Archive for June 9th, 2009

Gene Explains Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Outcomes

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Gene Explains Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Outcomes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
Genetic mutations can show which breast cancer patients will be helped by a certain type of chemotherapy, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
They found patients with two versions of the SOD2 fared worse when taking…

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Senate Democrats Unveil Healthcare Bill

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Healthcare Bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
Leading Senate Democrats unveiled on Tuesday a plan to reshape U.S. healthcare that calls for sweeping insurance market reforms and prohibits insurers from denying coverage or charging more due to medical history.
The measure also would require…

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English Getting Its Millionth Word Wednesday

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
English Getting Its Millionth Word Wednesday

English contains more words than any other other language on the planet and will add its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate…

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Iraq Releases Man Held In Slayings Of US Soldiers

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Iraq Releases Man Held In Slayings Of US Soldiers

BAGHDAD, Iraq In a good will gesture to militant groups, the Iraqi government has freed a man who had been held in connection with the killing of five…

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Bronx Movement Takes Root No Trees Please

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Bronx Movement Takes Root No Trees Please

NEW YORK – What’s not to like about a tree?
Apparently plenty, if you live one New York City neighborhood.
The New York Daily News says some residents in the Bronx are fuming over the city’s plans…

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Judge Blaring Your Car Horn Is Not Free Speech

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Judge Blaring Your Car Horn Is Not Free Speech

EVERETT, Wash. – Being honked off doesn’t give you a right to honk on. That’s the ruling from a Snohomish County Superior Court judge in the case of a woman who…

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Idol Runner-up Adam Lambert Im Gay

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Idol Runner-up Adam Lambert Im Gay

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –
“American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert has told Rolling Stone magazine he is gay, answering a question that followed the singer for months since he gained millions of fans on the No. 1 U.S….

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Pentagon Next 18 Months Key To Afghan Victory

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Pentagon Next 18 Months Key To Afghan Victory

WASHINGTON – Steps taken over the next 18 months to defeat the Taliban and other extremists will ultimately decide whether the war in Afghanistan is being won, the Pentagon’s top leaders said Tuesday.
In…

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Gates Russia Wary Of Growing Iranian Threat

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Gates Russia Wary Of Growing Iranian Threat

WASHINGTON – Prospects for a U.S.-Russian partnership on a missile defense system have improved slightly as Moscow grows increasingly concerned about Iran, Pentagon chief Robert Gates said Tuesday.
The defense secretary told senators that U.S. offers…

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Judge Lets Chrysler Sever Ties With 789 Dealers

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Judge Lets Chrysler Sever Ties With 789 Dealers

NEW YORK – A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Chrysler’s plan to terminate 789 of its dealer franchises, while the automaker’s plan to partner with Italy’s Fiat hinged on action by the Supreme…

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Can Apple Beat The Too-expensive Rap

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Can Apple Beat The Too-expensive Rap

(CNET)SAN FRANCISCO –The big knock on Applewhether or not it’s always been accurateis that its products are more expensive than most of its competitors.
Apple addresses its high-price reputation by dropping the costs of iPhones and…

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Cosmic Cloud Poised To Birth Massive Star

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Cosmic Cloud Poised To Birth Massive Star

PASADENA, CALIF. — A massive, tranquil object found
lurking in a dark cloud in our galaxy could be about to transform into a
massive star or stars, giving astronomers their first glimpse at such a region
on the…

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Suspect In Soldier Shooting Says He Was Justified

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Suspect In Soldier Shooting Says He Was Justified

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Muslim convert charged with fatally shooting an American soldier at a military recruiting center said Tuesday that he doesn’t consider the killing a murder because U.S. military action…

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Rob Zombie Adam Lambert Is No Mick Jagger

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Rob Zombie Adam Lambert Is No Mick Jagger

Los Angeles (E! Online) –
Adam Lambert may have a great voice. He may have even performed with KISS during the American Idol finals. Heck, Queen has even said they want the young,…

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Idol Runner-up Adam Lambert Im Gay

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Idol Runner-up Adam Lambert Im Gay

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –
“American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert has told Rolling Stone magazine he is gay, answering a question that followed the singer for months since he gained millions of fans on the No. 1 U.S….

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NHS faces Huge Budget Shortfall

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
NHS faces Huge Budget Shortfall

NHS ‘faces huge budget shortfall’
By Branwen Jeffreys
BBC News health correspondent
The health service will face the most severe and sustained financial shortfall in its history after 2011, a report by NHS managers warns.The NHS Confederation report says the health service…

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Coroner Vegas Star Gans Had Fatal Drug Reaction

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Coroner Vegas Star Gans Had Fatal Drug Reaction

LAS VEGAS – A coroner says Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans died accidentally last month because of a toxic reaction to a pain killer. Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said Tuesday that the…

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Obama Proposes Making pay-as-you-go The Law

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Obama Proposes Making pay-as-you-go The Law

WASHINGTONPresident Obama on Tuesday proposed making “pay-as-you-go” rules for federal spending into law.
President Obama proposed Tuesday that the government adopt “pay-as-you-go” rules for federal spending.
The so-called PAYGO proposal requires Congress to balance any increased…

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Elizabeth Taylor Makes First Outing in Months

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Elizabeth Taylor Makes First Outing in Months

LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaElizabeth Taylor went to the Hollywood Bowl to hear Andrea Bocelli in concert, the first night out in months for the big-screen legend.
Elizabeth Taylor went to see Andrea Bocelli at the…

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Technology Commodity Stocks Post Gains

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Technology Commodity Stocks Post Gains

NEW YORK – Investors are finding more than one way to bet on an improving economy.
Stocks ended a quiet day mostly higher Tuesday as traders pushed money into commodity and technology stocks, encouraged by higher prices for oil and…

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WHO On Verge Of Declaring H1N1 Flu Pandemic

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
WHO On Verge Of Declaring H1N1 Flu Pandemic

GENEVA (Reuters) –
The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of declaring the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, but wants to ensure countries are well prepared to prevent…

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Rugby UnionJones Called Up After Ferris Blow

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Rugby UnionJones Called Up After Ferris Blow

Jones called up after Ferris blow
Wales’s Ryan Jones has been called up by the British and Irish Lions after Stephen Ferris was ruled out of their tour of South Africa by a knee injury.The Ireland…

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Could My Name Is Earl Be Saved

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Could My Name Is Earl Be Saved

Los Angeles (E! Online) –
NBC ignominiously canceled My Name Is Earl last month, but now there's hope yet for more episodes!
Star Jaime Pressly (who plays Joy, Earl's loopy ex-wife) tells E! News exclusively that…

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Can Once-cool MySpace Stage A Comeback

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Can Once-cool MySpace Stage A Comeback

In the brief history of Web sites, there are few if any second chances. Remember Friendster?
Experts say MySpace should focus on music to stage a comeback. Here, Green Day performs at a MySpace event.
That’s…

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Suspect Claims victory In Closing Of Slain Doctors Clinic

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Suspect Claims victory In Closing Of Slain Doctors Clinic

WICHITA, KansasAn anti-abortion activist suspected in the death of Kansas doctor George Tiller told CNN on Tuesday the closing of Tiller’s women’s clinic is “a victory for all…

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