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Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about ...


Google apologizes for offensive first lady image

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the First Lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site.


Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn (AP)

Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn

Medicine & Health / Other

created 9 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped ...


Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.


10 x '20: ID experts call for 10 new antibiotics by 2020

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union to further the Society's mission to achieve the development of 10 new antibiotics within the ...


Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit (AP)

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.


US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the ...


Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.


FDA questions safety of alcoholic energy drinks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury.


Quarter of a million children in England at risk of skin cancer from sunbeds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ.



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