Will Wright to leave Electronic Arts
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(AP) -- Will Wright, the video game designer behind such hits as "The Sims" and "Spore," is leaving game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. after 12 years.
Traditional media provide more comprehensive news than citizen media and blogs, researchers find
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COLUMBIA, Mo. -Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Journalism recently completed a comprehensive comparison of citizen journalism sites (news sites and blogs) and traditional media Web sites. They found ...
Owls' dawn and dusk concerts promote visual communication
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Reporting in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE April 8, Vincenzo Penteriani and Maria Delgado of the Estacion Biologica de Doņana, Spain, describe the evolution of white throat badges in association with d ...
Japan's Sharp sees deeper net loss
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Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. said that it had fallen deeper in the red than expected in the past year, suffering its first-ever loss due to the economic downturn.
Community provides essential support to military families
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The deployment of military personnel to active war zones, which involves issues of separation, time away from home, and eventual reunion, increases the vulnerability of their families, The heavy reliance on National Guard ...
Skin cancer now top cancer among young women in UK
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(AP) -- Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the most common cancer in young British women, the country's leading cancer organization said Wednesday. Skin cancer has overtaken cervical cancer as the top cancer ...
Facebook to welcome 200 millionth user
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Hot social networking website Facebook expects to welcome its 200 millionth user on Wednesday, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said.
Blood tests reveal tobacco smoke residues in non-smoking New Yorkers
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More than half of non-smoking New Yorkers have elevated levels of cotinine in their blood - meaning that they were recently exposed to toxic second-hand smoke in concentrations high enough to leave residues in the body. Cotinine, ...
Soy may aid in treating canine cancers
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Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking to soy as a way to make traditional canine cancer therapy more effective, less stressful for the dog and less costly for the owners.
New research shows children take a toll on marital bliss
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What married couples have suspected for years is now proven by researchers at the University of Denver (DU) and Texas A&M - children can add problems and stress to a marriage. According to an eight-year study of 218 couples, ...
Wristbands ease nausea with cancer treatment
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Cancer patients who wore acupressure wristbands had much less nausea while receiving radiation treatment, making the bands a safe, low-cost addition to anti-nausea medication, according to a study published in the Journal of ...
Researchers train computers to analyze fruit-fly behavior
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have trained computers to automatically analyze aggression and courtship in fruit flies, opening the way for researchers to perform large-scale, high-throughput ...
Semiconductor revenue down 5 pct in 2008
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Worldwide semiconductor revenue fell by more than five percent last year and could face a "far worse" decline this year, market research firm Gartner Inc. reported on Wednesday.
Orthopaedic experts examine overhead
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Baseball season is underway. With the pros, college and high school teams taking to the baseball diamonds and Little Leaguers soon to follow, orthopedic specialists at Rush University Medical Center are cautioning players ...
Parkinson's disease medication triggers destructive behaviors
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A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behaviors, notably compulsive gambling ...
