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As the scandal over melamine-tainted milk products continued to be discussed, two canned goods which are said to have come from China tested positive for cadmium, a heavy metal compound that could cause cancer.
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Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation’s first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.
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Dorfman has a small paneled room, lined with his books and sports trophies, close enough to the front door so that if Mrs. Dorfman is out, cigars can be enjoyed.
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AP, Minneapolis
Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation’s first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.
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William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the...
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Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again _ this time proving he’s a pizza powerhouse.
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Take a look at the above Cisco ASR 1000 series router, sexy?Cisco Systems took the launch of the their Cisco ASR 100 series routers onto Web2.0 and many blog...
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An animal welfare official says a wayward manatee that was rescued from cold Cape Cod waters died on the way home to Florida.
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A Chicago policeman went for his first motorcycle ride since being released from an Iowa prison, only to be pulled over _ by officers who wanted to congratulate him.
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Outspoken billionaire investor George Soros on Sunday criticized U.S. and European officials for taking too long to effectively address the financial crisis.
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All I ever wanted to do was help that girl. The money I have spent on her! Ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics. All those cute little outfits at two hundred bucks a pop. A...
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Pima County has approved a grant of $25,000 to help a pro-illegal group maintain emergency water stations in the Sonoran Desert outside Tucson.
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The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross.
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We’ve been looking forward to Dead Space for quite a long time now, and I had the entirely terrible task of spending most of last night and today playing the...
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Things have gotten so bad in Mexico that they are looking to the United States for answers.
It seems that Barack Obama is not only leading in the polls here at home,...
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The chaotic hour before Wall Street’s closing bell has never been for the faint of heart. These days, it’s been absolutely brutal.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says the McCain campaign is trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching “unbecoming...
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The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil...
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Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to continue its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week as they await action on...
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Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to “whip” Democratic rival Barack Obama’s “you-know-what” when the two presidential candidates meet...
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Great scientist Newton gave three laws relating to motion of bodies in a straight line. These laws form the fundamental principles for other theories pertaining to rest...
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Philips is on the verge of developing a new ultrasound-based drug delivery technology that will surely help people suffering from various types of cancers. The company...
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Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening...
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France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple’s Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause...
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If you have been worrying about breast cancer, a new bra may be able to warn you in case you develop cancerous tissues. The bra would detect the cancerous growths...
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A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect.
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Cancer patients will soon be able to use a medication patch to ease the debilitating nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy.
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Does a test that promises to find ovarian cancer sooner really do so? Could other tests nearing the market prolong survival by getting patients the right care faster?
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There are nearly 600 hundred children born from frozen eggs all over the world. British lifted the ban on this technique in January 2000. New Zealand government is yet...
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Barney Rosset, the publisher and First Amendment defender whose battles on behalf of Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer” and other explicit works helped...
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Chemotherapy is the only known cure for cancer today. It involves the use of cytotoxic drugs and is dreaded due to the numerous side effects like nausea, anemia,...
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Viruses have been the major life threatening microorganisms since time immemorial. All viruses are infective unlike all bacteria that can also be beneficial. Viruses...
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Well how does it sound if your doctor prescribed you a glass of beer a day as a means to stay healthy?You would definitely think that the doctor was out of his mind or...
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Nearly two-thirds of hospitals fail to check colon cancer patients well enough for signs that their tumor is spreading, says a study that advises patients to ask about...
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Here’s yet another reason why you should cut the flab -obesity could give you cancer. A new research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, has found that...
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What to believe and what not to believe, such abstruse questions are hovering round mistletoe extract and compelling to reconsider whether mistletoe extract contain...
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Many colon cancer patients aren’t getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn’t returned, new research shows.
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We earlier reported that Japanese researchers have developed a prototype model of the micro medical robot that can reside and travel inside a human body to eliminate...
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Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.
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It is indeed sad when you see your near and dear ones suffering from a painful disease, for which, the treatment as well, is as painful as the disease itself —...
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Four-time Grammy award-winning artist and breast cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John envisioned the Liv(R) Aid with the wish that all women age 20 and older perform monthly breast self-examinations. Newton-John’s company BHS chose Deerfield Urethane’s...
