Bisphenol A, or BPA, can significantly reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment in cancer patients, say researchers from the University of Cincinnati. The man-made chemical, prolific in many common...
How do you fight drug-resistant cancer cells? With basketball-shaped nanoparticles, of course. Michael Gottesman discovered a single gene that is responsible for around half of cancers resistant to a certain chemo...
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"President Bush summoned Barack Obama, John McCain and legislative leaders to an extraordinary White House summit, warning Americans and Congress on Wednesday night that failing to act on a $700 billion financial industry bailout could lead to "a long and painful...
"Posted: 4:36 am, September 6, 2008, by Amir Taheri, NY POST IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women. Two...
It was bound to happen... a spinoff project based on the ubiquitous Lonelygirl15. (If you haven't seen this yet, just search for it on Youtube; the first "episode" appears to the left)Unlike its vlogadelic...
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A Correction to my story yesterday, of which was a problem of my bad understanding of Tagalog, sorry that I reported incorrectly about MILF surrender. I have since deleted the story has it has no value on the facts of this Filipino struggle. . "ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government...
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces deep into its small U.S.-allied neighbor in the...
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As Russia continues to pummel Georgia with bombers, tanks, and soldiers, U.N. officials confirm that the Russian military has pushed beyond the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Russians were very...
"He raped and murdered 2 women, I don't care if he suffers or not when executed. He certainly had no qualms about inflicting pain on his victims.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would...
According to the Declaration of Independance: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...
One can only hope normalcy will return top Kandahar, as the Taliban have been terminated in this region for now."ARGHANDAB DISTRICT, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Taliban fighters have been killed or wounded after two...
After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...
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Fema Press Release"BILOXI, Miss. -- With the 2008 hurricane season officially here, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urge residents to take steps to make...
President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP) --...