College grads face worst job market in years (AP) AP – David Maley left his internship at Lehman Brothers last summer figuring he would be back on Wall Street in a glamorous investment banking job once he graduated from Colgate University in May.
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Colonoscopy prevents 15,000 cancer cases: researchers (Reuters) Reuters – Researchers from Germany estimate that over 15,000 colorectal cancers will be prevented through 2010 since the country began using colonoscopy as the primary screening tool in 2002. This is all the more impressive given that participation rates were rather low.
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House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products (AP) AP – The federal government would for the first time have regulatory powers over the tobacco industry under a bill the House approved Thursday after years of campaigning by anti-smoking forces. Article 2 Smokers feeling abused as federal tax hike hits Larry Jukes said he remembers...
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Chinese buy Delphi brake and suspension business Filed under: TechDelphi has reached an agreement to sell off its brake and suspension business. A consortium consisting of Tempo Group, Capital Iron & Steel Co. and the Beijing government will own Beijing West Industries Co. Ltd, a new company that will buy the remaining chassis and...
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Excerpt taken from Autoblog.com Subaru and Kia Seem to be doing well though! Brand Vol. % Change Total Sales 3/09 Total Sales 3/08 DSR* % Change Daily Avg. 3/09 Daily Avg. 3/08 Kia -0.6% 24,724 24,871 3.4% 989 957 Subaru -2.6% 16,249 16,685 1.3% 650 642 By the Numbers – March 2009: Ain’t No...
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Webcams Let Students Stay Connected to Their Classes Despite Serious Illnesses Almost every day for the past six weeks, 7-year-old Becky Wilson has turned on her laptop, made sure the built-in webcam was working, and started a live video chat. Her bright blue eyes peer into the camera, and her face widens into...
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NIF scientists set the controls for nuclear fusion It looks like nuclear fusion is no longer just for precocious teenagers. Among the flurry of experiments going down worldwide, significant work will start rolling at the US National Ignition Facility sometime this June. Under construction for twelve years, the lab will focus 192 giant laser...
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Unite 2 Fight Paralysis Celebrates The Christopher And Dana Reeve Paralysis Act Becoming Law Unite 2 Fight Paralysis celebrates the long-awaited signing of the first law to enhance federal support for paralysis research, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act (CDRPA) Title XIV of H.R.146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009....
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Newscorp. This is an exciting time, and hope to continue our committment to giving you the most biased, one sided, news out there. Because we love to give you crap for news!…. As you can tell… APRIL FOOLS
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