Why infants still die from SIDS

" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Big household energy price increases likely this year

I'm not sure if this is actually news to be honest. Doesn't energy bills rise every year? However, according to the biggest energy firms in the UK, big increases in gas and electricity bills are going to be likely...

The Immunity Deal

"Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a breakthrough compromise yesterday on a bill that would dramatically revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Most significantly, the draft...

Beating Runaway Inflation in Kenya

" This month Kenya's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released figures showing that Kenya's annual inflation has reached 31.5%.  There are many factors contributing to this trend amongst them are...

Apple Settles iPod Battery Life Lawsuits in Canada

Do you own an older iPod? Maybe you're like me and are using a four year old ipod mini. I mean, I never needed more than 4 gigs of music and it was built like a brick, why would I ever replace it?Unfortunately,...

Kylie Minogue to receive top French honour

International pop star Kylie Minogue will receive the top French honour of being made a knight in the Order of Arts and Letters for her 'contribution to the enrichment of French culture'. "The 39-year-old said:...

Arctic Meltdown Near Its "Tipping Point" Warns WWF

"MONTREAL (AFP) — Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study.The volumes of...

US military recruits more ex-cons

The U.S. Army has doubled its use of 'moral waivers' for enlisted soldiers over the past year as the demand for more soldiers reaches a high because of teh Iraq War troop surge. The army is now allowing...

Don’t Bank on a Countrywide Purchase (CFC, BAC)

"Don’t Bank on a Countrywide Purchase (CFC, BAC)"

Was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Murdered by the U.S. Government?

One year ago in 2007, the King Family issued this statement:" Was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Murdered by the U.S. Government? Crimes of the State""After hearing and reviewing the extensive testimony and evidence, which had never before been...

Microsoft: Vista More Secure Than XP and Open Source

Google is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.

Climate change 'significantly worse' than feared as Arctic in Dangerous Meltdown

"Switzerland (AFP) - Climate change is occurring far faster than even the worst predictions of the UN's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change foresaw, Al Gore warned Thursday.  New evidence...

Lowering "bad" cholesterol cuts repeat stroke risk

"After a stroke or mini-stroke, intensive lowering of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with a statin drug significantly reduces the risk of a second stroke, according to new data from the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels, or SPARCL,...

Paragon plunges amid funding fears

Another financial services group which specialises in buy-to-let mortgages has seen its shares tumble amid fears of the credit squeeze.........."Shares in Paragon Group plunged 45 per cent in early trading on Tuesday after the group, which specialises in buy-to-let mortgages,...

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