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How Your Inner Athlete Makes You Smarter
Posted by: SenorCoconut 15 hours, 7 minutes agoAthletes and people who exercise not only have better bods, they have better brains too, a host of studies have now firmly established.
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AIG Swings To 2Q Loss On $11 Billion In Losses
Posted by: mozzer 22 hours, 45 minutes agoAmerican International Group Inc. (AIG) swung to a second-quarter loss on more than $11 billion in investment losses and a write-down related to its credit ...
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Nutrition in the West vs. Nutrition in the East
Posted by: Shannonyork 3 hours, 54 minutes agoNo two areas of the world are as different as the East and the West. While many influences have crossed over from year to year ...
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Alcohol Consumption Declining, According To Results Of New Study
Posted by: pagey 13 hours, 49 minutes agoOverall alcohol use particularly consumption of beer is declining in the US, according to a new study published in the August 2008 issue of The ...
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Aging population making more visits to the doctor's
Posted by: ameliog 22 hours, 48 minutes agoThe aging of the U.S. population is translating into many more visits to doctors' offices and hospitals, a reality that is taxing weak spots ...
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Hospital CEO arrested in probe of homeless scheme
Posted by: ameliog 19 hours, 24 minutes agoA Los Angeles hospital top executive was arrested Wednesday as federal agents raided three medical centers while investigating an alleged scheme to recruit homeless people ...
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Detroit mayor ordered jailed
Posted by: david_nwpa 6 hours, 39 minutes agoDETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- A judge Thursday ordered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick jailed after determining he violated terms of his bond by taking an unauthorized trip ...
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The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0
Posted by: Neophile 8 hours, 36 minutes agoThe games have been billed as China's "coming out party" to the world. They are far more significant than that. These Olympics are the ...
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Eye spy: U.S. scientists develop eye-shaped camera
Posted by: pagey 13 hours, 57 minutes agoBorrowing one of nature's best designs, U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard sensor materials and say it could improve the ...
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U.S.: Sub leaked radiation in Japan ports
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 9 hours, 23 minutes agoA U.S. nuclear-powered submarine which has steadily been leaking a small amount of radiation for over two years stopped at three Japanese ports, as ...
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Queen Rania takes to Web to break stereotypes of Arabs
Posted by: ameliog 22 hours, 28 minutes agoJordan's first lady launched a YouTube page to begin a dialogue between Arabs and Westerners.
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Thin slice of journalism
Posted by: ameliog 22 hours, 30 minutes agoThis is a cautionary tale about how journalism sometimes gets practiced in contemporary America.
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Joseph Stiglitz: The left can offer higher growth and social justice
Posted by: berkeley 16 hours, 47 minutes agoBoth the left and the right say they stand for economic growth. So should voters trying to decide between the two simply look at it ...
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One-Fifth of British Childhood Cancer Survivors Smoke
Posted by: SenorCoconut 14 hours, 33 minutes agoA fifth of British adults who survived childhood cancers currently smoke, while almost a third were regular smokers at one time in their lives, a ...
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Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009
Posted by: Shannonyork 4 hours, 3 minutes agoThe IMDB.com has 3,496 upcoming films listed for 2009. Taking in to account that about 70% of those will be pushed back, cancelled ...
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