico's Poniatowska wins lit prize (AP)
AP - Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska received the prestigious Romulo Gallegos literature prize Tuesday for her novel "El Tren Pasa Primero" ("The Train Passes First").
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Bran' New State: 'Oklahoma!', Starring Kelli O'Hara, Celebrates State's Centennial (Playbill)
Playbill - In honor of Oklahoma's statehood centennial, the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma revives the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma! June 26-July 1. The romantic musical set in what was considered just "territory" stars Tony Award nominee and state native Kelli O'Hara.
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Guest Critic: Esther Lee (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK It's great to be back in the land of all brands, all categories, all agencies after having been "away" as a client for the past five years. I was pleased to see that there's more good work out there than I remember.
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Networks hit new lows in grim weekly ratings (Reuters)
Reuters - CBS and ABC fell to their
lowest ratings among the coveted adults 18-49 demographic in
two decades last week, as reruns and summer alternatives drove
viewers from their couches.
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French retail giant Carrefour is fined (AP)
AP - French retail giant Carrefour said Tuesday it was fined euro2 million (US$2.69 million) by a French regional court for false advertising, selling items below cost and collusion with suppliers at its hypermarket chain in France.
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Subprime, fund trends in focus at Morningstar event (Reuters)
Reuters - Strong global stocks and bonds markets
have fueled rapid growth in the $11.1 trillion U.S. mutual fund
industry, despite the wobble in emerging markets and concerns
about overheated Chinese markets in the past year.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Antidepressants weaken bones in elderly: studies (Reuters)
Reuters - Two studies published on Monday
added to the growing evidence that the most popular class of
drugs taken to treat depression may contribute to fragile bones
in elderly people.
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Cord blood helped in type 1 diabetes: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Giving children with type 1 diabetes an
infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped
reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on
Monday.
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Health Tip: Questions About Your Medications? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Many people taking prescription or
over-the-counter medications may not fully understand how and why to take
them.
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AMA wants probe of store clinics (AP)
AP - The American Medical Association wants authorities to investigate whether quickie retail-based health clinics run by pharmacy chains pose conflicts of interest that put profits ahead of patient health.
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Staph superbug may be infecting patients (AP)
AP - A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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CDC: About 2M more Americans uninsured (AP)
AP - The number of adults without health insurance jumped by 2 million from 2005 to 2006, according to a new federal report.
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Kidney, heart disease spur each other (AP)
AP - Hearts and kidneys: If one's diseased, better keep a close eye on the other. Surprising new research shows kidney disease somehow speeds up heart disease well before it has ravaged the kidneys. And perhaps not so surprising, doctors have finally proven that heart disease can trigger kidney destruction, too.
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Yiddish Theatre Star Molly Picon Exhibit Opens at New York Public Library (Playbill)
Playbill - "The Sweetheart of Second Avenue," Molly Picon, is the subject of a newly opened exhibit at the New York Public Library.
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Paris Hilton's trash for sale on eBay (AP)
AP - So, how much would you pay for an empty dog-food can if you thought it was snatched from Paris Hilton's trash?
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John Hancock settles SEC probe, to pay $21.2 mln (Reuters)
Reuters - John Hancock agreed on Monday to pay
$21.2 million to end a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
investigation of the mutual fund company's failure to disclose
certain revenue-sharing schemes, the agency said.
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
CSI chases delinquent dog DNA (AP)
AP - Crime scene investigation is going to the dogs. Animal control officers in one southern Australian city are being trained and equipped to gather DNA clues at the scene of every dog attack on a human or pet, officials said Sunday.
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Scarifications fade in modern Nigeria (AP)
AP - The wail of 6-week-old Quari Babaola cut through the air like the blade that had just sliced through his chin.
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Staph superbug may be infecting patients (AP)
AP - A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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Hard to Be 13: Boarding School Boys at Center of New Musical, 'With Glee', in NYC (Playbill)
Playbill - John Gregor's With Glee, a new musical comedy about five young boys on their search for friendship and normalcy at a boarding school, will be presented as a staged workshop production 8 PM June 28-29 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan.
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"Heroes" co-star morphs into "Reaper" TV role (Reuters)
Reuters - Hot off her recurring
role on NBC's "Heroes," Missy Peregrym has landed the female
lead on the CW's upcoming one-hour series "Reaper."
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
Drug From Sea Squirt Treats Rare Sarcoma (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- A drug derived from the sea
squirt showed anti-tumor activity in more than half of 51 patients with a
type of cancer called advanced pretreated myxoid liposarcomas.
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Video Game Overuse May Be an Addiction: Experts (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of U.S. children and
adults obsessed with video games may suffer from a real addiction,
according to a proposal up for debate by top U.S. doctors.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 22, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
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Canada's first ambulance for obese patients on call (Reuters)
Reuters - Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are
the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially
modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while
protecting paramedics from injury.
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Surgeon removes gall bladder from mouth (AP)
AP - An Oregon surgeon has performed gall bladder surgery that removes the organ through the patient's mouth — the latest example of surgeries that avoid major incisions and rely on the body's own orifices instead.
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Study links blood sugar to newborn risks (AP)
AP - The higher a pregnant woman's level of blood sugar, the greater the risk to her newborn — whether the mother has diabetes or not, the largest study on the problem suggests. The findings released Friday may lead to more women being diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy and given stricter diet advice or medication to lower blood sugar.
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Hello, Jerry! Broadway Composer Goes North of the Border to See Canadian 'Mack and Mabel' (Playbill)
Playbill - The cast and crew of the Shaw Festival's new production of Jerry Herman's Mack and Mabel got a surprise visit by the Tony Award-winning songwriter June 21.
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Clear Channel signs multi-year Arbitron deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Clear Channel Communications Inc.
radio division is signing a multi-year deal to use Arbitron
Inc.'s new technology to track listener habits in its top 50
markets, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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TV commercials can help promote developing bands (Reuters)
Reuters - Somewhere in the earliest part of
the 21st century, it became obvious that a profound paradigm
shift had taken place in the relationship of rock'n'roll and
music licensing. With the end of the rock era (1965-1994), the
rules began changing just as fast as the technology.
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Rock band the Donnas take control after stumble (Reuters)
Reuters - Female rock quartet the Donnas have
returned to their indie roots after disappointing sales of
their last album for Atlantic Records derailed their dreams of
mainstream stardom.
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401(k) Help For High-Paid Executives (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Earnings don't get taxed so long as they remain inside a 401(k) account. That helps turbocharge an account's growth.
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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Cleveland Fed chief Sandra Pianalto said policymakers must try to "preserve the benefits of financial innovation while protecting consumers from unfair and abusive practices." Such innovation has lowered costs for borrowers and given them a wider range of loan choices. But their interests may conflict with those of mortgage brokers, who are usually compensated only when a loan is made, Pianalto said.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
SiCKO Is Boffo (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- In 1971, Edgar Kaiser, the son of the founder of Kaiser Permanente, one of the first big HMOs, went to see John Ehrlichman, a top aide to President Nixon, to lobby the Nixon White House to pass legislation that would expand the market for health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Ehrlichman reported this conversation to Nixon on February 17, 1971. The discussion, which was taped, went like this:
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'Brown v. Board' school may be spared (AP)
AP - The Kansas State Historical Society said Thursday it won't allow city officials to demolish the former all-white school that was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case.
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We won't be fooled again (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - We do not need the Senate immigration bill to secure the border.
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Fish Oil Might Slow Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new study with mice
suggests that diets high in omega-3 fatty acids from fish might help slow
prostate cancer.
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1st Gene Therapy Trial Effective Against Parkinson's (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- In an early trial, gene
therapy has proven both safe and effective in easing the symptoms of
Parkinson's disease, researchers say.
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Video Game Overuse May Be an Addiction: Experts (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of U.S. children and
adults obsessed with video games may suffer from a real addiction,
according to a proposal up for debate by top U.S. doctors.
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Computerized Medication Box Approved (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that
allows professional caregivers to monitor how patients dispense their
medications has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
the agency said Thursday.
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Canada's first ambulance for obese patients on call (Reuters)
Reuters - Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are
the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially
modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while
protecting paramedics from injury.
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Portugal adopts law allowing abortion (AP)
AP - Portugal introduced a new law Thursday that allows abortion up to the 10th week of pregnancy, but imposes a three-day reflection period for women seeking the procedure and grants doctors the right to opt out on moral grounds.
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State moves against troubled LA hospital (AP)
AP - State health regulators said Thursday they were moving to revoke the license of a hospital where a patient recently died on the emergency room floor while waiting for treatment.
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Talks on global broadcast treaty fail (AP)
AP - Talks on an international treaty updating broadcast rights to accommodate the Internet failed Friday because countries were unable to agree how much legal and technological protection to afford broadcasters, a U.S. official said.
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Limited Brands cuts corporate staff (AP)
AP - Retailer Limited Brands Inc. will cut corporate jobs in Columbus and New York to reflect a smaller company that is moving away from apparel sales to concentrate on lingerie and beauty businesses, the company said Friday.
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Economy - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The average 30-year fixed mortgage fell 0.05 point 15 6.69% in the week of June 21, Freddie Mac said. It was 6.71% a year ago. The 15-year fixed rate fell to 6.37% from 6.43% last week. Rates fell due to concerns that the housing market will continue to hurt the economy following declines in housing starts and home builder optimism, said Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft.
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Jones Apparel near Barneys sale: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Jones Apparel Group Inc. is
near a deal to sell the Barneys New York high-end clothing
chain for $825 million to Dubai's private equity firm
Istithmar, The New York Times reported on Friday.
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CME urges CBOT members to vote in favor of merger (Reuters)
Reuters - Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings
Inc. on Friday urged shareholders and members of the
Chicago Board of Trade to vote in favor of CME's offer to take
over CBOT, the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
1st Gene Therapy Trial Effective Against Parkinson's (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- In an early trial, gene
therapy has proven both safe and effective in easing the symptoms of
Parkinson's disease, researchers say.
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RSV worse in kids with neuromuscular problems (Reuters)
Reuters - Children hospitalized with
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are prone to fare
poorly if they also have neuromuscular impairments, German and
US researchers report.
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Computerized Medication Box Approved (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that
allows professional caregivers to monitor how patients dispense their
medications has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
the agency said Thursday.
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Obesity Cuts Risk of Dying After Heart Attack (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- In what doctors admit is a
paradox, new European research shows that obese patients have half the
risk of dying after a heart attack compared with normal-weight
patients.
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FDA clears computerized pill box (AP)
AP - A computerized pill box that patients can keep at home to dole out their drugs on schedule and in the correct doses received federal approval Thursday.
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FDA OKs first fibromyalgia treatment (AP)
AP - A Pfizer Inc. drug won expanded federal approval Thursday as the first treatment for fibromyalgia, a mysterious syndrome marked by muscle pain and fatigue.
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US scores hospitals on heart care (AP)
AP - The government gave hospitals around the country a public report card Thursday that measures their performance in the treatment of patients suffering from heart attacks or heart failure.
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Lists of best-selling books (AP)
AP - 1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
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MasterCard, FIFA settle World Cup sponsor fight (Reuters)
Reuters - MasterCard Inc. said on Thursday it
will drop a legal fight to get sponsorship rights for the next
two World Cup tournaments, paving the way for a deal with rival
Visa International for the world's most watched sports event.
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Doherty may clean up to marry Moss (AP)
AP - Pete Doherty plans to marry Kate Moss this summer — providing he stays off drugs, his diary says.
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DeVito opens South Beach eatery (AP)
AP - It's obvious that Danny DeVito loves to eat. Now he has a restaurant to call his own.
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Property groups lead European stocks lower (FT.com)
FT.com - European equity markets fell on Thursday after rising government bond yields hit US stocks overnight on concerns over rising global interest rates.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Army, or the Mafia? (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Early in 2004, one man — Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba — seemed to embody guarantees of a thorough investigation into the abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison that so stained the USA's reputation.
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GAO examines signing statement cases (AP)
AP - The Bush administration sometimes fails to follow all provisions of laws after President Bush attaches "signing statements" meant to interpret or restrict the legislation, congressional examiners say.
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Rosy assessment doesn't apply to attorney general (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Vincent E. Francis - Carson City, Nev.
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White House Political E-Mails Were Rife, Panel Says (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Dozens more White House officials
used e-mail accounts set up by the Republican National Committee
than the Bush administration has previously acknowledged, a
House investigative panel said.
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GW says Canada backs cannabis drug for cancer pain (Reuters)
Reuters - A pioneering cannabis-based drug will be
considered by Canadian regulators for approval as a treatment
for cancer pain, its British developer GW Pharmaceuticals Plc
said on Tuesday.
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Bariatric Surgery Safe for Many Older Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Bariatric surgery to treat morbid
obesity is safe for carefully selected, older people and Medicare
patients, according to a U.S. study in the June issue of the journal
Archives of Surgery.
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Health Tip: Sleeping During Pregnancy (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- While it's important to get plenty of sleep
during a pregnancy, that's often easier said than done. Difficulty getting
comfortable, the need to urinate frequently, leg cramps and backaches
often make it difficult for pregnant women to get a good night's rest.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 19, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Study picks apart lung infection vaccine (AP)
AP - A vaccine to prevent a dangerous infection that often strikes cystic fibrosis patients is feasible, but needs more development, German researchers report.
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U.S. reporter's Iraq saga wins top non-fiction prize (Reuters)
Reuters - An American reporter's account of the
surreal world inside Baghdad's top security Green Zone was
named on Monday as winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, billed
as the world's richest award for non-fiction.
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Gianfranco Ferre Dies at 62 (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - One of fashion's greatest designers, Gianfranco Ferre, died Sunday evening in Milan. He was 62.
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Colorful Anna Nicole Smith judge leaving (AP)
AP - Larry Seidlin, the wisecracking judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains and was lampooned for his sobbing announcement of the verdict, will resign next month, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
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June gloom hits Broadway as number of big shows exit (Reuters)
Reuters - With the weekend exit from
Broadway environs of the ill-fated "The Pirate Queen," the
grand exodus has only just begun.
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Keri Russell welcomes a son named River (AP)
AP - Keri Russell is a mom.
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Report: Parents wary of media violence (AP)
AP - Two-thirds of parents said they are very concerned about sex and violence the nation's children are exposed to in the media, and there would be broad support for new federal limits on such material on television, said a survey released Tuesday.
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Colorful Anna Nicole Smith judge leaving (AP)
AP - Larry Seidlin, the wisecracking judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains and was lampooned for his sobbing announcement of the verdict, will resign next month, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
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Wall St lower as bond yields steady (FT.com)
FT.com - US stocks lost steam in range-bound trade on Monday, with deal activity, bond yields and oil prices remaining the main talking points for investors.
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Housing construction down in May (AP)
AP - Construction of new homes fell in May as the nation's homebuilders were battered by the crisis in subprime lending and rising mortgage rates.
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Tyco to focus on growth after spin-offs (Reuters)
Reuters - Tyco International Ltd. aims to
rely on gaining ground in its core markets, including fire and
security systems, and increase core revenue 4 percent to 6
percent annually after it spins off its electronics and
health-care business, company officials said on Tuesday.
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Monday, June 18, 2007
Locals fear end of Brooklyn waterfront (AP)
AP - As the self-designated captain of a 93-year-old barge that he refurbished as a combined maritime museum and residence, David Sharps exemplifies the quirky charm of Red Hook, a history-steeped neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront.
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25 Web Sites to Watch (PC World)
PC World - What's tomorrow's YouTube? The Web's next breakout hit may be one these innovative, useful, and fun new sites.
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Higher Screening Rates Credited With Drop in Colorectal Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Colorectal cancer is on the
decline in the United States, but doctors aren't declaring victory just
yet against the deadly disease.
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First Vietnam bird flu death since 2005 (AP)
AP - Vietnam confirmed its first human death from bird flu since 2005, as the latest flare-up of the virus ravaged poultry stocks, official media said Saturday.
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Skipping insulin for weight risky (AP)
AP - Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia — forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.
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GlaxoSmithKline plans 5 new cancer drugs (AP)
AP - GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company, said Monday that it expects to introduce five new cancer treatments through 2010.
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Film academy invites 115 new members (AP)
AP - Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson have been asked to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.
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Wajda honored by U.S. Embassy in Warsaw (AP)
AP - Andrzej Wajda was honored Monday as a "moral and professional authority" for films that chronicled the development of the Solidarity freedom movement.
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Music Review: Bon Jovi gets country (AP)
AP - Bon Jovi, "Lost Highway" (Island)
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Finish Line buying Genesco for $1.5B (AP)
AP - Finish Line Inc. said Monday it agreed to pay about $1.5 billion for footwear and accessories retailer Genesco Inc., which recently rejected a lower offer from Foot Locker Inc.
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Toddler served margarita in a sippy cup (AP)
AP - Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.
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Prosecutor in North Carolina lacrosse case to resign (Reuters)
Reuters - A North Carolina district attorney who
pursued sex charges against three Duke University lacrosse
players said on Friday he would resign from office as he faced
ethics charges over his handling of the case.
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Atlantis Astronauts Fix Shuttle Blanket, Furl Solar Array (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - HOUSTON --
Two spacewalkers performed a bit of heat shield surgery and wrestled an old
solar wing into submission outside the International Space Station (ISS)
Friday, as critical Russian computers were reactivated inside the orbital
laboratory.
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Researchers track butterfly populations (AP)
AP - The volunteers tote a butterfly net, binoculars and field guides around the Miami Metrozoo grounds, scanning the plants and flowers for fluttering wings. But they aren't searching for a rare species or collecting specimens for display — they're counting butterflies for the Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network, then leaving the insects to continue their zigzagging flights through the humid air.
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Journalists criticize Iraqi detentions (AP)
AP - The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to free 11 people detained by authorities for providing Al-Jazeera television with a videotape of an interview of a woman accusing three security officers of raping her.
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U.S. contractors thrive in Colombia (AP)
AP - U.S. defense contractors are receiving nearly half the money allotted by Washington to fight cocaine trafficking and leftist rebels in Colombia, throwing into doubt their mission to train Colombians to replace them.
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House boosts domestic security funds for 2008 (Reuters)
Reuters - The House of Representatives on
Friday approved significant increases in funds next year for
domestic security and veterans care in a challenge to President
George W. Bush's more limited budget requests.
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Turning an Anti-Tumor Gene Back On Could Fight Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer drugs may be able to
switch on a gene that tumor cells have switched off, potentially offering
a new target for treatment, scientists say.
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Health Tip: Dealing With Temper Tantrums (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- When some young children become frustrated,
they throw temper tantrums.
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Group sues NYC over new calorie rules (AP)
AP - A restaurant trade group asked a court Friday to outlaw a new city regulation that would require some eateries to list calorie counts on their menu boards right next to the price.
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FDA OKs blood pressure drug (AP)
AP - Patients who suffer from a rare disease that causes continuous high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs received a new treatment choice Friday.
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Ferlin Husky has leg surgery (AP)
AP - Country singer Ferlin Husky was resting in a Missouri hospital after surgery on his leg, his spokesman said.
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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index fell to 83.7 in June from 88.3 in May, the lowest in 10 months. The drop reflected inflation worries driven by a third week of gasoline prices above $3 a gallon. The index of consumer expectations fell to 73 from 77.6 at the end of May.
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Backlash forms against 'zero tolerance' (AP)
AP - Fifth-graders in California who adorned their mortarboards with tiny toy plastic soldiers this week to support troops in Iraq were forced to cut off their miniature weapons. A Utah boy was suspended for giving his cousin a cold pill prescribed to both students. In Rhode Island, a kindergartner was suspended for bringing a plastic knife to school so he could cut cookies.
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Toddler served margarita in a sippy cup (AP)
AP - Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.
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Lab managers accused of security breach (AP)
AP - Officials with the contractor that runs Los Alamos National Laboratory sent top-secret data regarding nuclear weapons through open e-mail networks, the latest potentially dangerous security breach to come to light at the birthplace of the atomic bomb, two congressmen said.
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Missing 2 days, 5-year-old found alive (AP)
AP - A 5-year-old girl who was feared drowned with her grandfather on a boating trip startled searchers Friday when she emerged from the woods — naked, scratched and holding mulberries.
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Fathers and kids bond over video games (AP)
AP - When Will Nickelson and his daughter want to spend some quality time together, they fire up Nintendo Co.'s Wii and play a few rounds of "Wii Sports" or "Mario Party 8."
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Turning an Anti-Tumor Gene Back On Could Fight Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer drugs may be able to
switch on a gene that tumor cells have switched off, potentially offering
a new target for treatment, scientists say.
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Health Tip: Dealing With Temper Tantrums (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- When some young children become frustrated,
they throw temper tantrums.
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Seattle-area VA hospital criticized (AP)
AP - The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems, inspectors said in a report released Friday.
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Anxiety affects obesity surgery success (AP)
AP - Extremely obese people suffering from depression or anxiety tend to lose less weight after obesity surgery than mentally healthy people, researchers reported Thursday in a study that suggests such patients could benefit from treatment beforehand.
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3 million in Japan have mental illness (AP)
AP - The number of Japanese suffering from mental illnesses topped 3 million for the first time in 2005, the government said Friday, amid efforts to improve mental health services in Japan.
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FDA OKs blood pressure drug (AP)
AP - Patients who suffer from a rare disease that causes continuous high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs received a new treatment choice Friday.
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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 9-15: Exit, With Award (Playbill)
Playbill - And you thought Final Four basketball matches made for stiff competition.
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Guest lineup for Sunday TV news shows (AP)
AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
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House GOP promotes earmark openness (AP)
AP - House Republicans who larded legislation with lawmakers' pet projects when they ran the House successfully forced Democrats on Thursday to be more open about Congress' pork barrel ways.
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Houston rejects crime lab recommendation (AP)
AP - An independent review of Houston's once-troubled crime lab concluded the city had eliminated many of the problems, but it recommended a special master be named to further review "major issues" in DNA and blood-analysis cases from the 1980s and '90s. City officials quickly rejected the recommendation.
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Experimental jet tested at 10 times speed of sound (Reuters)
Reuters - An experimental jet engine has been
successfully tested at speeds of up to 11,000 km (6,835 miles)
per hour, or 10 times the speed of sound, during trials in
Australia's outback, defense scientists said on Friday.
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Attack kills 7 in southern Thailand (AP)
AP - A roadside bomb and shootings killed seven soldiers Friday in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces this year in Thailand's restive south, amid tightened security on a key anniversary of a 15th Century Islamic sultanate.
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Cases of bad judgment (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Will somebody please get Roy Pearson a new pair of pants - and some sense of proportion? Compared with Pearson's $54 million suit, Robert Bork's decision to sue the Yale Club for $1 million is small potatoes.
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River blindness parasite resisting treatment (Reuters)
Reuters - The parasite that causes river
blindness appears to be developing resistance to the only drug
widely available to treat it, researchers said on Thursday.
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Court rules against unions on fee issue (AP)
AP - States may force public sector labor unions to get consent from workers before using their fees for political activities, the Supreme Court said Thursday.
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Early antibiotic use tied to childhood asthma (Reuters)
Reuters - The use of commonly prescribed
"broad-spectrum" antibiotics, which destroy a wide range of
bacteria, during infancy may raise the risk of asthma later in
childhood, according to a Canadian report in the journal Chest.
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Elderly Sleep Woes Linked to Increased Suicide Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) - Chronically troubled sleep
may be a marker for an increased risk for suicide in the elderly, a new
report suggests.
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Health Tip: Dealing With Temper Tantrums (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- When some young children become frustrated,
they throw temper tantrums.
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Bengay Death Highlights OTC Dangers (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- The bizarre death of a New
York City high school track star from a muscle pain cream overdose is
raising a red flag once again on the hazards of overusing common
over-the-counter medications, experts say.
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Drunkenness Comes Faster After Gastric Surgery (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Oprah Winfrey's influence
may now reach into medical science: her show led researchers to confirm
that gastric bypass causes people to get drunk faster.
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Family sues over tainted peanut butter (AP)
AP - When Krystina Brugh fell ill in January, her parents thought it was the stomach flu. They fed her crackers and her favorite sandwich, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, to give her strength. She didn't get better. Soon, the 11-year-old couldn't even keep down water, and her kidneys started to fail.
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River blindness may resist drug (AP)
AP - The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.
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Colgate: Low risk from counterfeits (AP)
AP - Personal-care products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Friday there is a low health risk to consumers who purchased tubes of counterfeit toothpaste, which were recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical.
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3 hepatitis C cases linked to NYC doctor (AP)
AP - Authorities urged 4,500 people who were treated by an anesthesiologist to get tested for hepatitis C, saying three patients may have been infected as the doctor gave them anesthesia.
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Universal agrees to buy struggling Sanctuary (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Music Group has agreed to buy
struggling British rival Sanctuary for 44.5 million pounds ($88
million) to develop its merchandising, live agency and artist
management businesses.
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FTSE boosted by Sainsbury stake news (FT.com)
FT.com - London equities continued to make gains in opening trade on Friday, after news of take building in J Sainsbury lit up the retail sector.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Teen accused of hiring undercover police officer to murder parents (CourtTV)
CourtTV - A 16-year-old Maryland boy will return to court
next week on charges that he tried to hire an undercover police officer
to kill his parents.
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Stress linked to lower endometrial cancer risk (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who feel chronically
stressed may have a lower risk of developing uterine cancer
than their less harried peers, researchers have found.
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Elderly Sleep Woes Linked to Increased Suicide Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) - Chronically troubled sleep
may be a marker for an increased risk for suicide in the elderly, a new
report suggests.
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Sometimes fatal skin disease strikes in north China (Reuters)
Reuters - Hand, foot and mouth disease, which in
rare cases can be fatal, has infected at least 121 children in
north China's Inner Mongolia in recent days, Xinhua news agency
said.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 14, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Drunkenness Comes Faster After Gastric Surgery (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Oprah Winfrey's influence
may now reach into medical science: her show led researchers to confirm
that gastric bypass causes people to get drunk faster.
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River blindness may resist drug (AP)
AP - The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.
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Radiotherapy error could affect hundreds (AP)
AP - Hundreds of brain cancer patients in France and perhaps others in the United States may be contacted about their radiation treatments from malfunctioning machines, which were ordered shut down by the French government after a manufacturer's warning.
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Pancreatic cancer surgery overlooked (AP)
AP - Nearly 40 percent of patients with early pancreatic cancer who could be treated with surgery don't get the operation, dooming them to grim chances of survival, a study found.
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Anxiety affects obesity surgery success (AP)
AP - Extremely obese people suffering from depression or anxiety tend to lose less weight after obesity surgery than mentally healthy people, researchers reported Thursday in a study that suggests such patients could benefit from treatment beforehand.
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Norwegian wins Dublin lit award (AP)
AP - Norwegian author Per Petterson won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award on Thursday for his novel, "Out Stealing Horses," which charts how a child's death and a family breakdown end a teenager's innocence and haunt him into old age.
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"Million Miles" still has a long way to go (Reuters)
Reuters - On the heels of its
Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening," off-Broadway's
Atlantic Theater Company is presenting "10 Million Miles," with
music and lyrics by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Patty
Griffin.
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NBC Universal sees 2008 operating profit up 10 pct (Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal expects to book higher
advance advertising for its television programs this year and
better-than-forecast digital revenue as it expands into new
outlets, its top executive said on Thursday.
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"Elvira" turns up at Fox Reality (Reuters)
Reuters - Fox Reality has given
the green light to "The Search for the Next Elvira," in which
the Mistress of the Dark -- portrayed by Cassandra Peterson --
will seek "a surrogate handmaiden with whom to share her
personal appearance duties."
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"Fantastic Four" sequel no worse than first film (Reuters)
Reuters - Maybe it has something
to do with seriously diminished expectations, but "Fantastic
Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" is an improvement of sorts
over the lifeless 2005 edition.
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Economy - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Single-family prices are up 3% nationally, year over year, but that's the weakest gain in a decade, researcher Global Insight said. The percentage of homes it deems "overvalued" fell to 14% in Q1 from 17% in Q4. Hot markets like California, Florida, New York and New England saw the broadest declines, as did weak areas of the industrial Midwest. Texas was home to the most "undervalued" markets.
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Regulators look at two online ad takeovers: report (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is
investigating Microsoft Corp's planned acquisition of
aQuantive Inc as well as Yahoo Inc.'s
proposed deal to take full control of Right Media Inc., The
Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Dems cite complaints about FEC nominee (AP)
AP - Senate Democrats signaled on Wednesday that they might oppose President Bush's nominee to the Federal Election Commission over his views on voting rights and criticism that he politicized his office at the Justice Department.
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Angry squirrel finished off by crutch (AP)
AP - An unusually aggressive squirrel attacked three people in a German town before its last victim finished it off with a crutch, police said Wednesday.
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NJ court: eminent domain requires blight (AP)
AP - In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused.
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Dog helps save foal from abandoned well (AP)
AP - It could have been a scene straight out of "Lassie." Kurt Smith was working in the yard at his horse boarding and breeding facility Monday when Molly, his border collie, came running and barking, signaling that something was amiss.
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Filter pledges crisp photos in low light (AP)
AP - A year from now, capturing a crisp, clear image of a candlelit birthday party could be a piece of cake — even with a camera phone. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it has developed a color-filter technology that at least doubles the sensitivity to light of the image sensor in every digital camera, enabling shutterbugs to take better pictures in poor light.
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Muslim nations must improve health care, OIC says (Reuters)
Reuters - Muslim states should quickly
tackle their deplorable public health services with millions of
infants and children vulnerable to diseases such as polio and
malaria, Malaysia's prime minister said on Thursday.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 13, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Boston's college kids: Lab rats for hire (AP)
AP - College students are known for finding creative ways to earn money, but few can compete with Boston University senior Allison Yochim — who once earned cash watching dueling images of sea turtles and hardcore pornography.
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"Sopranos" Finale Beats 2007 Awards in Sunday Night "Tony" Battle (Playbill)
Playbill - In the battle of the Tonys, "The Sopranos" was the clear victor (by almost a double margin) in ratings over the 2007 Tony Awards telecast, numbers now reveal.
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New York Times columnist in biz with MSNBC.com (Reuters)
Reuters - New York Times columnist
Thomas L. Friedman is expanding his "World" with MSNBC.com.
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Bear Stearns fund facing mortgage losses: WSJ (Reuters)
Reuters - A hedge fund managed by Bear Stearns
Cos. Inc. is scrambling to sell large amounts of
mortgage-backed bonds in a potentially troubling sign for the
broader mortgage-backed bond market, The Wall Street Journal
reported in its online edition.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Cancer Risk From Environmental Arsenic Can Last for Generations (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Decades after residents of a
region in northern Chile were exposed to high levels of arsenic in their
drinking water, they still suffer from high lung and bladder cancer death
rates, concludes a study by U.S. and Chilean researchers.
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New Tests, Treatments Close in on Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors may soon have new
tests to detect Alzheimer's early on, as well as better medications to
help treat the mind-wasting disease, researchers say.
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Kellogg to raise nutrition of kid foods (AP)
AP - Kellogg Co. has agreed to raise the nutritional value of cereals and snacks it markets to children.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 13, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Expert panel says to call kids 'obese' (AP)
AP - Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children's weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts recommended.
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Imported toothpaset recalled in 4 states (AP)
AP - Five-ounce tubes of toothpaste labeled Colgate and sold in discount stores in four states are being recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical, according to the importer.
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Glaxo to donate flu vaccine for poor (AP)
AP - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed to donate 50 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization in an attempt to create a pandemic vaccine stockpile for poor countries, company officials announced Wednesday.
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Early warning signs for ovarian cancer (AP)
AP - For the first time, cancer experts are advising women of certain symptoms that might alert them to ovarian cancer, a medically infamous "silent killer" that is hard to spot early and is one of the deadliest tumors.
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Panel rejects new weight-loss drug (AP)
AP - Federal health advisers unanimously rejected a weight-loss drug Wednesday after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal thoughts, even in patients without a history of depression. The manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis SA, further failed to show the drug rimonabant is safe, the panel said.
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"Utopia" makes for ideal "Forbidden" fruit (Reuters)
Reuters - All those Tony wins for
"The Coast of Utopia" definitely add oomph to "Forbidden
Broadway: The Roast of Utopia," the special summer
retrospective edition of the "Forbidden Broadway" franchise
that debuts Wednesday and runs through August 22 at the 47th
Street Theatre.
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Post Hispanic Upfronts, DVR Ratings Will Wait (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK This year's upfront is the most complicated in television history, but the general market and Hispanic market are taking decidedly different approaches to incorporating new ratings from Nielsen Media Research in the annual ad market.
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Singer Kershaw running for lt. governor (AP)
AP - Sammy Kershaw announced Wednesday that he's running for lieutenant governor as a Republican, challenging incumbent Democrat Mitch Landrieu.
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Capsule reviews of this week's new films (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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Director settles Universal race lawsuit (AP)
AP - A black assistant director fired from the set of the Universal Pictures film "2 Fast 2 Furious" has settled his racial discrimination suit with the studio for an unspecified sum.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
China's trade surplus surges 73 percent (AP)
AP - Just last month, China announced plans to buy $4.3 billion of U.S. technology as a way to show how serious it is about reducing the ballooning trade gap with the U.S.
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First, enforce immigration law (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - During the two weeks that the Senate debated a "grand bargain" immigration bill – and then gave up last Thursday – America had to absorb an estimated 28,000 more illegal aliens. That massive rate of lawlessness is just the reason the Senate should make a second try at reform soon.
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Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses (Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese court has jailed two
officials after they let a blind contractor build a bridge
which collapsed during construction and injured 12 people, the
official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
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Trickle of Planet Discoveries Becomes a Flood (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Alien
worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves,
stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The
discoveries are so common that more and more don't even get reported outside
scientific circles.
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Random restitution (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - James Tillman had been protesting his innocence since the day he was arrested in 1988 in the beating, robbery and rape of a Connecticut woman. Last year, a second look at DNA evidence showed conclusively that Tillman could not have been the attacker. Tillman, a victim of mistaken identity, was released from prison, and last month the Connecticut Legislature awarded him $5 million in compensation for the 16 years the state had deprived him of his freedom.
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Private Insurance May Help in Earlier Cancer Detection (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Uninsured Americans or those
with certain types of public health insurance are more likely to have oral
or breast cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage, compared to people with
private insurance whose disease is caught earlier.
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Heart Disease a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- There's more evidence that
cardiovascular problems help drive Alzheimer's disease, scientists say,
and that treating the heart might help protect the brain.
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Home Visits by Researchers Would Boost Alzheimer's Trials (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Home visits by researchers
may help increase the number of caregivers who are willing to enroll
Alzheimer's disease patients in clinical trials, a new study finds.
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Obese children with leukemia have poorer outlook (Reuters)
Reuters - Young patients with acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and a high body mass index, a
measure commonly used to estimate whether a person is
underweight or overweight, at the time of diagnosis are at
increased risk of relapse and other untoward events, according
to researchers.
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Alzheimer's cases may quadruple by 2050 (AP)
AP - More than 26 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease, and a new forecast says the number will quadruple by 2050. At that rate, one in 85 people will have the brain-destroying disease in 40 years, researchers from Johns Hopkins University conclude.
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Scrutiny for sunscreen-repellent combos (AP)
AP - Sunscreen and insect repellent in the same bottle? The products may save time, but the government is questioning if there should be more oversight.
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Sunscreens - and ratings - may improve (AP)
AP - Shade your kids. Strong new evidence suggests overall sun exposure in childhood, not just burns, is a big key to who later develops deadly skin cancer.
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Lap books are coming to laptops (AP)
AP - Two leading children's publishers, Scholastic, Inc., and Disney, will soon discover whether the laptop compares to the lap in the hearts of young readers.
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Disneyland launches "Finding Nemo" sub ride (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. on Monday
launched a "Finding Nemo" submarine ride with underwater
animation at its Disneyland park, in an effort to use its Pixar
film division to bolster theme park admissions.
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
Curbing Corporate America (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Corporate and CEO profits are at an all-time high. The richest 1 percent in America posses the wealth of the bottom 95 percent combined. Companies deploy hundreds of lobbyists and spend millions of dollars courting members of Congress to win legislative favors. The presidential election in '08 promises to be the priciest in history, largely underwritten by big business and top dollar donors.
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French Say 'Non' to U.S. Disclosure of Secret Satellites (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - BROYE-LES-PESMES,
France - A French space-surveillance radar has detected 20-30 satellites in low
Earth orbit that do not figure in the U.S. Defense Department's published
catalogue, a discovery that French officials say they will use to pressure U.S.
authorities to stop publishing the whereabouts of French reconnaissance and
military communications satellites.
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THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR ... IS OURSELVES! (Richard Reeves)
Richard Reeves - TOULOUSE, France -- "We have become a nation consumed by fear, worried about terrorists and rogue nations, Muslims and Mexicans, foreign companies and free trade, immigrants and international organizations. The strongest nation in the history of the world, we see ourselves besieged and overwhelmed."
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Beware of Fake Microsoft Security Alerts (PC World)
PC World - With Microsoft Corp.'s monthly patch release expected on Tuesday, scammers are sending out fake security bulletins that attempt to install malicious software on victim's computers.
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Stem Cells Can Be Cancer Cell Lookalikes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have
discovered that bone marrow stem cells attracted to an area of cancer
growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the cancer cells
around them.
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Health Tip: Seniors, Listen to Your Bodies (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- With a doctor's approval, exercise is a great
choice for everyone, including seniors. But older people must listen to
what their bodies tell them about how much they can handle.
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Postpartum Depression: A Risk for New Dads, Too (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- Postpartum depression has gotten a
softer face in recent years as celebrity mothers, such as Brooke Shields,
who've experienced its devastating symptoms, have begun to share their
personal stories.
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Clinical Trials Update: June 8, 2007 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:
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Late valacyclovir for herpes yields greater response (Reuters)
Reuters - Therapy with valacyclovir
(Valtrex, GlaxoSmithKline), started within three months of
infection with either herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or
HSV type 2 (HSV-2), reduces the rate of symptomatic outbreaks
compared with placebo, Seattle investigators report in the
Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
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New meningitis vaccine may end epidemics (AP)
AP - A new meningitis vaccine offers hope to end devastating epidemics that have plagued West Africa the last century, according to recent studies. The new vaccine protects against meningitis A, the deadliest form of the disease and seen primarily in Africa.
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Study: Fewer Indians with HIV seen (AP)
AP - The number of Indians infected with HIV is far smaller than previously believed, according to new data that appears to vindicate critics who said earlier U.N. assessments of the country's epidemic were vastly overestimated.
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Experts say many in Britain malnourished (AP)
AP - It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished — and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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'Poppins' Not Too Big to Tour; Schumacher Says Anything Can Happen (Playbill)
Playbill - One of the stars of the new Disney-Cameron Mackintosh production of Mary Poppins is the ambitious, bigger-than-life scenic design by 2007 Tony Award nominee Bob Crowley, who also designed the musical's costumes.
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FCC formally opens XM-Sirius merger review (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. communications regulators on
Friday took a step forward in reviewing Sirius Satellite Radio
Inc.'s proposed acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holdings
Inc..
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Chart-topper Rihanna rebels with haircut (Reuters)
Reuters - Chart-topping Barbados singer Rihanna
says she is going through a rebellious stage.
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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Chicago Fed chief Michael Moskow said the unexpectedly tight labor market could fuel inflation and the central bank has "a way to go" to bring inflation down to satisfactory levels. Inflation expectations appear to be contained for now, and interest rates, currently at 5.25%, are "appropriate," said Moskow, who is a voting member of the Fed's policy-setting committee this year.
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Friday, June 8, 2007
Sen. Stevens hires lawyers in probe (AP)
AP - Veteran Sen. Ted Stevens has hired lawyers and been instructed by the FBI to preserve records relevant to a burgeoning federal investigation into corruption in Alaska, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
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Thugs attack, beat Afghan attorney-general: aide (Reuters)
Reuters - Thugs attacked and beat Afghanistan's
attorney-general, a critic of some of the country's factional
leaders and former warlords, on a road north of Kabul on
Friday, an aide to the attorney-general said. A group of men
stopped Abdul Jabar Sabet's car on Friday morning at a road
block and hit him with clubs and rifle butts after he got out
of the vehicle, said the aide.
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New White House plan: Keep US troops in Iraq permanently. (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - President Bush used to be fond of saying that American troops would stay in Iraq as long as needed and not a day longer. He isn't saying that anymore.
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Tensions on Iraq border rile Turkey (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The mobilizing military forces have yet to begin the large-scale incursion into northern Iraq to hunt Kurdish guerrillas that Turkey is threatening.
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Stem Cells Can Be Cancer Cell Lookalikes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have
discovered that bone marrow stem cells attracted to an area of cancer
growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the cancer cells
around them.
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Health Tip: Seniors, Listen to Your Bodies (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- With a doctor's approval, exercise is a great
choice for everyone, including seniors. But older people must listen to
what their bodies tell them about how much they can handle.
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Insurance Limits, Costs Keep Migraine Patients From Meds (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Insurance restrictions and
out-of-pocket costs cause many migraine sufferers to not take medications
when needed because they're concerned about running out of the drugs, a
new U.S. study contends.
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New sex-related infection passes gonorrhea (Reuters)
Reuters - A relatively new sexually
transmitted infection has surpassed Neisseria gonorrhea in
prevalence among young adults in the US, according to a new
study.
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UN: African swine fever in Georgia (AP)
AP - The United Nations said Friday that an outbreak in Georgia of African swine fever, a contagious viral disease in pigs, could have a "catastrophic" economic impact unless its spread is halted.
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Study: Vitamin D reduces cancer risk (AP)
AP - Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall for older women in the most rigorous study yet.
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China halts production of Novartis drug (AP)
AP - China's drug watchdog on Friday ordered domestic companies to stop producing and selling Novartis AG's Zelnorm for irritable bowel syndrome and warned patients to stop taking it.
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Livingston and Weller are at Odds in LaBute's 'Dark Dark House'; Opens (Playbill)
Playbill - Ron Livingston, Louisa Krause and Frederick Weller star in MCC Theatre's world premiere of Neil LaBute's In A Dark Dark House, which officially opens June 7 at the Lucille Lortel.
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Shrink in trade gap lifts hopes for US economy (FT.com)
FT.com - The US trade deficit narrowed as exports reached a record in April, according to fresh government figures that bode well for the American economy.
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
Guilty Verdict Dropped in Porn Pop-Up Case Against Teacher (PC World)
PC World - A school teacher facing jail time after spyware programs exposed her students to pornographic images has been given a reprieve.
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Man Says Home Depot Fired Workers For Catching Thieves (KOCO ChannelOklahoma.com)
KOCO ChannelOklahoma.com - A former Home Depot employee said the company fired him and three other workers because they helped police catch several suspected shoplifters in May.
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Parents get plane diverted during exam (AP)
AP - Parents in eastern China have pushed to get a plane diverted to avoid disturbing their children taking nationwide university entrance exams that could make or break their futures, state media reported Thursday.
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Combining PET, CT Scans Can Improve Ovarian Cancer Care (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Combining positron emission
tomography (PET) and CT scans can help doctors detect more sites of
disease in women with recurrent ovarian cancer, identify those patients
whose cancer is likely to progress, and influence doctors' management of
most patients.
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Japan suicides top 30,000 for ninth straight year (Reuters)
Reuters - The number of Japanese who killed
themselves edged down last year but stayed above 30,000 as it
has for nearly a decade, with suicides among the elderly rising
to account for more than a third of the total, police said on
Thursday.
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Home food treatment could save malnourished children (Reuters)
Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of badly
malnourished children with limited access to hospital care,
could be given life-saving treatment at home with a
locally-made peanut butter based food, U.N. aid agencies said.
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Insurance Limits, Costs Keep Migraine Patients From Meds (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Insurance restrictions and
out-of-pocket costs cause many migraine sufferers to not take medications
when needed because they're concerned about running out of the drugs, a
new U.S. study contends.
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Viagra in Spector home might be clue to what preceded actress's death, or not (CourtTV)
CourtTV - LOS ANGELES (C
ourt TV) - Lawyers at Phil Spector's murder trial battled
Wednesday over the significance of Viagra at the scene of an actress's
death.
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Court grants asylum over forced abortion (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that women who are forced to abort their pregnancies by governments such as China's can be awarded asylum in the United States.
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Report: Accidental deaths on the rise (AP)
AP - The nation's accidental death rate has been gradually creeping higher and is up 12 percent compared to the lowest rate on record, in 1992, according to a report released Thursday by the National Safety Council.
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Lists of best-selling books (AP)
AP - 1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
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Rio - Gisele Bundchen Owns This Town (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Those who say that there is no such thing as a prophet in their own land have never heard of Gisele Bundchen, whose single appearance here in Rio Fashion Week was more like the apparition of a saint than a strut down a catwalk.
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Contestant kicked off UK's `Big Brother' (AP)
AP - A contestant on the British reality TV show "Big Brother" was kicked off the show after allegedly using a racist slur.
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Sean Connery won't be back for `Indy 4' (AP)
AP - The next "Indiana Jones" flick will not be another father-son affair. Sean Connery says he will not return to play dad to Harrison Ford's globe-trotting adventurer Indy.
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Stores post modest sales gains in May (AP)
AP - Americans shopped hesitantly in May, giving retailers some relief from a dismal showing in April but still raising questions about how strong consumer spending will be in the months ahead.
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Warburg Pincus eyes stake in China retailer: source (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. private equity firm Warburg
Pincus is in advanced talks to take a major stake in Chinese
retailer Red Star Furniture Group, a source close to the deal
said on Wednesday, as China's fast-growing home furnishing
market draws increasing foreign interest.
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