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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....
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The crown of the famed New York Statue of Liberty will reopen tomorrow for the first time since September 11th, 2001, and what better day than the celebration of...
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views...
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The Jackson family has decided to hold a memorial for their late son at Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jackson died last week from what was probably a strong...
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Alaska Governor and former Republican 2008 vice-president nominee Sarah Palin has decided to resign from her governorship.
The resignation will come at the end of the...
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A Philadelphia man’s accused of using Tarot cards and mysticism to lure three teenage girls into having sex with him.
“He was reading my cards and told me...
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Brad Pitt surely deserves to be there in the green celebs’ list. Well, you may or may not agree to it. Still his foundation, Make It Right, makes him proud in...
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While the onslaught of miserable June weather played havoc with people’s plans and psyches, it has also provided a quiet benefit to many city neighborhoods. Fatal and...
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Amidst the fireworks, the beer and the cookouts associated with the celebration of the 4th of July Independence holiday, it is common to forget why the founders of the...
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Despite about two trillion dollars pumped into banks and the general economy from the government, the United States’ economy continues to shed jobs.
The U.S....
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Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has an emergency button under his desk that was installed 30 years ago after former City Supervisor Dan White entered City...
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The King of Pop still had it.
In defiance of all the critics who called him Wacko Jacko and a has-been, Michael Jackson still put on a show that eluded most artists....
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California, one of the world’s largest economies, has reached the brink. It is a sad day for America for California always promised the “Golden Road”...
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President Obama promised a break from the old Washington ways of permanent campaigning and a president unaccountable to the people. Put aside the lack of...
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With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it’s probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist’s son, he married money,...
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It has long been known that Michael Jackson had an inconsiderate stage-dad. Joe Jackson reportedly pushed his son excessively as a young star.
Jackson has long stated...
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For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
After several months of recounts and court battles, Democratic...
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Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a...
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Dreaming of a house that is remarkably awesome? Designed by Touzet studio, the amazing North Bay Road Residence located in Miami Beach, Florida is one such example. The...
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As Iran stumbles deeper into political crisis, with scores of protestors murdered and likely more deaths coming after Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami declared them...
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Swine flu hysteria may be making a come back. The Center for Disease Control, a federal agency, has reported that 1 million Americans have contacted Swine flu virus or...
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After the age of washable and sticking plaster, UK based Polymertronics are developing a glowing band aid (plaster) for the new age of medical genius. In works to...
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AP, London
British experts said Tuesday that they have found the first evidence of a hemophiliac contracting mad cow disease from contaminated blood products.
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AP, Minneapolis
Former heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux has Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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The practice of taking on several women by a single man has been practiced since time immemorial. It was also greatly encouraged by the community as well as you could...
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Malaria Research Institute at Macha Mission Hospital has been able to facilitate access to the world’s medical knowledge and locally-relevant content...
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AP, New Orleans
Vitamins C and E _ pills taken by millions of Americans _ do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has...
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AP, New Orleans
People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease dramatically lowered their chances of dying or having a heart attack if they took the cholesterol pill...
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Diabetes affects 24 million Americans and an increasing number of children. It can lead to limb loss and heart attacks. Yet people are more afraid of snakes and...
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The treatment of disease is obviously more important than deadly violence… in Zimbabwe, at least.
I was disgusted to read that UNICEF and Mugabe’s ‘government’...
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AP, Geneva
The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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Three people have died in South Africa from an “unknown highly infectious disease” believed to have originated in Zambia in over three weeks. The Star newspaper...
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If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
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AP, Trenton
An injected Johnson & Johnson biologic drug used to treat several immune diseases controlled Crohn’s disease, a difficult-to-treat bowel disorder, better...
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If the experts are successful in incorporating the new computing technologies and the evolution of a ‘virtual man’ to predict the effects of new drugs...
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We all want to live in a Flat world. No, I am not talking about Nandan Nielkani’s open trade opportunities for everybody. I am talking about the growing waist and...
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AP, Trenton
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver...
made popular Sep 7 2008
AP, Billings
Montana has lost its federal disease-free status for brucellosis, triggering mandatory testing of cattle being shipped out of state.
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At least 38 Venezuelans have died as a result of a suspected outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.
made popular Aug 27 2008
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In this Aug. 14, 1976 file photo, George Foreman’s left connects with Scott LeDoux’s face, left, in the second round of their bout in Utica, N.Y. The Associated Press reports on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, that LeDoux, 60, has Lou Gehrig’s disease, also...
