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Wednesday, 31 December '08 - 5:07:26 PM -0400
An anti-gun group is suing to stop enactment of Bush administration rules that would let people carry concealed weapons in many U.S. parks.
Thursday, 1 January '09 - 10:30:49 AM -0400
Viacom and Time Warner have settled on a new contract. They had disagreed over fee increases, and Viacom had threatened to pull the plug on its 19 cable channels, including MTV and Comedy Central.
Sunday, 4 January '09 - 7:45:20 PM -0400
Rhys Millen was nearly able to backflip a truck at the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. Event in Las Vegas. His speed and rotation were perfect, but a slightly off-balance landing prevented him from riding away clean.
Wednesday, 5 November '08 - 6:31:31 PM -0400
A couple weeks ago, fanboy dorks exposed their stupidity to the wider community by hijacking the user reviews of two games on review aggregate site MetaCritic.
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Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.
Marinating steak in beer or wine before cooking it dramatically reduces levels of chemicals that can cause cancer, according to scientists.
A recently dismissed employee of a Canadian health products company crashed the office Christmas party in Vancouver and killed another man, police said.
A Montana judge has issued a ruling saying residents of the state have the right to doctor-assisted suicide.
Reader Benjamin is pissed because Comcast in his town of Richmond, VA they raised his rates, and justified it by saying they have to pass on the cost of rising gas, technology, and health care.
The Honda wearable robotic walker, an innovative gadget planned to support bodyweight, helps diminish stress on the knees and presents many advantages for people who work in factories in positions that require a lot of standing and running around for deliveries. This device is also considered to be helpful for people with special health conditions such as people that suffer from arthritis, people with walking disabilities, as well as old people.
An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.
In 2004, ex-con Charles Manning, 61, was infected in prison by a flesh-eating bacteria that ate away at his groin. Prison doctors first thought he was just having an allergic reaction. He sued and the Washington Department of Corrections settled by giving him $300,000. From the Associated Press: By the time he was taken to a hospital, Manning had an internal abscess that required doctors to remove several pounds of flesh from his pelvic region.
A Canadian man whose weight ballooned to 430 pounds in a Quebec prison was released eight months early because he couldn't be accommodated.
The American Heart Association recommends 100 beats per minute for CPR. Stayin Alive uses 103. A study testing students found that while listening, they averaged 109 bpm, and 5 weeks later while thinking of the song, they averaged 113bpm. The doctor noted that a few extra compressions was much better than too few.