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Daily Archives: Nov 26, 2011

Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a drug based on foxglove (Digitalis), which produces distinctive tall spires of pink tubular bells in the summer, can dramatically slow the migration of malignant cells to other parts of the body

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One of the most common flowering plants, foxglove, could soon be used to stop the spread of breast cancer, say scientists at Johns Hopkins...
Health experts said the new swine flu strain would most likely respond to osteltamivir (Tamiflu)

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A new swine flu strain put U.S. health officials on alert for more cases after it was found in three children in Iowa this month. It...
Curiosity, the world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer has been launched today on a 354 million mile journey to Mars that hopes to discover whether the desolate planet was ever capable of supporting life

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Curiosity, the world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer has been launched today on a 354 million mile journey to Mars that hopes to discover whether the...
In June this year, a 65-year-old Phoenix man, who works as a business consultant, sparked outrage after wearing the women's underwear on a U.S. Airways flight from Fort Lauderdale

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Plane passengers could be obliged to follow a dress code after carriers received many calls from flyers' rights groups to issue rules on what...
An article by investigative journalist Edward Epstein published in the New York Review of Books claims that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been the victim of a conspiracy to derail his presidential campaign

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An article by investigative journalist Edward Epstein published in the New York Review of Books claims that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been the victim...
Sonya Thomas, 42, who is 5ft 5in and weighs 105lb claimed her record as part of the Wild Turkey 81 Eating World Championship, held in Times Square, New York

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Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas’ turkey eating record was beaten by Takeru Kobayashi one day later. Takeru Kobayashi managed to scoff 7.5 lb of turkey...
Jason Witten, a 6’6” NFL player weighing 265lbs, took down Melissa Kellerman, a cheerleader rooting for his own team, Dallas Cowboys

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Jason Witten, a 6’6” NFL player weighing 265lbs, took down Melissa Kellerman, a cheerleader rooting for his own team, Dallas Cowboys. Tight end Jason Witten,...
The home of Bernie Fine, a Syracuse University basketball coach involved in a sexual abuse investigation, has been searched by police

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The home of Bernie Fine, a Syracuse University basketball coach involved in a sexual abuse investigation, has been searched by police. Police were at the...
Along with Richard Brian Suttles, Mary Ann Holder killed her two sons, eight-year-old niece, and the 15-year-old girlfriend of one of her sons before killing herself

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Richard Brian Suttles, who was shot by his aunt Mary Ann Holder died on Friday, bringing the death toll from last weekend massacre outside...
Jerald Allen Newman, 54, is shown unconscious after an officer took him to the ground, as cops are seen trying to sop up blood and outraged customers yell expletives

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An unconscious grandfather on the floor of a Wal-Mart in Phoenix, Arizona, with a bloody face is shown in a video after the latest...