Archive: 07/17/2009
Teens risk health with night texting, talking
To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication.
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CALS genomicists aim to save citrus from 'greening'
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has been a dismal two decades for the 450-year-old Florida citrus industry: On top of the constant pressure from hurricanes, a citrus canker epidemic shrank U.S. citrus production by roughly ...
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Verizon offers small carriers fresher handsets
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is offering small cellular carriers a chance to get new phone models faster.
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Yahoo rallies on renewed hopes for Microsoft deal
Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google Inc.
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NASA satellites see remnant low Dolores go out kicking
The remaining clouds and showers that were once tropical storm Dolores are fading at sea, more than 940 miles west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Dolores has now weakened into a remnant low pressure area but continues ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A NASA 2-for-1: Carlos and Dolores in 1 satellite image
It's not too often that two tropical cyclones are close enough to each other to be within a satellite's view as it tracks far above the Earth, but it happened this week with Carlos and Dolores in the Eastern ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Scientists discover how flu damages lung tissue
A protein in influenza virus that helps it multiply also damages lung epithelial cells, causing fluid buildup in the lungs, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Southern Research ...
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Maybe you don't have Alzheimer's after all
She was 65 years old. "And I was a young 65, believe it or not," says Jeanne Folmer. "Oh, I did everything. I just did everything." Retired from real estate and sales, she kept busy playing golf with her sister, antiquing ...
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Swine flu sweeping world at 'unprecedented speed': WHO
Swine flu has swept the globe at "unprecedented speed," the World Health Organisation said Friday, as a study warned the pandemic could tip the world into deflation and delay the economic recovery.
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How to ... avoid kidney stones
These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.
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Another hepatitis case linked to Colorado hospital
(AP) -- Another hepatitis C case has been linked to a Denver hospital where an infected surgery technician is accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful painkiller meant for patients.
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Concerns raised as LA looks to Google Web services
(AP) -- Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by Los Angeles to tap Google Inc.'s Internet-based services for government e-mail, police records and other confidential ...
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Space shuttle Endeavour arrives at space station
(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the international space station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Sick Children Affect Parents' Mental Health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin ...
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Test Mars Rover Checks Pivoting Technique
The Mars rover team is using a test rover at JPL to assess various extraction techniques that might get Spirit out of the loose soil of "Troy" on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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