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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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Doctors and climatologists have recognized that the world is facing a global health crisis. A group of experts have recently warned that the warming of planet Earth is...
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Malaria is a fatal disease, especially when the type is not detected. Many people lose their lives in the African region owing to the same problem. A group of...
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On the eve of World Malaria Day, the head of UNICEF says there is enough money available to provide bed nets treated with long-lasting insecticide to everyone in Africa...
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AP, Washington
President Barack Obama is committed to making the United States a global leader in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, the U.S. ambassador...
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AP, Washington
A novel immune cell may offer an important new clue to why malaria kills some people and not others.
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AP, Oslo
A $225 million fund to provide low-price anti-malaria medicine around the world was launched in the Norwegian capital Friday to fight a disease that kills 2,000...
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AP, Dakar
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is launching a new cherry-flavored malaria drug that it says children will be less likely to spit out.
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AP, Long Beach
Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.
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Cellphone hacking is nothing new but this hack for medical purposes is simply imposing. Scientists at the UCLA have transformed a Sony Ericsson phone into a blood...
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By Brenda Zulu
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 York
Researchers reported promising results for what may become the world’s first vaccine to prevent malaria, a killer of 1 million people each year.
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AP, New York
Researchers are reporting promising results for what may become the world’s first malaria vaccine.
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AP, Washington
Federal regulators said Monday a combination drug from Novartis to treat malaria works better than older drugs already on the market.
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AP, Johannesburg
Researchers trying to create the world’s first malaria vaccine are launching a massive medical trial as early as next month involving 16,000 children that could...
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AP, Johannesburg
A medical trial involving 16,000 children across Africa will be a challenge to human, scientific and communications resources on the world’s poorest continent,...
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AP, United Nations
Malaria as a mass child killer would be virtually eliminated globally by 2015 under a plan backed by nearly $3 billion in pledges, officials said Thursday.
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AP, Geneva
The World Health Organization halved its estimate of the number of people who get malaria each year, saying Thursday that better measurement techniques had cut the...
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Researchers are working to imitate the genetic mechanism of the common flour beetle in malaria resistant mosquitoes which might help in fighting the incapacitating...
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In this photo provided by Darby Communications a child is vaccinated by an unidentified worker as part of a Malaria vaccine trial in Bagamoyo, Tanzania in Aug. 2007. A vaccine that may become the world’s first to prevent malaria shows promise in...
