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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Abraxane, approved by FDA for breast cancer, could be a life-prolonging drug for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

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Abraxane plus gemcitabine achieved a median overall survival of 12.2 months in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, study reports. Patients with high-SPARC biomarker achieved...
Courtney Love talked about the tragic death of her husband Kurt Cobain in an interview for November issue of Vanity Fair

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Courtney Love talked about the tragic death of her husband Kurt Cobain in an interview for the November issue of Vanity Fair. Courtney Love, 47,...
Jani Lane’s official cause of death is alcohol poisoning

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 Warrant singer Jani Lane died from alcohol poisoning, as officials have determined. According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Coroner's Office has finished its investigation and...

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The Great British Bake Off winner Joanne Wheatley’s moment of glory had to play second fiddle to a male squirrel. The male squirrel, loitering in...
Sarah Palin has announced she will not run for President in 2012

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Sarah Palin has announced yesterday, October 5, she will not run for presidential race in 2012. There has been much speculation about whether Sarah Palin,...
The Apple Home page has revealed that Steve Jobs had died

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Steve Jobs, Apple founder died today after a heavy and lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Tributes, led by President Barack Obama, began pouring in within...

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Even though most people say they hate sales material, it's funny because everything on the net is sold using sales copy and material. There...
Duchess of Alba, 85, with her new husband Alfonso Diez, 60, at their wedding in Seville

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The 85-year-old Duchess of Alba's latest romance with Alfonso Diez was crowned yesterday as she married for the third time. Duchess of Alba said few...
Workers in China skinning an alive raccoon dog

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Thousands of people may be buying imitation Ugg boots made from the pelts of animals skinned alive. The fur comes from raccoon dogs, a species...
The West German team lines up before World Cup 1966 final

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Last night it emerged that three German football players were using drugs in the 1966 World Cup final. A newly-unearthed letter obtained from historians at...
The Nobel Prize for Physics winners studied dozens of exploding stars and realized that the expansion of the universe wasn't slowing down, as expected - it was accelerating

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Three U.S. scientists have discovered that the expansion of the universe is actually accelerating, not slowing down as previously thought. The discovery, found by measuring...
William Ernst, QC Mart owner offered his employees $10 to guess next worker to be fired.

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William Ernst, a grocery chain store owner has been slammed by a judge after offering his staff a $10 prize for correctly guessing which...
The Bell 206 tourist helicopter, which was not equipped with floats, was pulled from the East River hours after the crash

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Sonia Marra, a British tourist has died in a horrific helicopter crash when the aircraft she was flying in plummeted into New York's East...
Amanda Knox and her family during a brief news conference shortly after her arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

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Amanda Knox arrived in Seattle, her home city, as a free woman after serving four years in an Italian jail for the murder of...
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the iPhone 4S - but apart from the voice-control functions, the phone does not offer a huge amount that's new

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Apple CEO, Tim Cook took to the stage at corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California to launch the company's new iPhone range - iPhone 4S. “This...
iFun captured this tantalizing glimpse of iPhone 4S on Vodafone Germany's website

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Bloggers at German sites such as iPhone fan site iFun caught a snapshot of Vodafone Germany's site offering a menu of new “iPhone 4S”...
Sara Leal was pictured in Newport Beach, California, for the first time since news of her alleged “liaison” with Ashton Kutcher broke

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Sara Leal is said to have been in hiding since news broke of her alleged sexual liaison with actor Ashton Kutcher on the weekend...
Amanda Knox smiles at other passengers at Leonardo Da Vinci airport in Fiumicino this morning before boarding a flight to Seattle via London

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Amanda Knox is prepared to fly back to the U.S. today after being dramatically cleared of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Amanda Knox,...
Giant plumes of noxious smoke, which could be seen for miles, rise from the Magnablend Chemical Plant, not far from houses and apartments on Highway 287 Bypass in Texas

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A raging fire at Magnablend Chemical Plant in Waxahachie, south of Dallas, sent black smoke billowing into the sky and prompted area schools to...
Faster Tesla Model S goes from a standstill to 60 miles (96.56 km) in 4.5 seconds.

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The electric car fans saw and rode a prototype of Tesla Model S at the Tesla Motors factory in Fremont, California, on October 1.   The...
Amanda Knox bursts into tears after she was sensationally cleared of the murder of Meredith Kercher

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Amanda Knox was released from prison this evening after an appeal court overturned her murder conviction. Amanda Knox, 24, burst into tears and hugged her...
In other studies aspirin appeared to protect against cataract or neovascularization in macular degenaration, thus protecting against vision loss.

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A person over 65, who takes aspirin daily, has twice the risk to develop an age-related vision loss (late stage macular degeneration) than a...
Ralph Steinman, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine for work on fighting cancer, died of the disease himself just three days before he could be told of his award

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Ralph Steinman, a New York scientist working on a cure for cancer today won the Nobel Prize for medicine, but he had tragically died...
The new PC passport changes follow lobby activity from gay groups

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For many years, British passport applicants have been required to provide details of their mother and father; now, after pressure from the gay rights...
Tearful Amanda Knox in the court room in Perugia, Italy, this morning on the final day of her appeal

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Amanda Knox made a dramatic plea for her freedom in a tearful way as she addressed the judge and jury today in her appeal...