Amar Singh asked me to return to Congress: Sanjay Dutt Indian Express | Defending his parting of ways with old friend Amar Singh, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt today claimed that his "return" to Congress came after "advice" to this effect from the expelled Samajwadi Party leader himself. | "It was Amar Singh himself who gave me the advice that I should return to the Cong...
Yuvraj inspired by valiant Armstrong Deccan Chronicle | Dashing left-hander Yuvraj Singh has said that he will draw inspiration from cycling champion Lance Armstrong to battle his lung tumour. He is now in the US undergoing treatment. According to the Gulf News, Singh’s much-anticipated return to cricket will hence be delayed further. Even though he ...
Denver Athletic Club's CEO Andre van Hall's sight loss hasn't clouded his vision Denver Post n | Denver Athletic Club CEO & General Manager Andre van Hall lifts weights during his morning workout at the facility in Denver. Van Hall suffers from an optic nerve disorder which renders him legally blind. He says his sight appears as though h...
Rural broadband via nonprofit networks The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here BY WALLY BOWEN BY WALLY BOWEN Tags: | | ASHEVILLE -- President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address that he wants to upgrade the nation's "critical infrastructu...
6.8 quake in Philippines kills 5, buries homes Austin American Statesman | MANILA, Philippines — A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least five people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents. At least 29 people were missing. | Th...
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy Al Jazeera | The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that they can save, improve and exchange, they have no see...
The real source of American prosperity Chicago Tribune | The U.S. needs all the jobs it can get, and we're all for employers bringing factory work back here from China and other foreign locales. We support American manufacturing — period. | But the nation is not going to see the return of loads of ...
6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines; 1 dead Austin American Statesman | MANILA, Philippines — A strong earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing a child, destroying buildings, shattering windows and triggering a local tsunami alert that sent residents fleeing. | The 6.8-magnitude quake hit in a...
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Malaria death toll far higher than previously thought The Daily Telegraph Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people a year, nearly 50 per cent more than previously thought, and inflicts a high toll among adults and older children and not just toddlers, ...
Progress Made in Developing Community-Acquired MRSA Vaccine Scientific American | By Maryn McKenna of Nature magazine | Over the years, Robert Daum has learned to respect his adversary. In 1995, he and his co-workers at the University of Chicago children&apos...
Office space: Model Builders Inc. Chicago Tribune Every now and then, we need someone to bring things down to size. | Leave the shrinking to Hal Chaffee, president of Model Builders Inc., opened in 1950 by his father, William. | The Southwest Side company has constructed close to 10,000 models from ...
Atlantis disappears again ... but this time it's all thanks to Google The Daily Mail | After three years, Google Earth map has finally been updated to remove a gridlike pattern which sparked rumors that the underwater city of Atlantis had been found. | The exciting 'non-discovery' was made in 2009 when eagle-eyed internet users...
Kalam asks experts in medicine to develop new technology The Hindu Former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday that the country's best talent in the field of medicine should strive to develop innovative technology so that the needy could afford the fruits of modern medicine. On Tuesday, Dr. Kalam inaugurated VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery machine at Maxivision Eye Care, Soma...
How Alzheimer's spread in brain DNA India | Two different research groups, which worked independent of each other, have made the same important discovery on how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain. | According to a story in the New York Times in February 2, the groups' findings have the potential to give us a much more sophisticated understanding of what goes wrong in Alzheimer's dise...
