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Controversial cancer test gains support
Sunday, August 14, 2005 Some cancer specialists have stepped up calls for smokers and ex-smokers to undergo advanced screening for lung cancer . They reacted to the recent deaths of Peter Jennings and Barbara Bel Geddes and the disclosure that Dana Reeve has lung cancer by urging people to have their lungs screened with special […]
November 22, 2021 – 3:57 pm
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Aung San Suu Kyi leaves house arrest to meet with government official
Correction — January 2, 2008 Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, not 1992. Thursday, October 25, 2007 Myanmar opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has left her house arrest to meet with government officials. Witnesses have observed a caravan of vehicles leaving the home of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. […]
November 22, 2021 – 3:06 pm
Here’s An Opinion On: Backspace Living byAlma Abell There are a large number of homeowners that will attempt to repair their roofs alone, simply because they are looking to save some money. Not only can this be unsafe for the homeowner completing the repairs, it may result in improper repair of the roof, as well. […]
November 22, 2021 – 3:04 pm
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US Immigrants protest Green Card delays with flowers
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Hundreds of legal, highly-skilled workers in the United States sent hundreds of flowers to the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Emilio Gonzalez as part of a symbolic and peaceful protest over what they said was a “flip-flop” by the State Department and the USCIS on eliminating […]
November 19, 2021 – 3:15 pm
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Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection
Saturday, March 5, 2005Simply massaging low birth weight babies with sunflower seed oil can protect them from potentially fatal infections. Infections and complications from preterm birth cause more than half of all neonatal deaths, and very low birth weight babies are particularly vulnerable. Preterm babies have immature skin that lacks a protective film called vernix […]
November 19, 2021 – 3:01 pm
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Small plane with one pilot crashes near Virginia airport
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 A small plane, piloted by sixteen-year-old Ryan McCall, crashed near Orange County Airport in Virginia, at about 9:45 a.m. local time Sunday morning, police said. He was killed in the accident. The boy, Ryan McCall, a sophomore at Riverbend High School in Spotsylvania County, was alone on the plane. The plane, […]
November 18, 2021 – 3:38 pm
Here’s An Opinion On: Filmmaking Courses Sydney Types of Animations Available For Use by Shriv Realizing what appears impossible is what life is. Humans have always been the upper breed of animals who dared to dream and then worked to make it possible. The various items of both necessity and luxury that we enjoy today […]
November 16, 2021 – 3:32 pm
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]