Veil Nebula Pierced by Hubble's Gaze (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Only 5,000
to 10,000 years ago, a star familiar to human observers detonated and burned
with a brightness comparable to that of a crescent moon-an event visible even
in broad daylight.

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Monkey unlocks pen, eludes zoo staff (AP)

AP - The Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo asked residents Tuesday to help in the recovery of a white-faced capuchin monkey that apparently managed to unlock his pen and escape. Oliver freed himself at about 8 a.m. and led park staff on a chase through the park's trail system before eventually eluding them.

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House Votes to Overturn U.S. Supreme Court Wage-Bias Decision (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives voted to
overturn a Supreme Court ruling by allowing workers to sue for
wage discrimination long after a deadline the court imposed.

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Two-Drug Combo Tough on Kidney Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Kidney cancer might have met its
match in a new combination of cancer drugs, a new study shows.

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Child Maltreatment Rises in Homes of Soldiers Sent to War (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Army-sponsored study
finds that children of enlisted soldiers are more likely to be abused or
neglected when a parent is deployed to a combat zone.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 31, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Dietary carbs linked to vision loss (Reuters)

Reuters - The carbohydrates present in a
diet can influence the risk of age-related macular degeneration
(AMD), the most common cause of vision loss in older adults,
according to a report in the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition.

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Doctor charged in transplant inquiry (AP)

AP - The lawyer for a surgeon charged with prescribing excessive drugs to a disabled patient to speed up his death and harvest his organs says his client has been the subject of a "witch hunt."

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1 joint equals up to 5 cigarettes (AP)

AP - A single joint of marijuana obstructs the flow of air as much as smoking up to five tobacco cigarettes, but long-term pot use does not increase the risk of developing emphysema, new research suggests.

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237 reasons we have sex (AP)

AP - After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations. It's more about lust in the body than a love connection in the heart.

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Keith Richards working on memoir (AP)

AP - Rolling Stone Keith Richards, cigarette no doubt in hand, is working on a memoir, the object of a multimillion dollar bidding war that will be published by Little, Brown and Company in 2010.

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Cooper, Belcon, Robinson Star in Westport's 'Being Alive', Conceived by Billy Porter (Playbill)

Playbill - Wesport Country Playhouse has announced cast and creative team for the world premiere of a Stephen Sondheim revue created by Billy Porter.

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Eminem's music publisher sues Apple (AP)

AP - The publisher of rapper Eminem's music has filed a federal lawsuit against computer giant Apple Inc. for selling downloads of his songs without permission.

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Strong newsflow helps FTSE recover poise (FT.com)

FT.com - Strong interim results at Lloyds TSB and relief that GlaxoSmithKline was cleared to keep a key drug on sale in US markets helped London traders throw off the bears on Tuesday.

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Consumer spending cools in June (AP)

AP - Shoppers took a break in June, boosting their spending at the slowest pace in nine months as high gasoline prices and fallout from the housing slump made people think twice about buying.

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NASA Insiders Propose Stepping Stone Path to Deep Space (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - GOLDEN, Colo. – NASA's Constellation Program – including the
deployment of the Orion crew vehicle replacing the space shuttle – will first
be assigned to International Space Station flights, then propel humans and
cargo to the Moon. Expeditionary missions to Mars and beyond will follow.

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Violence against women "beyond rape" in Congo: U.N (Reuters)

Reuters - Extreme sexual violence against women is
pervasive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and local
authorities do little to stop it or prosecute those
responsible, a U.N. investigator said on Monday.

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"Heroes" whips Comic-Con fans into frenzy (Reuters)

Reuters - Thanks to NBC's "Heroes"
presentation, the annual Comic-Con International gathering of
comic-book fans, which wrapped in San Diego on Sunday, will be
remembered as the Con at which TV shows eclipsed feature films.

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Desktop on a USB Drive Ready For Enterprises (PC World)

PC World - Software that lets you carry your data, applications and personal desktop around on a USB-attached device is expanding into enterprises.

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Pregnancy reported despite drug warning (AP)

AP - More than 120 women became pregnant in the past year while taking an acne medicine that causes birth defects — despite being enrolled in a program designed to prevent those pregnancies from happening.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 30, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Overweight women at risk of pregnancy complications (Reuters)

Reuters - The heavier a woman is before
pregnancy, the greater her risk of a range of pregnancy
complications, a large study suggests.

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Boston hospital offers face transplants (AP)

AP - Brigham and Women's Hospital has given a surgical team permission to perform partial face transplants to certain disfigured patients, a newspaper reported.

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Exercise, caffeine fight skin cancer (AP)

AP - Can adding a cup or two of coffee to the exercise routine increase protection from skin cancer? New research indicates that just might be the case.

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Report: Skipping doses could be deadly (AP)

AP - Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people don't take their medicine correctly — or quit taking it altogether — and the consequences can be deadly.

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Dogs were muses to great writers (AP)

AP - "Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte" (Ballantine Books, 281 pages $24.95), by Maureen Adams: Countless lovers who, lacking their own voice, relied on Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous "Sonnets From the Portuguese" to woo their beloved should mutter silent thanks to a cocker spaniel named Flush.

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Broadway's 'Drowsy' Will Welcome a New "Show Off" (Playbill)

Playbill - Mara Davi, the clarion-voiced, yearning "Maggie" of the 2006 Broadway A Chorus Line revival, will put on the wedding veil of bride Janet Van De Graaff in Broadway's The Drowsy Chaperone starting July 31.

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U.S. Treasury raises quarterly borrowing estimate (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it
will have to borrow more during the third quarter than it
previously thought it would, and that it did not pay off as
much debt as it expected in the second quarter.

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New study shows analysts getting favors (AP)

AP - Conflicts of interest may still be rampant on Wall Street, with a new study showing that nearly two-thirds of investment-firm analysts received favors from executives of companies they cover and suggesting that the companies get favorable ratings in return.

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Texan pleads guilty in abortion clinic bomb case (Reuters)

Reuters - A Texas man pleaded guilty on Friday to
attempting to bomb an Austin women's clinic where abortions are
performed, U.S. officials said.

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Doctor describes torture in Libyan jail (AP)

AP - The Palestinian doctor who was freed from a Libyan jail this week along with five Bulgarian nurses said his captors tortured him by tying his hands and legs to a metal bar and spinning him like a chicken on a rotisserie.

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Qatar sheikh delays plane over seating (Reuters)

Reuters - A Qatar sheikh held up a British Airways
flight at Milan's Linate airport for nearly three hours after
discovering three of his female relatives had been seated next
to men they did not know.

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Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix: FBI Director Fuels Calls for Gonzales Perjury Probe (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - Here is a real quandary for the White House: What to do when the head of the FBI suggests that the attorney general lied to Congress. And yet, that is the conclusion that FBI Director Robert Mueller allowed in House testimony yesterday about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

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Official says consumer agency at risk (AP)

AP - The Consumer Product Safety Commission could soon shrink to the point where it can't effectively protect the public, veteran Commissioner Thomas Moore says.

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Cancer Society's Virtual 'Relay for Life' Begins Friday (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- On July 27 and 28, almost 2,500
people will gather online in the world of Second Life and run a virtual
relay race to raise money for cancer research.

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Hospitalized elderly get barely enough calories (Reuters)

Reuters - The energy input from food
taken in by hospitalized elderly patients is only just
sufficient to cover their minimal energy output, French
researchers estimate. The group believes such patients could
benefit from higher caloric intake.

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Sunlight in Youth Might Shield Against MS (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new study of identical
twins suggests that children who spend more time in the sun have a lower
risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults.

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Health Tip: Packing Your Prescriptions (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you're planning to hit the road this
summer and you need to take your medications along, here are suggestions
from AARP:


In case of an emergency, pack a complete list of all medications you
take, including those sold over-the-counter.
If you're flying, pack medications in their original packages in a
carry-on bag, instead of checking them.
Take more medication than you expect to need, in case travel plans
change or you run into problems getting home.
Pack any medications that need to be refrigerated in insulated, cooled
packaging. ...

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Female Cancer Survivors Lack Frank Sex Talk From Docs (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Three out of four women
treated for genital tract cancer feel their doctors should initiate more
conversations about the cancer's impact on their sexual health, new
research finds.

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Seniors have a stake in children's bill (AP)

AP - Efforts to expand health insurance for children could greatly affect their grandparents, not entirely positively.

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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Belle Tolls; Ariel Surfaces (Playbill)

Playbill - It was a week of beginnings and endings for Disney.

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Zombie takes on 'Halloween' franchise (AP)

AP - Michael Myers is back and ready to tell his side of the story — or at least Rob Zombie is. The writer, director and rock star is taking on "Halloween" and he shines the spotlight on Myers, the main villain of nearly 30-year-old film franchise.

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Liberals pressure Fox News advertisers (AP)

AP - Liberal activists are stepping up their campaign against Fox News Channel by pressuring advertisers not to patronize the network.

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Wall Street struggles for momentum (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were mixed by mid-morning on Friday as the market struggled for momentum following Thursday's rout.

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Redstone nephew suit dismissed (Reuters)

Reuters - A lawsuit filed by Viacom Inc (VIAb.N)
executive Chairman Sumner Redstone's nephew charging Sumner
with "self dealing" was dismissed, according to a court ruling
on Friday.

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Wis. boy's lemonade stand robbed (AP)

AP - An 11-year-old boy who was robbed at his lemonade stand is seeing another side of humankind in the outpouring of support he has received since his story was reported.

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Government warns public on fake e-mails (AP)

AP - The federal agency charged with protecting consumers from Internet scams now finds itself wrapped up in one.

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CDC: West Nile cases off to a fast start (AP)

AP - The nation is on pace to have its worst West Nile virus season in years, federal health officials said Thursday.

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House votes to tighten terror, spy record probes (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives
passed legislation on Thursday aimed at clamping down on the
government's collection of telephone and financial records of
people it suspects of terrorism or spying.

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Senate Democrats Request Special Counsel to Investigate Gonzales (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - Four Senate Judiciary Democrats opened a new front against Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, asking the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether he lied under oath to Congress.

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Reward Offered For Missing College Student (KPRC Click2Houston.com)

KPRC Click2Houston.com - A $15,000 reward is being offered for the safe return of a missing college student, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.

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Official: Consumer safety agency at risk (AP)

AP - The Consumer Product Safety Commission could soon shrink to the point where it can't effectively protect the public, veteran Commissioner Thomas Moore says.

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Cancer Society's Virtual 'Relay for Life' Begins Friday (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- On July 27 and 28, almost
2,500 people will gather online in the world of Second Life and run a
virtual relay race to raise money for cancer research.

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Uncanny Kitty Senses Patients' Death (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) -- When he curls up beside a
frail, elderly patient in a Rhode Island dementia-care unit, Oscar the cat
is telling the staff that death is near.

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Health Tip: Packing Your Prescriptions (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you're planning to hit the road this
summer and you need to take your medications along, here are suggestions
from AARP:


In case of an emergency, pack a complete list of all medications you
take, including those sold over-the-counter.
If you're flying, pack medications in their original packages in a
carry-on bag, instead of checking them.
Take more medication than you expect to need, in case travel plans
change or you run into problems getting home.
Pack any medications that need to be refrigerated in insulated, cooled
packaging. ...

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Agent Orange linked to blood pressure (AP)

AP - Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam may lead to high blood pressure in some veterans, but the evidence is limited and only suggestive, the Institute of Medicine said Friday.

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FTSE rallies after heavy selling (FT.com)

FT.com - The FTSE recovered from sharp early losses on Friday after the index suffered its worst one-day fall in four years in the previous session.

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New Study Reaffirms HRT Link to Breast Cancer Rate Decline (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have once again
linked a drop in breast cancer rates from 2003 to 2004 to a parallel
decrease in women's use of hormone therapy beginning in 2002.

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Uncanny Kitty Senses Patients' Death (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) -- When he curls up beside a
frail, elderly patient in a Rhode Island dementia-care unit, Oscar the cat
is telling the staff that death is near.

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Early HIV Therapy Boosts Children's Survival (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Starting anti-HIV
treatment soon after birth is clearly the best means of ensuring infected
children's survival, a new trial finds.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 26, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Family, Friends May 'Spread' Obesity (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Friends don't let friends
get obese.

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FDA suspends gene therapy study (AP)

AP - The government has suspended a Seattle company's gene therapy study — and is reviewing the safety of 28 others around the country — after learning that a patient died this week.

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FDA to ask experts about Avandia risk (AP)

AP - The Food and Drug Administration will ask outside experts next week whether the diabetes drug Avandia should carry label warnings of heart attack risk.

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Cast Set for Dietz's 'Sherlock Holmes' in Rochester and Cleveland (Playbill)

Playbill - Christian Kohn is Sherlock Holmes, Nick Berg Barnes is Dr. Watson and Timothy Crowe is Moriarty in the fall Geva Theatre/Cleveland Play House co-production of Steven Dietz's regionally popular Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure.

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Rising credit fears rock equity markets (FT.com)

FT.com - US stocks declined sharply in early trade in New York as disappointing company earnings and housing data compounded growing fear over the state of the US credit market.

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Amgen net profit rises, key drug meets goal (Reuters)

Reuters - Amgen Inc. on Thursday
posted quarterly profit that topped Wall Street expectations,
even as sales of its biggest drug, Aranesp, fell 19 percent in
the United States amid safety concerns.

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Repeat, High-Dose Chemo Can Cure Testicular Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Intensifying the dose of
anticancer drugs can cure a large majority of men with testicular cancer
after first-line chemotherapy fails, Indiana University physicians
report.

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End-of-Life Hospice Care Underused (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Too few Americans entering
life's final phase are availing themselves of high-quality hospice care,
despite the fact that Medicare covers the expense, experts say.

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Early HIV Therapy Boosts Children's Survival (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Starting anti-HIV
treatment soon after birth is clearly the best means of ensuring infected
children's survival, a new trial finds.

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Health Tip: Don't Aggravate an Upset Stomach (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Got an upset stomach? Here are suggestions on
how to tame it, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine:


Drink plenty of clear liquids, like water, ginger ale, or certain
fruit juices. Drink slowly and consume only small amounts at a time to
avoid aggravating the stomach.
Avoid dark and heavy fluids, like cola or coffee.
If you're vomiting, don't eat any solid food until you haven't been
sick in at least six hours. Then, slowly introduce light foods, like dry
toast or crackers.
Over-the-counter medications like Pepto Bismol may help ease nausea in
adults. ...

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Family, Friends May 'Spread' Obesity (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Friends don't let friends
get obese.

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Texas leads U.S. in teen birth rate (AP)

AP - Texas had the nation's highest birth rate among teenagers ages 15 to 19 in 2004, according to a newly released study of children's health. The Kids Count study, which is updated annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, said the Texas rate of 63 births per 1,000 teens remained the same from 2003 to 2004.

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Study: Obesity is 'socially contagious' (AP)

AP - If your friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a startling new study that suggests obesity is "socially contagious" and can spread easily from person to person.

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DeYoung's 'Hunchback' to Get Chicago Run, Along With 'Bare' and 'Zanna, Don't!' (Playbill)

Playbill - Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago will produce four musicals, including a new "Hunchback of Notre Dame" show by Styx rocker Dennis DeYoung, in the 2007-08 season.

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Firms Run Funds For Young Investors (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Young people are a tough sell for mutual funds. Many of them are disinterested in investing. Many are confused by the investment process.

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FTSE regains momentum after GSK numbers (FT.com)

FT.com - London equities moved back into positive territory in mid-session trade on Wednesday, led by pharmaceutical stocks after a strong reaction to news of an increased share buyback at GlaxoSmithKline.

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Economy registers moderate growth (AP)

AP - The economy registered modest growth in the early summer, considering how consumers and some businesses were buffeted by both high gasoline prices and the sour housing market.

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House rejects campaign pay for spouses (AP)

AP - Spouses don't belong on campaign payrolls, the House says, voting to end a practice that has benefited some members of Congress for years. Monday's action follows controversies in which lawmakers added many thousands of dollars to their family incomes by hiring relatives for campaign tasks, even if their qualifications were not always apparent.

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1 in 4 NYC adults have elevated mercury (AP)

AP - A quarter of adults in the city have elevated levels of mercury in their blood, linked to how much fish they eat, according to survey results released Monday by the health department.

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Very Low Cholesterol May Bump Up Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- There's a very slight increase in
cancer risk among people who take statins and achieve very low levels of
LDL cholesterol, a new study finds.

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Circumcision could save millions from AIDS: studies (Reuters)

Reuters - Millions of new HIV infections in Africa
could be avoided if more men were circumcised, an International
AIDS Society conference was told on Tuesday.

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Newer Breast Cancer Drugs Appear to Boost Life Spans (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- A newer generation of breast
cancer medications added months to the lives of patients with the most
advanced form of the disease, according to the first study of its kind.

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Is chemo best before or after surgery? (AP)

AP - More breast cancer patients are being offered chemotherapy before surgery instead of afterward — amid much debate about how to do it right and when it's a good option. Doctors have long known that having chemo first sometimes shrinks an advanced tumor enough that a woman can undergo smaller surgery and keep her breast.

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What you don't understand could kill you (AP)

AP - Plenty of evidence suggests that having trouble understanding medical information is bad for your health. Now new research says it could even be deadly. A study of patients 65 and older found that those who couldn't understand basic written medical instructions were much more likely to die within six years than those who had no problems grasping the information.

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FDA says toss food linked to botulism (AP)

AP - People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked to a botulism outbreak, the government warned Monday. Castleberry's Food Company temporarily closed the suspect plant.

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Study: Diet soda linked to heart risks (AP)

AP - People who drank one or more diet sodas each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive study found. The results surprised the researchers who expected to see a difference between regular and diet soda drinkers.

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Next Trump book gets personal (AP)

AP - Donald Trump's next book isn't just about getting rich — it's about life.

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Songwriter Ron Miller dies at age 74 (AP)

AP - Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.

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Culture Clash brings agitprop hijinks to "Zorro" (Reuters)

Reuters - Try as it occasionally
might, "Zorro in Hell!" is not really a play. It's more like a
kind of history lesson that a creatively goofy high school of
the performing arts class might have concocted.

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Bonds ex-mistress to detail relationship (AP)

AP - Barry Bonds' former mistress, at the center of the government's perjury investigation of the slugger, said Monday she will discuss the couple's relationship in the November issue of Playboy magazine.

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Fox debuting pair of shows about TV news (AP)

AP - Fox is rolling out two "news shows": a sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as fictional news anchors in Pittsburgh, and an unscripted show starring a former bikini model-turned-anchorwoman in Texas.

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"Disturbia" duo reunite for comic adaptation (Reuters)

Reuters - The director and writer
of the hit thriller "Disturbia" are reteaming for "Y: The Last
Man," an adaptation of the acclaimed Vertigo comic book.

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Songwriter Ron Miller dies at age 74 (AP)

AP - Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.

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Shakur estate moves against songs' sale (AP)

AP - Tupac Shakur's mother is seeking to prevent his former label, Death Row Records Inc., from selling the late rapper's unreleased recordings as part of a bankruptcy settlement.

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Judge: Stylist can't add to Foxx suit (AP)

AP - A stylist who claims Jamie Foxx failed to pay for her services cannot expand her lawsuit against the actor to include allegations he mistreated her, a judge ruled Monday.

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M&A fails to brighten European equities (FT.com)

FT.com - European stocks traded slightly lower on Monday despite a lift from the banking sector after Barclays (NYSE:BCS) increased its offer for ABN Amro.

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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Higher input costs and a shortage of skilled workers tempered the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics. The goods-producing sector was the least optimistic, with industrial and agricultural firms planning to continue cutting jobs. Still, overall activity, hiring and capital spending have rebounded from a weak Q1.

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Air France-KLM mum on new Alitalia report (Reuters)

Reuters - Air France-KLM declined
comment on Tuesday on the latest in a series of newspaper
reports that it remains interested in bidding for Alitalia
(AZPIa.MI).

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Actor Eric Braeden gets Hollywood star (AP)

AP - Eric Braeden, who has played ruthless tycoon Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless" for more than 25 years, received a star Friday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Federal minimum wage rising this week (AP)

AP - Fast-food waitress Fawn Townsend of Raleigh, N.C., knows exactly what she is going to do if her salary goes up with Tuesday's increase in the federal minimum wage: start saving for a car so she can find a second job to make ends meet.

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Tall horse takes shot at world record (AP)

AP - At only 3 years old, an English shire horse named Tina still has some room to grow. But the draft horse is already so big, her Tennessee owners are hoping she can break records. Officially named Jenson Diplomat Tina, she is still a teenager in horse years, said owner Jim Williams.

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Fox attacks restaurant worker in Md. (AP)

AP - A bizarre fox attack at a Salisbury steak house had patrons and employees jumping and scrambling for cover.

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House to defy Bush with defense bill (AP)

AP - House Democrats next week will introduce a $460 billion military spending bill they will use to challenge the war in Iraq, try to close Guantanamo Bay prison and increase oversight of defense contractors.

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New Fingerprint Technique Could Reveal Diet, Sex, Race (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A victim might not care if a murderer is a smoker or a vegetarian. But having such knowledge could help police solve a case. Details like this could one day be at their fingertips if a new fingerprinting technique pans out as expected.

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Shell ordered to suspend Arctic drilling (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court has ordered Shell Oil to stop its exploratory drilling program off the north coast of Alaska at least until a hearing in August.

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Italy: Mosque used as 'terror school' (AP)

AP - Italian police arrested three Moroccans on Saturday — an imam and two aides — accusing them of belonging to a militant cell that allegedly used a mosque in central Italy as a terror training camp.

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Microchip implants raise privacy concern (AP)

AP - CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself — until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms.

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Cisco access point at fault for Duke's wireless issues (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - After blaming Apple’s iPhone for its wireless networking problems, Duke University said earlier today that it hadn’t been able to pinpoint what the problem was. Now, it has been confirmed that a Cisco wireless access point was at fault for the networking issues.

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Anti-War Bloc in House Vows to Oppose Further Iraq Funding (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - A group of 69 House Democrats has put the White House on notice that its members will not support any more war funding bills unless the measures include a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq.

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Alaska senator's land deal questioned (AP)

AP - Sen. Lisa Murkowski's purchase of prized land on the banks of Alaska's Kenai River from a longtime political backer is being questioned by a watchdog group.

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Steps Prior to Pregnancy Can Protect Baby (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Planning ahead before
pregnancy helps new moms give their babies the best possible start in
life, experts say.

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Business Books: Shoeshine boy dishes Wall Street dirt (Reuters)

Reuters - The 28-year old Brazilian whose
experiences are fictionalized in the novel "Confessions of a
Wall Street Shoeshine Boy" says traders at the bank where he
plies his trade have been treating him better since the book
was published.

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U.S. could reverse suspect endangered species rulings (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
accused of letting a political appointee meddle in the science
of endangered species, said on Friday it could reverse eight
decisions if it finds they were inappropriately influenced by
political concerns.

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UN: al-Qaida, Taliban sanctions outdated (AP)

AP - The United Nations has not kept an up-to-date list of al-Qaida and Taliban leaders targeted by international sanctions, harming both the fight against terrorism and efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, a key U.N. counterterror official said Friday.

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Historic Indian trail recreated in Ark. (AP)

AP - Trees and grasses like those that members of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations saw when they stopped along a stretch of Coleman Creek may soon grow again at the site where the Indians rested during the Trail of Tears relocation.

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Toshiba Recalls 10,000 Notebook PC Batteries (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - On Wednesday, Toshiba announced that it is recalling another set of Sony laptop batteries as a result of reports that at least three spontaneously caught fire between September 2006 and June 2007. No injuries were reported, but the recall announcement perpetuates concerns raised about Sony's manufacturing processes, particularly in the wake of last year's recall of nearly 10 million potentially hazardous batteries.

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OxyContin maker, 3 execs fined $634.5M (AP)

AP - Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.

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Father, uncle sentenced in honor killing (AP)

AP - The father and uncle of a woman who was brutally murdered for falling in love with the wrong man were sentenced to life in prison Friday for ordering the killing.

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Scans During Radiation Treatment Help Lung Cancer Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Ordering a PET scan for
patients undergoing radiation lung cancer treatment may help doctors
determine optimal therapy, a new study suggests.

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Medicare to reduce U.S. payments for anemia drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Medicare health insurance
program said on Friday it would reduce payments for anemia
drugs when used to treat elderly and disabled patients who are
undergoing kidney dialysis.

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Health Tip: Risk Factors for Preeclampsia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Preeclampsia is a condition in pregnancy,
characterized by a sudden, significant rise in blood pressure and swelling
of the hands and feet.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 20, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Low-Carb Diets Combat Metabolic Syndrome (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A low-carbohydrate diet helps
people with a condition called metabolic syndrome, a collection of serious
risk factors found in some obese individuals.

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Businessman pleads in steroids case (AP)

AP - A businessman pleaded guilty Friday to illegally distributing steroids and human growth hormone, admitting he paid doctors to write unnecessary prescriptions for hundreds of patients they never met or examined.

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Indonesia to increase funding for AIDS (AP)

AP - Indonesia will increase the amount of money it spends on fighting AIDS by 75 percent over the next three years, with the major focus on hardest-hit Papua province, the welfare minister said.

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Actor Eric Braeden gets Hollywood star (AP)

AP - Eric Braeden, who has played ruthless tycoon Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless" for more than 25 years, received a star Friday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Jane Martin, Steppenwolf, U.S. and NYC Premieres Punctuate 59E59 Fall Season (Playbill)

Playbill - 59E59 Theaters' artistic director Elysabeth Kleinhans and executive producer Peter Tear announced fall programming for their cluster of Off-Broadway venues on East 59th Street.

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Green's duets album turning out like "fresh cream" (Reuters)

Reuters - Soul legend Al Green says it's been
all love and happiness working on his next album -- a duets
project produced by Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
that will feature collaborations with Anthony Hamilton,
D'Angelo and possibly Alicia Keys and Joss Stone.

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Handmade visual effects warm Boyle's "Sunshine" (Reuters)

Reuters - Smack in the middle of
the summer's CG-heavy, massively budgeted tentpole
blockbusters, Fox Searchlight is boldly going where few have
gone before. On Friday (July 20), the specialty films
distributor launched the sci-fi thriller "Sunshine."

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Four straight 'Rings' an intense epic (AP)

AP - Richard Wagner dreamed of doing it this way: The four operas of his "Ring" cycle performed over four consecutive nights, totaling more than 18 hours of musical theater.

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Actor Eric Braeden gets Hollywood star (AP)

AP - Eric Braeden, who has played ruthless tycoon Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless" for more than 25 years, received a star Friday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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CORRECTION: Dollar slides, stays near record low vs euro (Reuters)

Reuters - The dollar hovered near a record low
against the euro on Friday due to continuing concerns about
weakness in the U.S. housing market and its impact on the
broader economy.

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U.S. home builder woes reach into other industries (Reuters)

Reuters - The anemic U.S. housing market has
hurt various industries from makers of air conditioners to
earth movers, with several manufacturers reporting their top
lines have been bruised by the slowdown.

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Stock bull riders eye home sales, earnings (Reuters)

Reuters - Home sales and a report on economic
growth may help investors decide if they want to keep riding a
bull market in stocks, while a torrent of quarterly earnings
reports will no doubt cause some anxious moments.

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Swedish woman gets superfast Internet (AP)

AP - She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed. Lothberg's 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection in Karlstad is believed to be the fastest residential uplink in the world, Karlstad city officials said.

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Democrats Takes Step Toward Contempt Against Bolten (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - July 19 (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats, escalating a battle
with the White House, took the first step in seeking to hold
President George W. Bush's chief of staff in contempt of Congress
for defying a subpoena requesting documents on the firing of
eight U.S. prosecutors.

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Court: VA must pay Agent Orange victims (AP)

AP - An appeals court chastised the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday and ordered the agency to pay retroactive benefits to Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and contracted a form of leukemia.

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US meat labels to note country of origin (AP)

AP - The House Agriculture Committee voted Thursday night to require country of origin labels on meats beginning next year, striking a compromise as reports of tainted food from China raise consumer awareness about imported food safety.

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Pa. mom charged over baby left in storm (AP)

AP - A 1-year-old girl was found strapped in a car seat, rain-soaked and covered with leaves and dirt, after her mother left her for about 10 hours with the sun roof open as a violent storm raged, police said.

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Consumer lists are not so innocent if you can't opt out (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Protection of personal information has drawn increasing attention because of problems such as identity theft, the Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal, and data losses by major corporations and government agencies. Congress and the states have responded by enacting numerous statutes to protect consumers. But one type of information that has received less attention is the sale of consumer lists.

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EU bans red dye in British sausages on cancer fear (Reuters)

Reuters - British and Irish consumers may have
to eat paler breakfast sausages and burgers after the European
Union banned the use of a red food coloring, Red 2G, in the
European Union due to concern it could cause cancer.

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High-intensity walking beneficial for elderly (Reuters)

Reuters - High-intensity walking helps
elderly adults keep their blood pressure in check, maintain
thigh muscle strength, and increase their exercise capacity,
according to results of a study published in the Mayo Clinic
Proceedings.

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Health Tip: Risk Factors for Preeclampsia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Preeclampsia is a condition in pregnancy,
characterized by a sudden, significant rise in blood pressure and swelling
of the hands and feet.

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Audit: D.C. overpaid Medicaid firms $97M (AP)

AP - The District of Columbia risks losing federal funds because it has overpaid contractors almost $100 million for medical services, an audit found.

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Studies: Restless legs syndrome is real (AP)

AP - Scientists have linked certain genes to restless legs syndrome, suggesting the twitching condition described as "jimmy legs" in a "Seinfeld" episode is biologically based and not an imaginary disorder.

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California to study heat-wave deaths (AP)

AP - California public health officials said Thursday they will conduct a statistical study of deaths from last summer's heat wave to determine whether the number of victims is higher than officially reported.

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Hospital told to return placenta to mom (AP)

AP - A woman has won a court fight to keep the placenta after her daughter's birth. She had planned to grind it up and ingest it as a way to fight postpartum depression, but now plans to bury it.

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U.S. agencies probe botulism poisoning (AP)

AP - Botulism poisoning from commercially canned foods has been virtually eliminated in the United States, making the new cases linked to hot dog chili sauce all the more striking.

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New McCone mystery is as sharp as ever (AP)

AP - "The Ever-Running Man" (Grand Central Publishing, 312 pages, $24.99), by Marcia Muller: Sharon McCone has just stepped out of the safe house where she's staying while her home is renovated when the building explodes.

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Carol Burnett to Star in New Grodin Comedy During Falcon Theatre's 2007-2008 Season (Playbill)

Playbill - Stage and screen star Carol Burnett will be part of the upcoming season at The Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA.

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FTSE recovers ground as miners rally (FT.com)

FT.com - Aga Foodservices Group was in demand on Thursday after Edmund Truell, the private equity and pension investor, declared a holding in the fridge and oven maker

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FDA warns of botulism risk in chili sauce (Reuters)

Reuters - Some cans of hot dog chili sauce
sold under various brand names may be contaminated with the
bacteria that causes botulism and should not be eaten, the Food
and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday.

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Miers Says She Won't Comply With Committee's Subpoena (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ex-White House Counsel Harriet Miers
reiterated her refusal to answer lawmakers' questions about U.S.
attorney firings, a decision that will likely trigger a contempt
citation and escalate the legal dispute between Congress and the
president.

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Vets' disability pay is widely disparate (AP)

AP - Injured veterans could be shortchanged in their government disability pay depending on where they live because of wide disparities from state to state, an internal study concludes.

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Indian granny thrown on garbage dump (Reuters)

Reuters - An Indian couple found an unwell
75-year-old woman lying on a garbage dump, apparently thrown
out of her home by her daughter and grandsons who did not want
to take care of her, the Hindustan Times reported.

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Malaria drugs cut cancer risk in lupus patients (Reuters)

Reuters - Drugs used to treat malaria
appear to reduce the risk of malignancy in patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus, Spanish researchers report in the
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

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Senate panel backs kids health care bill (Reuters)

Reuters - Defying a veto threat from President
George W. Bush, a U.S. Senate panel overwhelmingly approved a
bill on Thursday to finance expansion of a children's health
care program with an increase in tobacco taxes.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 19, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Canned food recall after botulism cases (AP)

AP - Botulism poisoning from commercially canned foods has been virtually eliminated in the United States, making the new cases linked to hot dog chili sauce all the more striking.

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`Mr. Record Man' to recall music career (AP)

AP - No, the walls at RCA Studio B can't talk, but Fred Foster can. As a publisher, label chief and producer, Foster directed many recording sessions at the historic studio.

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Baxter net income rises 39 percent (AP)

AP - Drug maker Baxter International Inc. on Thursday said second quarter profit grew 39 percent, helped by sales of its treatment for hemophilia and lower interest and income tax expense.

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Metals rally on surging Chinese economy (AP)

AP - Industrials metals prices pushed higher Thursday as China — a major source of global demand — reported faster-than-expected economic growth in the second quarter, while the U.S. dollar weakened further.

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WHY IS OBAMA SO STRONG? (Richard Reeves)

Richard Reeves - NEW YORK -- When I left the country for a few weeks of summer travel overseas, the conventional wisdom was that the phenomenon of 2007, Barack Obama, had plateaued and was on his way to becoming a fascinating footnote in Hillary Clinton's methodical march to the Democratic nomination for president.

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Proposal to overhaul farm subsidies (AP)

AP - The House Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday to ban federal subsidies to farmers with incomes averaging more than $1 million a year and stop farmers from collecting payments for multiple farm businesses.

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Bruised Bear hedge fund investors mull legal action (Reuters)

Reuters - Some aggrieved investors are turning
to lawyers to pursue possible legal claims stemming from losses
at two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds that were
virtually wiped out from large, illiquid bets on risky
mortgages.

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Larvae take up residence on man's head (AP)

AP - Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving.

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House retains public broadcasting funds (AP)

AP - The House Wednesday evening overwhelmingly rejected President Bush's plan to eliminate the $420 million federal subsidy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Natural Cancer-Fighting Protein May Also Slow Aging (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- There's no fountain of
youth waiting around the corner, but a study of unusually old mice
suggests a natural anticancer protein might also put the brakes on
aging.

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Curry Spice Chemical Could Curb Alzheimer's (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- A chemical found in curry may
help the immune system clear away brain plaques associated with
Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 18, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Tamper-resistant pads could prove a pain (AP)

AP - Millions of Medicaid patients and their pharmacists could be in for a nasty surprise Oct. 1.

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Survey finds many docs stress mistakes (AP)

AP - Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes — and even those who come close — suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.

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Hot dog chili sauce in botulism recall (AP)

AP - Federal health officials warned consumers Wednesday to throw away certain cans of hot dog chili sauce after the product was linked to the first cases of botulism in commercially canned foods in decades.

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Studies: Restless legs syndrome is real (AP)

AP - Scientists have linked certain genes to restless legs syndrome, suggesting the twitching condition described as "jimmy legs" in a "Seinfeld" episode is biologically based and not an imaginary disorder.

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Study: Clinics overuse lab technique (AP)

AP - Fertility clinics are overusing a laboratory technique and costing infertile couples and some insurers hundreds of extra dollars, a new study suggests. At issue is a procedure that injects a single sperm into an egg. The method is considered the best option for couples in which the man has defective sperm or extremely low sperm counts.

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"He Writes the Script": 'Nine' Film Adaptation Finds Its Screenwriter (Playbill)

Playbill - The Rob Marshall-produced-and-directed screen adaptation of the Maury Yeston-Arthur Kopit Broadway musical Nine has found its screenwriter.

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ETFs Start Finding Way Into Retirement Plans (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Exchange traded funds finally are starting to get traction in the 401(k) plan market.

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UnitedHealth posts higher quarterly profit (Reuters)

Reuters - Insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.
said on Thursday that second-quarter profit rose 22
percent, beating analyst estimates, as premium revenue
increased and operating margins improved, but an important
medical-cost gauge worsened from the first quarter.

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China GDP growth jumps to 11.9 percent (Reuters)

Reuters - China's annual economic growth surged
to an 11- year high of 11.9 percent in the second quarter,
cementing expectations for tighter policy to keep the world's
fastest-growing major economy from overheating.

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N.H. chestnut tree may rebirth species (AP)

AP - A healthy American chestnut tree discovered on a New Hampshire farm may serve as the "mother tree" to bring back a species nearly wiped out by Asian blight.

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Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidence was needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an article about Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and its latest editorial on Iraq. It seems that the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, long owned by conservative billionaire Scaife, a stalwart supporter of many right wing causes, is not only questioning Bush's disastrous war-- but his "mental stability." Read on.

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Sleepless in the Senate (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Matthew Blake reports from Capitol Hill:

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Drug Policy Director Stirs Things Up, but Not the Way GOP Candidates Had Hoped (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - The White House Office of Political Affairs is in Rep. Henry A. Waxman’s cross hairs again, this time because it authorized campaign-type events for the nation’s drug czar, which is supposed to be a non-political position.

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Swedish woman, 75, gets superfast Net (AP)

AP - She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed.

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A landmark in corporate welfare (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Medicare Part D makes it easier for America's elderly to buy prescription drugs. It also gives drug companies a free ride on the backs of the next generation.

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Natural Cancer-Fighting Protein May Also Slow Aging (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- There's no fountain of
youth waiting around the corner, but a study of unusually old mice
suggests a natural anticancer protein might also put the brakes on
aging.

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Curry Spice Chemical Could Curb Alzheimer's (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- A chemical found in curry
may help the immune system clear away brain plaques associated with
Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 18, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Weight bias may harm obese children (Reuters)

Reuters - The stigma that society
attaches to obesity can cause children immediate, and possibly
lasting, harm, according to a research review.

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`The Closer' in top Nielsen cable spot (AP)

AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of July 9-15. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.

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Met and EMI to release 5 operas on DVD (AP)

AP - The Metropolitan Opera is getting back into the DVD business.

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Larvae take up residence on man's head (AP)

AP - Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving.

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Swiss glacier retreats at a rapid clip (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Viewed from atop this lookout in the Riederalp area northeast of Geneva, the Aletsch Glacier curves through a 2,000-meter- (1.2-mile) high valley like a massive freeway of packed ice – 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) long, 900 meters deep. The Aletsch is the largest glacier in the Alps. If melted, it would provide a liter of water a day for every inhabitant of Earth for six years.

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Food Imports Don't Get Enough Oversight by U.S., Lawmakers Say (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - July 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
doesn't have enough staff to protect Americans from tainted food
imports, lawmakers and congressional investigators said.

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Brazil fishermen caught killing dolphins (AP)

AP - A crew of Brazilian fishermen was captured on video killing 83 dolphins and joking about their illegal haul, Brazil's Ibama environmental protection agency said Tuesday.

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Taking Cancer Drug With Food May Cut Costs (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a pricey breast
cancer drug called lapatinib (Tykerb) with food rather than on an empty
stomach may improve its absorption by the body -- lowering the doses
needed and greatly cutting costs for patients, a new study shows.

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When to let go? Medicine's top dilemma (Reuters)

Reuters - A terminal leukemia patient must
have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to
do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive.
Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.

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Administration fights cigarette tax hike (AP)

AP - As a Senate committee prepared to approve an additional $35 billion for children's health insurance, the Bush administration spelled out its objections to how the increase would be paid for — a 61-cent increase on the excise tax for a pack of cigarettes.

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Health Tip: Before You Use a Blood Thinner (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Blood thinning medications are prescribed to
help prevent heart attacks, strokes and blood vessel blockages caused by
clots.

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Chlamydia common among young women and men (Reuters)

Reuters - A large number of people
between the ages of 14 and 39 years have chlamydia, a sexually
transmitted disease, a new report indicates, while gonorrhea,
another STD, is less prevalent.

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Antarctic Explorer 'Tom Crean' Finds Irish Rep Home (Playbill)

Playbill - Writer-performer Aidan Dooley's Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer makes its New York City debut July 17 in a staging at Irish Repertory Theatre.

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CBS wins key to "Kingdom" (Reuters)

Reuters - The broadcast networks
went medieval over "The Kingdom," a Middle Ages drama set in
Europe's world of castles, kings and typhoid fever.

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Sackhoff, NBC ink 11th-hour "Bionic" deal (Reuters)

Reuters - In a real-life thriller
rivaling the twists and turns on NBC's "Bionic Woman," Katee
Sackhoff has inked a last-minute deal to continue on the
upcoming series as a recurring character after almost walking
off the project.

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Music Web sites sponsor concerts, albums (AP)

AP - It's been ten years since Radiohead released "OK Computer," and no album since has been "fitter, happier or more productive."

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Online piracy "Legion," advocacy group says (Reuters)

Reuters - The nearly $70 million
Weinstein Co. actioner "The Last Legion" hits U.S. theaters in
late August, but it was available for free Tuesday on Google
Video.

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Dow passes 14,000 mark (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were higher at mid-morning on Tuesday, as solid earnings reports from bluechip companies propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 14,000 threshold for the first time.

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Honda flexes muscle abroad as Japan market sags (Reuters)

Reuters - Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) will build a
second car plant in Thailand and a new motorcycle factory in
Vietnam as well as boosting capacity in other regions to meet
growing demand abroad even as the Japanese market shrinks.

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Police Call Off Amber Alert, Question Mother (KPRC Click2Houston.com)

KPRC Click2Houston.com - An Amber Alert was issued for a missing Houston boy after someone allegedly stole the car he was in, but officials then called the kidnapping completely false.

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New test pinpoints deadliest prostate cancers (Reuters)

Reuters - Scientists have found a new way to
identify a particularly deadly form of prostate cancer in a
breakthrough that could save tens of thousands of men from
undergoing unnecessary surgery each year.

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Chemical 'Paint' Helps Surgeons See Cancer's Borders (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've developed a
tumor "paint" that illuminates cancerous cells and help surgeons spot the
borders of tumors.

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Health Tip: Feeding a Child Athlete (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's especially important that young athletes
get enough calories and nutrients to keep up their energy, and maintain a
healthy body weight.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 16, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Sanofi obesity drug faces tough EU safety review (Reuters)

Reuters - Sanofi-Aventis SA's obesity pill
Acomplia faces a tough review from European drug safety experts
this week, with data suggesting officials see issues over the
drug's link with suicidal thoughts.

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Coming soon, safer cigarettes? (AP)

AP - The federal agency charged with keeping food and drugs from harming people may soon be asked to take a consumer product that kills more than 400,000 people a year and make it safer.

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Do allergy warnings on food labels help? (AP)

AP - More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies.

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Hollywood writers, studios apart in contract talks (Reuters)

Reuters - With Hollywood bracing for a season
of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down on Monday with
studio executives for contract talks expected to hinge in part
on how the Internet has altered show business.

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`Potter' works magic with $77.4 million (AP)

AP - Harry Potter remains a box-office charmer.

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Goldman hires former U.S. Trust CEO Scaturro (Reuters)

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has
hired former U.S. Trust Chief Executive Peter Scaturro as
global head of its private wealth management business, the
investment bank said in an internal memo on Monday.

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Houghton Mifflin to buy Harcourt (Reuters)

Reuters - Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier
agreed on Monday to sell its education arm Harcourt to rival
Houghton Mifflin for $4 billion, creating a giant U.S. textbook
firm in an industry undergoing a major ownership shift.

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POLITICS TRUMPS FACTS IN ADMINISTRATION HOSTILE TO SCIENCE (Cynthia Tucker)

Cynthia Tucker - A veteran of combat and police sieges, Richard Carmona thought he knew a dangerous assignment when he saw it. But he didn't know what he was getting into when he signed up to be U.S. surgeon general in the administration of George W. Bush. He entered an unfamiliar high-risk environment, sprinkled with snipers and pockmarked by (political) land mines.

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Zanzibar fishermen land ancient fish (Reuters)

Reuters - Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a
coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct
when it disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago,
an official said on Sunday.

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Move Just a Little, Live Longer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- If you don't exercise because
you think you don't have the time or energy, here's a news flash: Those
excuses no longer work.

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Police Issue Amber Alert For Missing Boy (KPRC Click2Houston.com)

KPRC Click2Houston.com - An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing Houston boy after someone stole the car he was in, KPRC Local 2 reported.

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Showtime orders Spielberg comedy series (Reuters)

Reuters - Showtime has given a
pilot order to "The United States of Tara," a single-camera
comedy from Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television centered
on a mother with multiple-personality syndrome.

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Survival-style shows capture imagination (AP)

AP - Few sane people want to visit a storm-tossed Bering Sea, the sizzling Sahara Desert and Canada's Northwest Territories in January. Experiencing them from a comfortable chair in front of a flat-screen television, however, is all the rage.

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Matthews urges better care for troops (AP)

AP - The Dave Matthews Band is urging fans to push Congress to do more to ensure that U.S. troops coming home traumatized by combat get the help they need.

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FTSE mirrors Wall Street gains (FT.com)

FT.com - London shares opened sharply higher on Friday with only a handful of stocks trading in the red after the Dow closed at a record high overnight.

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Dubai stock market owner to bid for OMX: report (Reuters)

Reuters - The owner of Dubai stock exchange is
preparing an offer for Nordic stock market group OMX ,
rivaling the proposed $3.7 billion merger between OMX and U.S.
group Nasdaq , Telegraph.co.uk reported on Sunday.

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Steven Seagal sues law firm for fees (AP)

AP - Steven Seagal is suing a law firm that once represented him, accusing it of charging him excessive fees, according to court papers.

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August Meteor Shower Will Be 'A Great Show' (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a great show this year, peaking in mid-August with a display of dozens of shooting stars each hour.

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Families sometimes feel hospice care is "too late" (Reuters)

Reuters - In most cases, terminally ill
people are referred to hospice care in a timely fashion, survey
findings show, but quite often family members feel the referral
was too late to deal adequately with the patient's pain and
other needs.

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Marine: Beating of Iraqis became routine (AP)

AP - A Marine corporal testifying in a court-martial said Marines in his unit began routinely beating Iraqis after officers ordered them to "crank up the violence level."

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Saudi beheadings on the rise again (AP)

AP - Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will be taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.

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Blame that bad back on your ancestors (Reuters)

Reuters - A spine specialist trying to figure
out why people so often have bad backs says he has come up with
a new theory about when and how early humans evolved the
ability to walk upright.

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Surprise! Rare Fish Show Up in Man-Made Ponds (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Scientists in Southern California have discovered a mysterious booming population of endangered desert pupfish in man-made research ponds designed for an entirely different purpose.

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Nev. couple blame Internet for neglect (AP)

AP - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.

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Did text-messaging lead to N.Y. crash? (AP)

AP - Text messages were sent and received on a 17-year-old driver's cell phone moments before the sport utility vehicle slammed head-on into a truck, killing her and four other recent high school graduates, police said.

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Food-labeling effort gains new momentum (AP)

AP - Shoppers are in the dark about where much of their food comes from despite a five-year-old law requiring meat and other products to carry labels with their country of origin.

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Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O'Connell marry (AP)

AP - Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell have married, a spokesman for the "Ugly Betty" star said. Romijn, 34, and O'Connell, 33, tied the knot at a small ceremony in their home Saturday, spokesman Lewis Kay told People magazine.

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Al Gore's youngest daughter gets married (AP)

AP - Al Gore's youngest daughter Sarah was married Saturday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to a family spokeswoman. Sarah Gore, 28, married Bill Lee, 37, a Los Angeles businessman, said spokeswoman Kalee Kreider.

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Broadcom probe looks at ex-CEO's behavior: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Federal officials investigating
stock-options backdating at Broadcom Corp. are looking
into allegations that former Chief Executive Henry Nicholas III
used hard drugs and hired prostitutes, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Friday.

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Clever Apes Recreate an Aesop Fable (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Orangutans are bright enough to use water as a tool, a finding that researchers say is straight out of Aesop's Fables.

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Pet Store Customer Killed During Attempted Robbery (KPRC Click2Houston.com)

KPRC Click2Houston.com - A customer was shot to death during an attempted robbery at a northwest Harris County pet store late Friday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

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Katrina ice being melted after 2 years (AP)

AP - After nearly two years, thousands of truck miles and $12.5 million in storage costs, a cold relic of the flawed Hurricane Katrina relief effort is going down the drain.

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'Hot Corner' tests free speech in Cuba (AP)

AP - Miguel is in mid-sentence when his face darkens and his eyes dart to the ground. His mouth is still open, but no words come out.

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Lebanese fear growth of Islamic militancy (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Eight weeks after the Lebanese Army began battling Al Qaeda-inspired militants in northern Lebanon and three weeks after the army declared victory, the fighting rages on.

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Text messages cited in fatal NY crash (AP)

AP - Text messages were sent and received on a 17-year-old driver's cell phone moments before the sport utility vehicle slammed head-on into a truck, killing her and four other recent high school graduates, police said.

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Effort to revive food labeling law (AP)

AP - Shoppers are in the dark about where much of their food comes from despite a five-year-old law requiring meat and other products to carry labels with their country of origin.

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China suspends some U.S. meat imports (AP)

AP - China has suspended imports of chicken feet, pig ears and other animal products from seven U.S. companies, including the world's largest meat processor, in an apparent attempt to turn the tables on American complaints about tainted products from China.

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CDC quarantine officers ever on watch (AP)

AP - A day's work for Lt. Cmdr. Rendi Murphree Bacon can mean face time with lab rats, frozen specimens or a baboon-hunting trophy. It can bring refugees from far-flung nations where the crippling polio virus has resurfaced or a traveler with a human skull souvenir.

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Milan plans ballet tribute for Versace 10 years on (Reuters)

Reuters - Milan will commemorate 10 years since the
murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace by hosting a red
carpet evening at La Scala opera house with a homage to ballets
he helped design -- including "Sudden Death."

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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: They Are "Magic" (Playbill)

Playbill - So this is how it feels when Hell freezes over.

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Steven Seagal sues law firm for fees (AP)

AP - Steven Seagal is suing a law firm that once represented him, accusing it of charging him excessive fees, according to court papers.

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Nature's Sunshine under heavy scrutiny (AP)

AP - Dietary supplement maker Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. is coming under increasing scrutiny by federal regulators for auditing omissions, income tax returns and its foreign operations — troubles that could threaten its stock-trading privileges.

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Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Sectarian extremists invaded the U.S. Senate chamber Thursday, chanting "There's only one true God" and denouncing religious pluralism as an "abomination."

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Give Net Neutrality a Chance (BusinessWeek Online)

BusinessWeek Online - I've been having trouble with my broadband Internet service lately. It cuts out frequently. The calls to customer service have gotten longer. The actual speed of the service isn't close to what was advertised. And the price has gone up twice in a year.

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Attempted robbery ends in group hug (AP)

AP - Police on Capitol Hill are baffled by an attempted robbery that began with a handgun put to the head of a teenager and ended in a group hug.

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Texan accused in shooting death of zebra (AP)

AP - An 18-year-old man was arrested Friday and accused of killing a zebra named Zambi in a drive-by shooting.

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Product recall (AP)

AP - The following recall has been announced:

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Wis. lawmaker drives over granddaughter (AP)

AP - A state senator accidentally drove over his young granddaughter Friday, killing her, the senator said in a statement.

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Mexico drug gang threatens foreign journalists (Reuters)

Reuters - A drug gang has threatened to kill
foreign journalists who report on the violence between rival
cartels and security forces along the U.S.-Mexico border, media
and U.S. officials said on Friday.

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Study Compares Colon Cancer Drug Regimens (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- For patients battling advanced
colorectal cancer, beginning treatment with a single chemotherapy drug is
gentler than starting out with a combination of medicines and just as
effective, according to two studies in the July 14 issue of The
Lancet medical journal.

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Eye exam may spot dementia risk in elderly (Reuters)

Reuters - Examining the blood vessels in
the retina of the eye may give a clue to the mental status of
elderly people and their risk of developing dementia,
researchers report.

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Health Tip: Common Causes of Male Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Infertility -- defined by the American
Academy of Family Physicians as the inability of a couple to become
pregnant after one year of trying -- affects about 15 percent of the
population.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 13, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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FDA will ask about Medtronic spinal disc (AP)

AP - Federal regulators will ask outside medical experts next week whether implanting an artificial spinal disc made by Medtronic is more effective than surgery at treating certain neck injuries.

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Key senators agree on kids' health plan (AP)

AP - Lawmakers in a key Senate committee brokered a bipartisan agreement Friday that they said would extend health insurance to an additional 3.3 million low-income children in the U.S.

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Toronto Theatre Legend Ed Mirvish Gets a Salute from Broadway (Playbill)

Playbill - Broadway theatres will dim their marquee lights July 13 for one minute in the memory of Ed Mirvish, the entrepreneur, theatrical impresario and Broadway producer who was known as "Honest Ed."

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Edward Jones to pay $75 million in SEC settlement (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission said on Friday that financial services firm Edward
Jones has agreed to pay $75 million to settle charges related
to its 529 college savings plans and preferred mutual fund
family program.

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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - A 1% rise in June import prices was led by a 4.7% increase in imported petroleum prices, the Labor Dept. said. Headline prices topped a 0.7% increase forecast by Wall Street. Excluding oil, prices rose 0.2% after a 0.5% increase the month before. Export prices rose 0.3%.

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Sallie deal may yet go ahead, but price could fall (Reuters)

Reuters - The threatened buyout of student
lender Sallie Mae may still go ahead -- but the $25 billion
price tag could be negotiated down.

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Parole rejected for 150-plus juveniles (AP)

AP - Texas officials canceled parole for more than 150 young offenders after learning that many had served only minimal time for violent crimes, including murder.

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Samoa butterflies quickly evolve and avoid extinction (Reuters)

Reuters - When faced with extinction, butterflies
on two South Pacific islands quickly developed genetic defences
that helped them fight back, a team of international
researchers said on Tuesday.

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FBI: Expect more spam prosecutions (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - U.S. Internet users should expect a growing number of prosecutions for sending spam and related activities, such as creating botnets, officials with two U.S. law enforcement organizations said Thursday.

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Ex-Marine tackles suspected bank robber (AP)

AP - A former Marine, already irritated about the disappearance of $100 from his bank account, tackled a suspected robber who came into the bank wielding a fire extinguisher and demanding cash.

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Muslim group loses cartoons libel case in Denmark (Reuters)

Reuters - A Muslim group lost a libel case on
Friday against the leader of a Danish anti-immigrant party who
had accused its members of treason for publicizing cartoons of
the Prophet Mohammad.

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Iraqi New York Times journalist killed (AP)

AP - An Iraqi journalist for The New York Times was shot to death Friday on his way to work, less than an hour after he called the bureau to say a checkpoint had blocked his normal route, the newspaper said.

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Study Compares Colon Cancer Drug Regimens (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- For patients battling
advanced colorectal cancer, beginning treatment with a single chemotherapy
drug is gentler than starting out with a combination of medicines and just
as effective, according to two studies in the July 14 issue of The
Lancet medical journal.

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Higher statin dose cuts heart risk in elderly (Reuters)

Reuters - For elderly patients with
coronary disease, treatment with high doses of
cholesterol-lowering Lipitor (known generically as
atorvastatin) reduces the risk of heart-related events more
than low doses, according to a new report.

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Health Tip: Common Causes of Male Infertility (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Infertility -- defined by the American
Academy of Family Physicians as the inability of a couple to become
pregnant after one year of trying -- affects about 15 percent of the
population.

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Clinical Trials Update: July 13, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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126 people ill after Chicago food fest (AP)

AP - More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least nine of them with salmonella poisoning and 10 who were hospitalized, the health department said Thursday.

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US official urges mental health changes (AP)

AP - The Pentagon's top health official said Thursday he wants to see better mental health assessments, stronger privacy protections and a "buddy system" to change the military's stigma against seeking help for anxiety and depression.

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Atty: Guilty plea coming in steroid case (AP)

AP - A pharmaceutical company owner accused of illegally marketing and distributing steroids then paying doctors to write medically unnecessary prescriptions will plead guilty, his attorney said Thursday.

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Report: Teen birth rate hits record low (AP)

AP - Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low.

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Lists of best-selling books (AP)

AP - 1. "The Quickie" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown and Company)

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