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Race to prevent disease among Myanmar cyclone victims
May 10 2008, AP

Preventing a disease disaster in Myanmar is now a “race against time,” as many impoverished victims still await help a week after the brutal cyclone, experts warned Saturday.Reports of diarrhea and skin problems already have surfaced, and health...

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Tyler Perry takes the stand in copyright lawsuit
AP, Marshall
Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman’s play for his blockbuster...
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Shoppers have reasons to act like grinches
AP, Washington
There are ample reasons for America’s shoppers to act like grinches this holiday season, with lost jobs, wilting retirement accounts and shrinking home values...
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Judge bars MGA from making, selling Bratz dolls
AP, Los Angeles
A federal judge has banned MGA Entertainment Inc. from making and selling its hugely popular Bratz dolls in a sweeping decision that rival Mattel Inc. hailed as a major...
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Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama
AP, Miami
When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call.
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Judge bars MGA from selling Bratz dolls
AP, Los Angeles
A judge on Wednesday granted an injunction sought by toy maker Mattel Inc. that bars rival MGA Entertainment Inc. from manufacturing or selling its popular pouty-lipped...
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Bus carrying students collides with truck in Ill.
AP, Lostant
Authorities say a chartered bus carrying students has collided with a semitrailer in northern Illinois, and people have been taken to hospitals as a precaution.
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LA coroner: Japanese businessman's death a suicide
AP, Los Angeles
An autopsy has determined the death of a Japanese businessman found dead in a jail cell after being extradited to California in a decades-old murder conspiracy case was...
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House lawyers: Renzi prosecution unconstitutional
AP, Tucson
The legal staff for the U.S. House of Representatives has challenged the constitutionality of the Justice Department’s prosecution of retiring U.S. Rep. Rick...
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Pa. businessman charged with sex crimes in Russia
AP, Philadelphia
A wealthy Russian-born businessman from suburban Philadelphia was charged Wednesday with traveling to orphanages in his native country to molest young girls and hire...
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Homeland chief advises successor not to reorganize
AP, Washington
The current homeland security secretary advised his successor Wednesday not to reorganize the young department or try to please everyone.
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Jimmy Carter writes new book on Middle East
AP, Atlanta
Former President Jimmy Carter has written a new book on the Middle East with a title he hopes will not be as controversial as the last one, which was called,...
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Autopsy: Train engineer not on drugs before crash
AP, Los Angeles
An autopsy shows the Metrolink engineer involved in a train collision that killed 25 people in September was not on drugs or medication before he ran a red light that...
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NFL offers first live game broadcast in 3-D
AP, Los Angeles
In broadcasting the world’s first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an “up close,...
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Rockefeller Center lights tree in annual ceremony
AP, New York
A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were among thousands who...
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Customer spots cook butchering deer in pizzeria
AP, Allentown
A Pennsylvania pizzeria insists venison is not on the menu _ despite the impression a customer may have gotten when she saw one of the cooks butchering a deer in the...
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Customer spies cook carving deer in Pa. pizzeria
AP, Allentown
A Pennsylvania pizzeria insists venison is not on the menu _ despite the impression a customer may have gotten when she saw one of the cooks butchering a deer in the...
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Fitch: Outlook negative for US IT sector
AP, New York
The outlook for the majority of the U.S. information technology sector is negative for 2009, Fitch Ratings said Wednesday.
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On recording, suspects talked about holy war in US
AP, Camden
One of the men accused of plotting to attack soldiers on Fort Dix said it was time to bring holy war to American soil after listening to an Islamist lecture, an...
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Democrat concedes in US House race in California
AP, Washington
Democrat Charlie Brown conceded defeat to Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock on Wednesday in their hard-fought race for California’s 4th District House seat,...
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NJ girl paralyzed in crash by Giants fan gets $26M
AP, Newark
A stadium vendor has settled a lawsuit by the family of a girl paralyzed in a car accident caused by a drunken New York Giants fan for $26 million.
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Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden baby death
AP, Chicago
Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday.
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made popular Oct 6 2008
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Colorado tests way to reduce elk-car collisions
AP, Durango
Colorado highway planners are experimenting with the same technology used by some prisons for perimeter security to prevent drivers from colliding with deer and elk.
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made popular Oct 1 2008
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Report: Invest $10 a person for better health
AP, Washington
Investing just $10 per person _ roughly the price of a six-pack of beer and some chips _ could greatly fuel community programs that get couch potatoes moving, prevent...
MED, Preventing, Disease, Technology
made popular Jul 17 2008
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Obesity & Cancer
Anshul Goel, Shimla
Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent...
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made popular Feb 19 2008
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Obesity Growing to Be Top Cancer Cause
AP, Boston
Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent...
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made popular Feb 15 2008
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