Archive: 09/28/2009
CBS News in partnership with Global Post
GlobalPost.com, a news website launched eight months ago, is making its network of foreign correspondents available to CBS News under an agreement unveiled on Monday.
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Cities weigh green features vs. expense in new buildings
Should a city that's committed to environmentally friendly construction pay $825,000 for a job that was expected to cost $248,000?
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Diabetes support -- actions speak louder than words
For physicians treating patients with diabetes, practical support is important in improving glycemic control. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health found that setting goals and pro-active follow ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Dell settlement has tougher accounting oversight
(AP) -- Dell Inc. says it will beef up accounting and corporate governance rules as part of a settlement tied to an investigation into past financial practices.
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Elderly suicide risk after previous attempts varies by sex
In older age groups, repeated suicide attempts constitute an increased risk for completed suicide in depressed women, while severe attempts constitute an increased risk for depressed men. Researchers writing in the open access ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Fish go mad for ginger gene
There may be plenty of fish in the sea but the medaka knows what it likes. A new study published in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how a single gene mutation that turns Japanese Killifish a drab ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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'Top dogs' at school have better health in adulthood
Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Rare earths are vital, and China owns them all
Rare earths may not be on most investors' radars, but they are certainly in almost any high-tech item they use -- and in the world of rare earths, China is king.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Xerox, Dell mergers reveal the draw of IT services
Back-to-back merger deals involving Xerox Corp. and Dell Inc. highlight a major trend in the corporate tech market where the ability to offer services has increasingly become key to being competitive, some analysts say.
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Feds to decide on listing ice seals as threatened
(AP) -- A federal agency must decide within three weeks whether spotted seals, which depend on sea ice off Alaska's coast, should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Preparing your iPhone for international travel
(AP) -- An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 28, 2009 |
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YouTube a star as US online video viewing soars: comScore
Industry tracker comScore on Monday reported that US online video viewing hit a record high in August with YouTube luring a commanding share of the audience.
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Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubbles
(AP) -- Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles. A team of researchers - in Europe not surprisingly - found that Champagne's bursting bubbles not only tickle the nose, they create a mist that wafts the aroma to the drinker.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Researchers unravel brain's wiring to understand memory
Using a powerful microscope, Karel Svoboda, a brain scientist at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Va., peers through a plastic window in the top of a mouse's head to watch its brain's neurons sprout new connections ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Danger of swine flu is not what it is, but what it could become
Swine flu is not a danger for what it is, the experts say. It's a danger for what it could be. That's why officials are pushing swine flu vaccine, which should start arriving as early as Oct. 6.
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