02 June 2011
Cindy Anthony took the witness stand for the second time on Tuesday and cried uncontrollably as they listened to the 911 call nearly three years ago. She called 911 on July 15, 2008 after her daughter, Casey Anthony, admitted that her 2-year old daughter was missing for 31 days. Casey Anthony is on trial for […]
Posted in Nation and World
02 June 2011
The former chairman of a huge bank in Egypt faces charges of sex abuse just weeks after the former IMF chairman was arrested for similar charges. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar is accused of sexually harassing a maid at one of the premier hotels in Manhattan. The police said that Omar was arrested last Monday after […]
Posted in Business
02 June 2011
Republican members of the House are pushing back against the administration’s efforts to promote healthy eating habits among the youth. They said that the Agricultural Department should tweak the rules they issued on January of this year that forces schools to make healthier lunches. Republicans insist that the ruling is far too costly. The bill […]
Posted in Health
02 June 2011
A leading association of pediatricians announced that energy drinks should not be regularly drank by children and teenagers. In fact, they want the youth to not take consume the drinks at all. The American Academy of Pediatrics reported on Monday that consumption of energy drinks by teenagers and young children should be decreased. Dr. Marcie […]
Posted in Health
01 June 2011
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday adopted final rules that will govern a whistleblower program to offer incentives or cash rewards to those who will provide high-quality tips to the agency for effective enforcement actions. The new rules, which were voted 3-2 by the SEC on Wednesday, could compel whistleblowers, including other industry […]
Posted in Business
01 June 2011
A recent study found out that children successfully treated for cancer are at higher risk to develop gastrointestinal problems, ranging from mild to severe cases, in the future. The study, which was conducted by the University of California researchers in San Francisco, examined the gastrointestinal problems reported by 14,358 patients who lived at least after […]
Posted in Health
31 May 2011
U.S. stocks ended an unstable session with moderately higher gains on Thursday. Upbeat earnings on technology, as well as consumer discretionary stocks outperformed the data, which showed that economy grew at a sluggish rate and unemployment rate abruptly increased. The NASDAQ stock market posted the largest gains after NetApp Inc’s strong profits increased the stock […]
Posted in Finance
31 May 2011
France appeared set to maintain its strict restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research Thursday after the conservative government won over a parliamentary bid to ease up the country’s law on bioethics. The National Assembly of France voted 73-33 to retain the curbs on Wednesday night. The Roman Catholic Church, as well as conservative legislators […]
Posted in Health
31 May 2011
An opinion poll revealed that more than 8 out of 10 women perceive the new guidelines that do not recommend routine breast cancer screening for women below the age of 50 as unsafe. However, University of Massachusetts Medical School researchers in Worcester found out that the majority of the women gravely overestimate their risk to […]
Posted in Health
31 May 2011
Roche Holding AG gave an upbeat statement about the possibility of Avastin getting an approval to be a key drug for ovarian cancer. Pascal Soriot, the company’s pharma head, said that they are absolutely confident that Avastin will be approved in Europe and they are also positive that it will be approved for the US […]
Posted in Health
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