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US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs. http://www.physorg.com/news176810199.html Technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news176810199 Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. http://www.physorg.com/news176809886.html Other Sciences Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:05 EST news176809886 (AP) -- President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. http://www.physorg.com/news176810186.html Medicine & Health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:01 EST news176810186 (AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. http://www.physorg.com/news176809684.html Biology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10:02 EST news176809684 (AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. http://www.physorg.com/news176809447.html Medicine & Health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:02 EST news176809447 Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties. http://www.physorg.com/news176809758.html Technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:01 EST news176809758 Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news176810339.html Technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:44 EST news176810339 A Russian rocket will next year for the first time blast off from a European launch pad in South America, officials said Saturday, as the first rockets headed for the site on board a ship. http://www.physorg.com/news176810118.html Space & Earth Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:56:08 EST news176810118 (AP) -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. http://www.physorg.com/news176809835.html Biology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:51:08 EST news176809835 (AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels. http://www.physorg.com/news176809468.html Space & Earth Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:45:52 EST news176809468 Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical outcomes, including heart attack and stroke, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news176809244.html Medicine & Health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:21 EST news176809244 Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers in treating suspected or confirmed cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza. http://www.physorg.com/news176750023.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:02 EST news176750023 Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news176749877.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:01 EST news176749877 The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they? http://www.physorg.com/news176749865.html Technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:37 EST news176749865 A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay. http://www.physorg.com/news176749751.html Technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:54 EST news176749751 While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education. http://www.physorg.com/news176749720.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:34 EST news176749720 Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive to neighboring trees. http://www.physorg.com/news176749611.html Biology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:07:58 EST news176749611 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online. http://www.physorg.com/news176738820.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:01 EST news176738820 A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting. http://www.physorg.com/news176740788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:01 EST news176740788 Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history. http://www.physorg.com/news176738669.html Technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:01 EST news176738669 (AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it. http://www.physorg.com/news176741297.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:24 EST news176741297 The station crew prepared Friday for the arrival of the Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) which is scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Nov. 10. The MRM2 will arrive at the station on Nov. 12 docking to the top port of the Zvezda service module. http://www.physorg.com/news176739140.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:01 EST news176739140 (PhysOrg.com) -- New study examines impact of segregation on the prevalence of high-cost loans in U.S. metro areas. Subprime loans disproportionately located in segregated areas. http://www.physorg.com/news176739381.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:03 EST news176739381 Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, and are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy. http://www.physorg.com/news176738875.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:02 EST news176738875 For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes. http://www.physorg.com/news176736902.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:05 EST news176736902 (PhysOrg.com) -- After the trajectory correction manoeuvre on 22 October, Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path. The manoeuvre was so precise that mission controllers decided not to use the additional manoeuvre slot that was available yesterday. http://www.physorg.com/news176736191.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:04 EST news176736191 Results of an investigation conducted by University of Nevada, Reno researchers, public health officials and area physicians published this week in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, indicate that Washoe County experienced a cluster of a particular birth defect, gastroschisis, during the period April 2007 - April 2008. Subsequent review of medical records since the study's conclusion indicates that while the rate is still elevated, the cluster appears to have subsided. http://www.physorg.com/news176737611.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:01 EST news176737611 Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital working in conjunction with EMS services, paramedics and fire services across Ontario found that a bystander who attempts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can quadruple the survival rate to over 50 per cent. But Dr. Laurie Morrison and the research team at Rescu have found only 30 per cent of bystanders in Toronto are willing to help, one of the lowest rates of bystanders helping others in the developed world. http://www.physorg.com/news176737455.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:01 EST news176737455 (PhysOrg.com) -- A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York. http://www.physorg.com/news176735848.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:50:16 EST news176735848 (PhysOrg.com) -- Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, marking a key milestone for the project. http://www.physorg.com/news176736080.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:50:01 EST news176736080