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- Discovery Channel hostage crisis ends with gunman's death
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 12:00 AM -0700
James J. Lee, who was protesting what he said was the network's promotion of overpopulation, was fatally shot by police after taking three people captive at the company headquarters in...[more]
- Hurricane Earl approaches East Coast
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-02-2010 12:00 AM -0700
Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia declare states of emergency, and the evacuation of the Outer Banks is underway.Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving...[more]
- Prescription diet drug raises risk of heart attack, stroke
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-01-2010 04:46 PM -0700
Sibutramine, which alters brain chemicals to suppress appetite, carries risks for users with a history of cardiovascular disease. One doctor says it should be pulled off shelves.The prescription...[more]
- Diabetes drug can reduce risk of cancer, researchers find
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-01-2010 04:45 PM -0700
Metformin reduced the development of lung tumors in mice by more than 70%. Clinical trials on humans for lung, breast and prostate cancer are being organized.A growing body of evidence suggests...[more]
- L.A. mayor, Latino activists take on oil companies over Proposition 23
Category: Science
Publish Date: 09-01-2010 12:00 AM -0700
They say the ballot initiative to suspend the state's climate change law would hurt low-income communities already suffering the most from pollution.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday rebuked...[more]
- Exercise can offset obesity-linked genes, study finds
Category: Science
Publish Date: 08-31-2010 06:03 PM -0700
People with a genetic predisposition to obesity can reduce their risk of being overweight by being physically active, researchers conclude.Even people with a strong genetic predisposition to...[more]
- Exercise can offset obesity-linked genes, study finds
Category: Science
Publish Date: 08-31-2010 06:03 PM -0700
People with a genetic predisposition to obesity can reduce their risk of being overweight by being physically active, researchers conclude.Even people with a strong genetic predisposition to...[more]
- Breast, ovary removal found to raise cancer survival rates
Category: Science
Publish Date: 08-31-2010 04:05 PM -0700
Even if a patient has already been diagnosed with breast cancer, the surgery can reduce risk of dying, finds a study of women with two common breast cancer genes.Preemptive removal of breasts or...[more]
- Wheat genome work just at initial stage: scientists
Category: Science
Publish Date: 08-31-2010 01:17 AM -0700
BEIJING (Reuters) - Efforts to sequence the wheat genome are only at an initial stage of what will be a long-term project requiring more government support, leading Chinese and international...[more]
- Gulf beaches deemed safe for sea turtle hatchlings
Category: Science
Publish Date: 08-30-2010 04:30 PM -0700
The effort to move turtle nests away from damaged beaches has ended as oil disappears from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. More than 13,000 baby turtles have hatched safely after being...[more]
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