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| Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed |
| The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement between the US and France to renounce war and seek settlement of disputes by peaceful means. It took its name from US Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand. Numerous other nations subsequently signed the pact, but it made no provision for measures against aggressors and proved ineffective in the 1930s. What role did it play in the Nuremberg Trials? |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Pope John Paul I Elevated to Papacy |
| Born Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I was the first pope to choose a double name, a move that honored his two immediate predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. Refusing to have the millennium-old traditional papal coronation, he instead opted for a simplified ceremony. His 33-day papacy was one of the shortest reigns in papal history, resulting in the "Year of Three Popes." What were several conspiracy theories that arose at the time of Pope John Paul I's death? |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| 42nd Street Opens on Broadway |
| 42nd Street, a hugely successful stage musical, tells the story of an up-and-coming chorus girl named Peggy Sawyer, who hails from Allentown, Pennsylvania, and arrives in New York City to pursue a Broadway career. The show premiered in 1980 at NYC's Winter Garden Theatre and won the Tony Awards for Choreography and Best Musical. It was revived in 2001 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. In the original Broadway production, who played the role of musical director Julian Marsh? |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Rockin' out with an air guitar |
| Jul. 30 - Air guitar aficionados rock out on stage as they battle to become German air guitar champion. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:02:49 GMT) |
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| Lewis Hamilton eat your heart out |
| Jul. 28 - Racing fanatics were dealt a crushing blow when organizers of the 2007 British Lawn Mower Race were forced to cancel the competition due to severe weather and flooding. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:56:09 GMT) |
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| Mystery fish find |
| Jul. 28 - Fisherman discovered a 150-kilogram white sturgeon in a US lake, although sturgeons have never been found there before. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:05:28 GMT) |
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| Reuters Oddly Enough: And Finally... |
| Jul. 12 - Recreational memorial park, doll collector, t-shirt controversy, 72 hours to prep for a date. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:40:01 GMT) |
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| Boat made of reed and rope sets sail |
| Jul. 11 - Agora III, a boat made of reed and rope, sets sail across the Atlantic from New York Harbor. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:32:36 GMT) |
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| 'Love dolls' woo Japanese men |
| Jul. 9 - There are reports of a growing popularity among some men in Japan for ''love dolls'', even as a substitute for a relationship with a real women. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:21:57 GMT) |
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| Do not ask for whom the cat meows |
| Jul. 26 - A nursing home cat in Providence, Rhode Island predicts patient deaths and acts as a final companion. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:43:37 GMT) |
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| Look ma, I'm upside down |
| Jul. 27 - European champion pilot wowed audience with aerial stunts between the pillars of a bridge in Hungary. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:57:19 GMT) |
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| Hudson River bridge used for music |
| Jul. 28 - Musician Joseph Bertolozzi is using a Hudson river suspension bridge as a giant musical instrument. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:56:28 GMT) |
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| Reuters Oddly Enough: And Finally... |
| Jul. 26 - Biker music, typing record, losing a mustache, and doomed fake antiques top this week's And Finally... |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Oddly Enough - Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:39:41 GMT) |
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| Talk of the Town: Kid Rock on top |
| Oct 17 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:54:07 GMT) |
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| Beer can couture |
| Oct. 11 - Beer cans and opera gowns make for an unusual mix at a Greek exhibition. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:40:17 GMT) |
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| Britney Spears surrenders |
| Oct. 16 - Spears had been ordered to surrender to Los Angelese police on charges of hit and run and driving without a license. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:23:53 GMT) |
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| A well-heeled ZIP code |
| Oct. 16 - Reuters' Manoush Zomorodi takes us inside the store that has 100,000 pairs of shoes and its own postal ZIP code. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:38:52 GMT) |
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| Potter casts unlucky spell in India |
| Oct. 11 - Indian festival organisers are sued by Harry Potter creator for replicating Hogwarts castle. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:12:41 GMT) |
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| David Lynch Mideast peace plan |
| Oct. 16 - The acclaimed American filmmaker David Lynch has brought his own distinctive style to the issue of Middle East peace in a meeting with the Israeli President, Shimon Peres. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:44:04 GMT) |
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| Talk of the Town: Brit back on top |
| Oct. 4 - The latest celebrity news including Britney's hot single and more charges against celebrity designer Anand Jon. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:50:22 GMT) |
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| Talk of the Town: Britney booked |
| Oct. 16 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:05:58 GMT) |
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| Priceless artifacts' new home |
| Greece moves its priceless antiquities by crane from the Acropolis to a museum below. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:07:55 GMT) |
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| Grace Kelly remembered |
| Oct. 16 - 25 years after her death, Grace Kelly is remembered in a special exhibition in New York. |
| Read More...(Source: Reuters TV: Entertainment - Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:30:28 GMT) |
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| Cool off with Boston's aquatic attractions |
| Everyone knows Boston is a city steeped in history, but on a steamy hot summer day, one of the best places to experience the city is from the ocean or the harbor.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:59:01 EDT) |
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| Are reward-miles credit cards worth it? |
| Everyone knows that airlines make it difficult to redeem frequent-flier miles for free travel. Yet you may not know that they're making it expensive, too.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:51:01 EDT) |
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| FAA probes nationwide flight delay glitch |
| Read full story for latest details.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:47:41 EDT) |
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| Historic Highlands Square a Denver hot spot |
| One of Denver's best-kept secrets is just a seven-minute drive from downtown. With the Democratic National Convention in town this week, the Highlands Square shopping district near 32nd and Lowell hopes to get the word out.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:21:13 EDT) |
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| Get amazing airplane views: 7 tips |
| I'm strapping myself in for a ride to the edge of the sky. Outside my porthole, the ground crew is preparing the vehicle for launch. The entry hatch is sealed, the mobile gantry pulled away. All systems are go. Soon, powerful thrusters will accelerate us to more than 500 miles per hour. At the peak of our trajectory, we will soar above about 80 percent of the atmosphere. The view of Earth will be panoramic.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:45:02 EDT) |
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| Southwest to trim 196 flights |
| Read full story for latest details.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:20:17 EDT) |
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| Soaring newcomer at world's biggest aquarium |
| In the world's largest aquarium, where most inhabitants settle for swimming, Nandi soars gracefully through her new home on majestic 9-foot wings.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:50:36 EDT) |
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| Montreal: See Canada's Paris in 48 hours |
| Given Montreal's proximity to substantially-sized American cities, you might not think Quebec's largest city would be so different. But in architecture, language, cuisine and culture, Montreal clearly distinguishes itself as a bustling French-flavored center with a modern Canadian accent.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:27:39 EDT) |
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| Costa Rica adventures keep kids on the go |
| Soccer turns out to be the only language the kids need.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Travel - Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:43:09 EDT) |
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| Art Review: Ancient Art, Served on a Present-Day Platter |
| The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s fine Latin American collection is back on view after three years’ absence, but it gets lost in the new nightclublike décor. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:26:30 GMT) |
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| The Past Was a Mess; Let’s Mine It for Some Laughs |
| The British comedian Russell Brand, who will host the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, is notorious for possessing a rap sheet as long and knotted as his tousled locks. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:24:38 GMT) |
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| The TV Watch: One First Is Celebrated. What About the Second? |
| Amid the hoopla for the first female also-ran, Democrats are soft-pedaling Senator Barack Obama’s breakthrough. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:25:21 GMT) |
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| City Opera Director Has Eyes on Bayreuth |
| Gerard Mortier, of the New York City Opera, and Nike Wagner, a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, are joining forces to seek control of the Bayreuth Festival. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:27:51 GMT) |
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| Movie Review | 'Traitor': In a World of Extremists, Shades of Gray Add Ambiguity |
| “Traitor,” a somber, absorbing and only moderately preposterous new thriller written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, manages an impressive feat of economy. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:23:49 GMT) |
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| Books of The Times: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Imaginative Acts |
| In addition to fresh revelations about the W.M.D. megascandal, Ron Suskind offers a complex web of intersecting narratives that manage to show us, in this age of terror, “the true way of the world.” |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:26:05 GMT) |
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| A Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador |
| Kayhan Kalhor, a virtuoso of the kamancheh — an upright four-stringed Persian fiddle — has recorded an album with the young string quartet Brooklyn Rider. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:54:38 GMT) |
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| Music Review: A Wagner, Accompanied by Clothesline and Egg Timer |
| On Monday night Kurt Wagner played at the Living Room, employing ritual, folk song, rhythm and blues, non sequitur and his own low, quiet voice. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:28:44 GMT) |
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| A Los Angeles Theater Is Renovated, Relieving Headache-Inducing Quirks |
| The Mark Taper Forum will reopen with a revival of John Guare’s “House of Blue Leaves” after a yearlong, $30 million renovation. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:46:29 GMT) |
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| Golden Lion Prepares to Roar as Venice Opens Its Annual Film Festival |
| Competitors from all over the world and a star-studded Coen brothers premiere make up this year’s Venice International Film Festival. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:48:11 GMT) |
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| Entertainment Events |
| Music and dance events. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:38:31 GMT) |
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| Riitta Immonen, a Founder of the Marimekko Textile Company, Dies at 90 |
| Ms. Immonen was a designer of uniforms and ready to wear with a couture touch. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:05:30 GMT) |
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| Dave Freeman, Co-Author of Travel Book With a Deadline, Dies at 47 |
| Mr. Freeman was co-author of “100 Things to Do Before You Die,” a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:59:48 GMT) |
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| Laurence Urdang, Language Expert Who Edited Dictionaries, Dies at 81 |
| Mr. Urdang was a prolific lexicographer who had a hand in more than 100 dictionaries and other reference books. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:18:06 GMT) |
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| Fred Crane, Scarlett’s Suitor in the Film ‘Gone With the Wind,’ Dies at 90 |
| Mr. Crane was one of Scarlett O’Hara’s twin beaus and spoke the opening line in “Gone With the Wind.” |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:34:59 GMT) |
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| Ralph Young, Sandler & Young Singer, Is Dead at 90 |
| Mr. Young was a singer best known as the English-language half of the popular multilingual duo Sandler & Young. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:47:03 GMT) |
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| Tad Mosel, TV Dramatist, Dies at 86 |
| Mr. Mosel’s dramatic scripts for live television were regularly featured in prime-time programming in the 1950s, and his play “All the Way Home” won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1961. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:38:05 GMT) |
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| Jerry Ford, 83, Man Behind the Models, Dies |
| Mr. Ford, with his wife, Eileen, established one of the most recognizable modeling agencies in the world. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:59:36 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Statue of Emperor Is Uncovered in Turkey |
| Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered parts of a marble statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:30:08 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: ‘No End in Sight’ on YouTube |
| The Oscar-nominated documentary “No End in Sight,” which chronicles the early months of the American occupation of Iraq, will be available on YouTube starting Monday. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:30:55 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Virgin Comics Venture Is Shut Down |
| Virgin Comics, the joint venture between Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and the Indian comics publisher Gotham Entertainment Group, has been shut down. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:35:56 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Islamic Group Seeks Title Change for Film |
| An Islamic civil rights group has asked Warner Brothers to change the title of the forthcoming movie “Towelhead.” |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:34:04 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Guggenheim to Receive $1 Million Award |
| The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation announced that it has been selected for a $1 million special award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:36:21 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Horton Foote Play Coming to Broadway |
| Lincoln Center Theater will present Horton Foote’s “Dividing the Estate” this fall at the Booth Theater. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:29:02 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: Brooklyn Center Announces Fall Season |
| Beginning on Oct. 26, with L.A. Theater Works’ production of a double bill of “War of the Worlds” and “The Lost World,” the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts will begin its 54th season. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:33:25 GMT) |
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| Arts, Briefly: NBC Stays on Top |
| One day after the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, NBC continued to lead its network television rivals in the ratings on Monday. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Arts - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:34:28 GMT) |
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| The Anti-Restaurants |
| Underground restaurants that string together the farm-to-table movement and a bloggy kind of interactivity have gained a following among food lovers. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:02:16 GMT) |
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| The Other Extreme: Low-Alcohol Beers |
| A small but growing number of brewers, beer experts and importers are turning toward well-made low-alcohol beers. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:46:35 GMT) |
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| Love Food? Think Twice Before Jumping In |
| Running a restaurant has perhaps never been so tempting, thanks in part to the Food Network and celebrity chefs, but statistics show it is still very easy to fail. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:37:39 GMT) |
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| Feed Me: Teenage Snacks, Repaid |
| For two young men who remember raiding the fridge for midnight snacks, making burritos becomes a right of passage. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:07:39 GMT) |
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| The Minimalist: Don’t Let the Lavender Punch You in the Nose |
| Lavender is so strong that it can quickly become distasteful, but it really comes into its own when combined with vegetables. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:10:35 GMT) |
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| Bars: Drop the Swizzle Stick, Grab a Fork |
| The line between artisanal food and artisanal cocktails continues to blur at a new generation of cocktail bars. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:12:30 GMT) |
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| A Herd Saved From the Brink |
| A breed of cattle that may have helped win the Revolutionary War has been brought back from the verge of extinction. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:04:49 GMT) |
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| First, Crack Them Open (Like Americans Do!) |
| Although most Americans think of fortune cookies as Chinese, they are all but unknown in China. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:11:29 GMT) |
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| Food Stuff: A Soft Little Basil to Crush Into Sauces |
| Genovese basil is quite different from the big, pointy, heavily ridged basil usually sold in huge bunches at Greenmarkets and farm stands. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:02:18 GMT) |
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| Food Stuff: Blue-Ribbon Farmstead Cheeses |
| Two washed-rind cheeses that were winner at the American Cheese Society’s competition last month are available at Murray’s Cheese Shops. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:03:11 GMT) |
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| Food Stuff: Savory Tarts and Sweet Treats From a Caterer’s Kitchen in Chelsea |
| Melissa Chmelar, who owns Spoon NYC catering, has expanded her retail counter into a larger, adjacent space with a more generous counter and seating at tables. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:28:54 GMT) |
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| Vital Signs: Nutrition: MSG Use Is Linked to Obesity |
| Consumption of monosodium glutamate, or MSG, the widely used food additive, may increase the likelihood of being overweight, a new study says. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:25:40 GMT) |
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| Dining Brief: Forge Summons an Earthy Spirit |
| The décor at Forge is rustic, with rough-hewn wood, and the food reflects the calendar, but is inconsistent. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:37:31 GMT) |
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| Dining Brief: A Return Visit to Sushi Yasuda |
| Sushi Yasuda has been among the best places for sushi in Manhattan since it opened more than eight years ago, and a recent visit suggested there’s been no slippage. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:36:24 GMT) |
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| Off the Menu |
| Restaurant openings, closings and chefs on the move. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:04:12 GMT) |
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| Dining Calendar |
| An end-of-summer dinner, a pig roast to benefit Slow Food, a tasting of local foods, and more. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Dining & Wine - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:06:25 GMT) |
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| Stunning Advance Allows for 'Reprogramming' of Adult Cells |
| Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires that have plagued embryonic stem cell research.
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| Read More...(Source: - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:29:59 EDT) |
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| Novavax Moves Closer to Licensing Bird Flu Vaccine |
| Novavax said yesterday that its bird flu vaccine elicited a robust immune response in humans, moving the biotech a step closer to licensing its pandemic vaccine production system.
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| Poverty Rate Held Steady Last Year, Census Says |
| The nation's poverty rate held steady as median household income edged upward last year, according to annual census data released yesterday. The Census Bureau also reported that the number of people without health insurance decreased by more than 1 million people in 2007.
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| Read More...(Source: - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| A Detox Diet? I'll Drink to That! |
| The idea came to me over a plate of Buffalo wings at a family diner on U Street, although the roots of it stretched back further. Oprah had just finished a 21-day diet detox, my husband mentioned casually, and I felt the kind of quick stab of jealousy you get when someone else does something you ...
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Making Practices Perfect |
| The waiting room of Ramona Seidel's family medicine practice is empty, and she works hard to keep it that way.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Day Cares |
| For Jennifer Bright, the director of a medical society headquartered in Rosslyn, the decision about day care wasn't whether, but what kind. With each of her three children, the youngest of whom was born in March, Bright returned to work after a few months' maternity leave.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Report Faults Medicare Audits |
| The rate of improper payments, including fraud, in Medicare's purchases of wheelchairs and other home medical equipment is significantly higher than the government has estimated, according to a federal audit released yesterday.
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| It's Never Too Late to Pick Up the Pace |
| There is a branch of my wife's family convinced that running ruined our cousin Frances (not ruined in the Southern gothic sense, of course, just hobbled in the knees and back). Frances ran pretty regularly in her day, and my mother-in-law warns me about it whenever she catches me in running shoes,...
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| Healthy Lunches Help Kids' Concentration in School |
| SUNDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy foods should be included on the list of back-to-school supplies for your children, says a University of Michigan Health System expert.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Marinades Help Keep Grilled Meat Safe |
| FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- You can have your steak and eat it, too, without producing harmful cancer-causing compounds, new research shows.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| The Kind of Misery Itched in Memory |
| There are things about summer -- long days, shaved ice, fresh-off-the-tree-peaches -- that we love. And then there are those things we simply tolerate because, well, the pessimist in us says that life can't possibly be that perfect, so we must suffer, just a bit.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Trying to Prove Family Link To a Noted Founding Father |
| It's been four years since Bettye Kearse set out to prove a story that has been handed down through generations of her family: that she, an African American, is a direct descendant of founding father James Madison.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Laser Technology Spots Cavities Before They Start |
| FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Using lasers to spot troubled teeth before cavities form, researchers hope to turn the dentist's drill into a relic of the 20th century.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| FDA to Revise Rules For Cold Medications Meant for Children |
| The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced plans to revise standards for over-the-counter cough and cold medications for children, a step that could lead to removing the popular products from the market.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Doctors Are Miffed About Measles |
| The number of measles cases in the United States is at its highest level since 1997, and nearly half of those involve children whose parents rejected vaccination, government health officials reported last week.
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| Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers |
| The Bush administration yesterday announced plans to implement a controversial regulation designed to protect doctors, nurses and other health-care workers who object to abortion from being forced to deliver services that violate their personal beliefs.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife's Employer |
| A few years ago, executives at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical Center were concerned that an increasing number of patients were arriving at their emergency room with what the executives considered to be non-urgent complaints. The visits were costly to the hospital, and many of the...
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| FDA Allows Irradiation of Some Produce |
| Food producers can now use radiation to kill bacteria on fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce because of a new Food and Drug Administration ruling meant to help head off outbreaks of foodborne illness.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Back in the Air at Last, Free to Be Me |
| I watched Nastia Liukin win the gold medal for the individual all-around in gymnastics and was transported back, as I always am by the Olympics, to my girlhood dreams inspired by Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci.
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Wasps Buzz In, Postal Carriers Bug Out |
| Edward Miller stood serenely in front of his Bethesda home yesterday as a half-dozen menacing-looking black-and-yellow wasps flew around him.
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| Read More...(Source: - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Lower Drinking Age Is Criticized |
| On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get students to drink less.
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| Read More...(Source: - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Trace Arsenic in Water May Be Linked With Diabetes |
| CHICAGO -- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic stand...
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| Job-Seeker Who Changed Her Gender Goes to Court |
| Diane Schroer, a 52-year-old former Army Special Forces commander, testified yesterday in federal court that she was "disappointed and dismayed" when an official at the Library of Congress rescinded a job offer even though she was the star candidate.
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| On Campus, Legal Drinking Age Is Flunking the Reality Test |
| Next week, when President C.D. "Dan" Mote welcomes freshmen to the University of Maryland, he will inform them that the college police will enforce underage drinking laws "with terrific ferocity." And then he will turn around and, recognizing that most students do drink, tell the teenagers "to ta...
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| Lack of Insurance, High Medical Costs Put More in a Bind |
| Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released today.
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| Candidates' Abortion Views Not So Simple |
| The narrative of the presidential campaign appeared to be set on the issue of abortion: Sen. Barack Obama was the abortion-rights candidate who was reaching out to foes, seeking common ground and making inroads. Sen. John McCain was the abortion opponent whose reticence about faith and whose batt...
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| Many Think God's Intervention Can Revive the Dying |
| CHICAGO -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans.
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| Watch Your Mouth |
| The way to a person's heart is through his stomach, the adage goes. But researchers now think the way to a healthy heart might be through your gums and teeth.
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| Stress Wasn't The Problem |
| Karima Hijane could not believe what she was hearing: The obstetrician who for two years had insisted that her mystifying constellation of symptoms was the result of stress had discovered the real cause, imparting devastating news that would alter Hijane's plans for her future.
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| Meet the Tiger, a Bug With Extra Bite |
| When Sydney Williams moved last year from a condo to a house in the Pimmit Hills section of Falls Church, she relished the opportunity to hone her gardening skills in a yard of butterfly bushes, hydrangeas and perennials.
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| Germs No Match For Montgomery's Nurse Detectives |
| Summer in the suburbs. For the innocent, that means cookouts, swimming, fresh produce, maybe a trip to the beach. But sunny fun has its dark side, and that means suspect potato salad, tainted pool water, toxic weeds, maybe a trip to the doctor because of "something I ate."
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| Va. DNA Project Is In Uncharted Territory |
| After Eva King Jones, 88, was raped and killed in her small-town Virginia home, a local man was accused and convicted. Now, 33 years later, police say newly discovered DNA evidence has led to the arrest of someone else.
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| Marathon Men |
| Research continues to demonstrate the benefits of exercise, no matter your age. But the Tatum brothers, who for nearly 90 years have swum, skied, bowled, played football and worked in the yard, have never needed convincing.
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| FDA Draft Report: No Risk From BPA In Food Containers |
| A controversial chemical commonly found in can linings, baby bottles and other household products does not pose a health hazard when used in food containers, according to a draft assessment released by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday.
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| A Social Network for Your Doctor, Pharmacist and Insurer |
| Imagine a virtual health clinic: Your lung doctor and heart specialist can pull up your online medical profile and chat, via instant messenger, about your medications. You schedule checkups online, create a wellness journal or even rate your general practitioner.
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| Airborne Coughs Up Millions to Settle Suit |
| Over the past decade, millions of consumers, including Oprah, have come to swear by Airborne -- fizzy orange tablets containing vitamins, herbs and minerals that its makers for years said keeps cold germs at bay.
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| Stress, Anxiety Worsen Response to Allergens |
| THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Even a little stress and anxiety can greatly worsen and extend a person's reaction to common allergens, a new study says.
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| Infant Transplant Procedure Ignites Debate |
| Surgeons in Denver are publishing their first account of a procedure in which they remove the hearts of severely brain-damaged newborns less than two minutes after the babies are disconnected from life support, and their hearts stop beating, so the organs can be transplanted into infants who would...
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| Faces of an Epidemic |
| Michael Manganiello, 50 , prepares his evening routine in the warm glow of his fifth-floor Logan Circle apartment. He's been through it once already: one, two, three . . . the pop of a bottle, then the rattle of pills, as he counts them out . . . 11, 12, 13. · He ponders the number: "Thirteen -- ...
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| Herbs and Spices Do More Than Taste Good |
| Q : What is the difference between an herb and a spice?
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| Tragedy Can Be Averted |
| It had all the hallmarks of a catastrophe in the making: a stash of guns and explosives; a map of Camp David marked with a presidential motorcade route; a list of home addresses for teachers at St. John's College High School, from which Collin McKenzie-Gude had just graduated.
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| Medicaid Transport Firm Trims Drivers |
| The company that oversees the transport of more than 50,000 Medicaid patients in the District has downsized its pool of contract drivers, leaving some clients to complain that the service is too unreliable to get them to important health-care appointments.
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| Teens Cite Ease of Access To Drugs |
| A growing number of teenagers say it's easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs than to buy beer, according to a survey published today.
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| Drugs as good as stents for many heart patients |
| -- People with chronic chest pain who are not in big danger of a heart attack now may have even less reason to rush into an artery-opening angioplasty: There's more evidence drugs should be tried first and often are just as effective.
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| Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons |
| When Julie Peterson decided to have a baby on her own two years ago, she picked a tall, blond, blue-eyed Danish engineer as a sperm donor to match her own Scandinavian heritage. But when she went back to the sperm bank to use the same donor to have another child, she was stunned to discover that the...
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| Doctors debate when to declare organ donors dead |
| NEW YORK -- A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead?
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| Biotech Campaigns for Easier Access to Generic Drug Market |
| Geoffrey Allan has been giving Congress a lesson in biotechnology.
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| Faces of an Epidemic |
| According to the D.C. Department of Health, women accounted for a third of all newly reported HIV/AIDS cases between 2001 and 2006, with African American women being d...
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| Learning From Olympians |
| It was probably no surprise to the Limas household in Chicago that daughter Arlene grew up to be a fighter.
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| Filling In the Blanks, at Long Last |
| "It wasn't the lowest of times. I was somewhere below that," recalls Don Gold, 62, who was living in Little Rock and slouching toward Medicareland with an empty heart. His first marriage had ended after seven years; his second marriage, after 25. Both relationships turned out to be very painful. ...
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| Is It Really Smart to Teach Old Brains New Tricks? |
| Throw all the money you like at computer brainteasers. Just don't bet the popular games will protect your gray matter any better than a host of other activities, many of them free.
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| An Age-Appropriate Update Can Add to Independence |
| It's a common refrain: Most people don't want to leave their houses as they get older; they'd like to stay put. Two weeks ago, a retirement community in McLean unveiled a suite that has been adapted and equipped to make that goal more possible.
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| At Any Age, It Makes Sense to Keep Yourself in Balance |
| There are times in your life when feeling a little off-balance may actually be a good thing. Take it from the experts.
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| DHS, Rejecting Advice, Puts Mississippi on Shortlist for Facility |
| The Department of Homeland Security swept aside evaluations by government experts and named Mississippi -- home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency -- as a potential location for a $451 million national laboratory to study some of the world's most virulent biological threats, acc...
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| Parents Pen a 'Survival Guide' to Leukemia |
| Shaken and ready, the can in Dani Greene's hand draws the attention of the apron-clad 4- and 5-year-olds sitting at the table in front of her.
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| A Welcome Home |
| When Leila McDowell-Head thought about the future of her mentally disabled daughter, Layla, she kept coming up with unsavory scenarios. She and her husband, Tony, were both in their 50s and knew their ability to care for Layla, 24, would wane in coming years. Who would be there for her? There were...
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| Whole Foods Recalls Beef Processed At Plant Long at Odds With USDA |
| Whole Foods Market pulled fresh ground beef from all of its stores Friday, becoming the latest retailer affected by an E. coli outbreak traced to Nebraska Beef, one of the nation's largest meatpackers. It's the second outbreak linked to the processor in as many months.
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| Boomers Drive Hospital Growth |
| Holy Cross Hospital's announcement last week that it hopes to build a hospital in Germantown is just the latest example of a baby boomer-fueled building frenzy sweeping the health-care industry in Montgomery County and other parts of the country.
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| After Anthrax Scientist's Threats, Counselor Faced a Hard Choice |
| On the morning of July 10, Jean C. Duley decided she had a phone call to make. She had agonized all night. Her counseling client, Bruce E. Ivins, had announced in a group therapy session the evening before that he was a suspect in the 2001 anthrax investigation and had a plan to kill his co-workers.
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| D.C.'s Medicaid Rules Criticized |
| District officials are enforcing new guidelines for prescription drugs for thousands of Medicaid patients, leaving many doctors complaining that it is more difficult for sick people to receive some medicines and that some people's health is being endangered.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Birth Control Fears Addressed |
| Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has denied that a controversial draft regulation would redefine common birth control methods as abortion and protect the rights of doctors and other health-care workers who refuse to provide them.
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| In the Time of AIDS, A Nonstop Crusader |
| MEXICO CITY She drags colleagues out of bed for 5 a.m. runs in Hanoi and Bangkok. She touches down in Jamaica just long enough to deliver a wedding toast after stops in Washington and Atlanta. Once, she even quick-changed into a ball gown in the bathroom on the same day that she had flown from...
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| Meat Tied To Camp Outbreak Recalled |
| A California company is voluntarily recalling 153,630 pounds of frozen ground beef, some of which has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli bacteria that shut down a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., this week, federal officials said.
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| Antibodies May Lead to Protection Against HIV |
| Some long-term survivors of HIV infection produce rare and extremely potent antibodies that keep the disease from progressing to AIDS, and might point to a way to protect uninfected people from the virus, researchers reported yesterday in the closing hours of the 17th International AIDS Conferenc...
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| Trial by (Simulated) Fire |
| FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- After four years of medical school and 700 hours of military training, the final two weeks for students at Bethesda's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences come down to this:
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| The checkup |
| Sunscreen: Still in the Dark For decades, sunscreens' SPF ratings have given us a sense of how well the products are likely to ward off sunburn-causing UVB damage. But there's no parallel system to provide info about protection against UVA rays, which can do long-term damage to the skin.
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| U.S. Panel Questions Prostate Screening |
| The blood test that millions of men undergo each year to check for prostate cancer leads to so much unnecessary anxiety, surgery and complications that doctors should stop testing elderly men, and it remains unclear whether the screening is worthwhile for younger men, a federal task force conclud...
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| Early Lessons Forgotten, AIDS Conference Told |
| MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6 -- Twenty-five years after AIDS was branded the "gay plague," the virus is again exacting a disproportionate toll on men who have sex with men, not only in the United States but also in countries where the epidemic is just emerging.
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| Tests Point To Beef In Camp Outbreak |
| E. Coli found in ground beef at a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., matches bacteria found in samples taken from some sick campers, lab tests have confirmed, and a state health official called beef the "prime suspect" in the outbreak that shut down the camp this week.
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| Government Asserts Ivins Acted Alone |
| Government officials asserted yesterday that a troubled bioweapons scientist acted alone to perpetrate a terrorism scheme that killed five people, a case that centered on a near-perfect match of anthrax spores in his custody and a record of his late-night laboratory work just before the toxic let...
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| Clinton: Widen AIDS Effort in U.S. |
| MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4 -- Fresh off a whirlwind tour of AIDS programs across Africa, former president Bill Clinton said Monday that new U.S. figures highlight the need for fresh attention to the disease at home, particularly among African Americans.
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| HIV Screening: It's Not So Easy |
| In the controlled chaos of emergency departments across the country, doctors are working to curb the HIV epidemic, one swab of the gums at a time. The effort stems from guidelines published in 2006 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend HIV testing to teens and adults in any ...
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| Adopting America's Bad Habits |
| Armed with an array of plastic eggs, grapes, broccoli and a nasty looking cross-section of an artery clogged with cholesterol, Carlos Garcia was demonstrating the hidden dangers of American cooking and eating for a group of young Hispanic mothers in Silver Spring.
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| Tales of Addiction, Anxiety, Ranting |
| Late last fall, Bruce E. Ivins was drinking a liter of vodka some nights, taking large doses of sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs, and typing out rambling e-mails into the early morning hours, according to a fellow scientist who helped him through this period.
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| For Younger Women, Clinton Is No Martyr |
| I recently met with a group of high school and college women who had come to D.C. for a leadership conference. I wondered whether they felt -- as many women in my generation do -- that Hillary Clinton suffered in the Democratic presidential primary from rank bias against women. So I asked them: D...
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| Learning From Olympians |
| Dominique Dawes has three Olympic medals, one of the best nicknames in sports ("Awesome Dawesome") and the ability to sit in a split for hours on end. So what doesn't the legendary gymnast have? Weights.
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| Stigma Remains an Obstacle to Treatment |
| Many patients still duck around the corner and wait for Metrobuses to pass so they can run unseen into one of the Whitman-Walker clinics -- the area's largest nongovernmental providers of HIV/AIDS services, according to Justin Goforth, director of Whitman-Walker's medical adherence unit.
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| Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers |
| Health and life insurance companies have access to a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a health "credit report" drawn from databases containing prescription drug records on more than 200 million Americans.
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| Read More...(Source: - Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Unrelenting Grief May Be Sign of Distinct Syndrome |
| After Janice Van Wagner's mother died of breast cancer two years ago, her sense of loss was overwhelming.
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| Man Sues Wal-Mart Over Tainted Peppers |
| A Colorado man is suing Wal-Mart and an unnamed supplier, saying that he fell ill after eating jalapeño peppers bought from the company tainted with the same strain of salmonella that has infected more than 1,300 people over the past three months.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Modest Gains Against Ever-Present Bioterrorism Threat |
| In the past seven years, the federal government has spent more than $57 billion to shore up the nation's bioterrorism defenses, stockpiling drugs, ringing more than 30 American cities in a network of detectors and boosting preparedness at hospitals.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| AIDS Prevention Having an Effect |
| Updated federal estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States, released yesterday, reveal that although the AIDS epidemic here is worse than previously thought, prevention efforts appear to be having some effect.
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| More Cases Of E. Coli Linked to Va. Camp |
| Health officials said yesterday that they had not identified what made people sick at a Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, but that the number of people who contracted the E. coli infection has grown to at least 18, with two boys in the most serious condition.
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| Despite Additive Ban, Some Parents Voice Worry |
| Samantha Rosenberg eyed the toy plastic cellphone that her 9-month-old daughter has chewed so much, the color is fading. She wondered if the shiny plaything, and others that fill her home, are endangering Addison's health.
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| AIDS Infection Rate in U.S. Higher Than Previously Estimated |
| Updated federal estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States, released today, reveal that while the AIDS epidemic here is worse than previously thought, prevention efforts appear to be having some effect.
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| Tijuana's AIDS Epidemic Is a Binational Threat |
| TIJUANA, Mexico -- Half a dozen prostitutes swarm Angel Cabrera's car as he inches along the traffic-choked streets of downtown Tijuana on a balmy Friday evening.
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| 13 Scouts Get E. Coli While at Va. Camp |
| Health officials have confirmed that at least 13 boys, all but one from Northern Virginia, contracted E. coli bacterial infections while attending a popular Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, officials said yesterday.
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| Workers' Religious Freedom vs. Patients' Rights |
| A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion, and to birth-control methods they consider tantamount to abortion, has escalated a bitter debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients' rights.
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| Health Officials Seek Answers In Mosquito Trap Vandalism |
| The odd-looking, multicolored contraptions the Fairfax County Health Department sets each summer to lure mosquitoes have recently attracted other nuisances: vandals and thieves.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Efforts Against AIDS Among Black Americans Criticized |
| A prominent AIDS organization accused the federal government yesterday of doing too little to fight AIDS among black Americans, in whom the size and scope of the epidemic resembles that seen in many African nations.
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| 21st-Century Mission |
| The waiting room at La Clinica del Pueblo is a busy but intimate scene where doctors greet patients with a hug, new mothers drop by to show off their infants, and Spanish-speaking seniors come for help translating their mail. No one minds if you miss an appointment or try a home remedy for your a...
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| Read More...(Source: - Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| As Plain as The Rash On His Feet |
| Even before he entered the examining room to meet his new patient, dermatologist Howard Luber was confident he knew what was wrong with the man.
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| As the Club Turns 7, We Look Back And Look Ahead |
| Happy Birthday, Lean Plate Club members! Today marks the column's seventh anniversary. Since we can't blow out the candles together, I'm sending you a gift: a brief roundup of some nutrition tenets and a look ahead at what's likely to be on your plate in the future.
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| Simple Advice From a Star: Make Your Workout as Productive as Possible |
| From poolside, Kate Ziegler looks like just another kid, bobbing in the water and staring up at coach Ray Benecki along with other members of the Fish, the McLean team she has trained with since early in her swimming career.
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| A Look Back -- And Ahead |
| Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Lean Plate Club column and Web chat. As a gift to you, I've included some nutrition tenets in today's column plus a look ahead at what's likely to be hot news in the nutrition world in upcoming months and years.
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| Bike Safety Hits Close to Home |
| I am waiting for my husband to ask me quietly whether I might reconsider biking to work, something I have been doing for about three years. After the July 8 death of a 22-year-old cyclist in our Dupont Circle neighborhood, I wonder when his "Be careful getting to work this morning" will turn into...
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| One-Stop Spot for Health-Care Needs |
| Prince George's County is considering a novel way to deal with limited access to health care: converting empty stores in old shopping centers, even entire malls, into medical facilities.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT) |
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| Sounding Alarm About Disease |
| The preacher's words took flight in a small Pentecostal sanctuary in Southern Maryland, where men are dying needlessly of a treatable disease.
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| Read More...(Source: - Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:27:00 EDT) |
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| Online, a Community Gathers to Concoct A Neighborhood Eatery |
| When Sharon Greenspan went on a cross-country trip last year, she made sure to take photos of the restaurants she liked and to keep the menus. It was the easiest way to remember that "lasagna" of zucchini, spinach and pine nuts she ate in Asheville and the creamy coconut shake she tasted in Sedona....
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| AIDS Funding Binds Longevity of Millions to U.S. |
| President Bush plans to sign a bill next week that commits the United States to spending about $40 billion over the next five years to fight AIDS overseas, a major expansion of what many consider his most successful foreign policy initiative.
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| Calif. Becomes 1st State To Enact Trans Fat Ban |
| California became the first state in the country to ban artery-clogging trans fats yesterday when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a measure to phase them out in restaurants beginning in 2010 and from baked goods by 2011.
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| Capitol Hill Gets Exercised |
| Congress, its support at 14 percent in the latest Gallup poll, is having some self-esteem issues. Yesterday, lawmakers happened upon a novel solution.
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| Home Work: How Green Is My Garden, How Strong Is My Urge to Root |
| The reasons anyone bothers with a home vegetable garden are as idiosyncratic and hard to map as a sweet-corn genome. |
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| A Sustainability That Aims to Seduce |
| A number of designers have begun to champion an environmentally conscious approach to landscape and garden design. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:42:34 GMT) |
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| In a Father’s Clutter, Historic Oddities |
| Evan Lattimer is cataloging the thousands of objects that her father, an avid collector, amassed over the course of seven decades. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:56:36 GMT) |
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| On Location: Subtract Walls, Add Color |
| Three visual thinkers collaborated for a bright, airy brownstone in Brooklyn. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:45 GMT) |
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| In the Garden: Time to Move Perennials and Herbs |
| Late August, when vegetable patches appear weedy and roses are beetle-infested, is the perfect time for moving perennials and herbs. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:52:13 GMT) |
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| Shopping for Dorm Décor With Students at Parsons |
| Notoriously short on space and equipped with only the bare essentials, dorm rooms almost always cry out for design assistance. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:39 GMT) |
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| The Fix: Garage Doors for All Seasons |
| Garage doors are a crucial component of a home’s curb appeal and a potentially large source of heat loss. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:43:38 GMT) |
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| Downsizing in Los Angeles: From Mansion to $47 Million Condo |
| A New York-style luxury high-rise lifestyle is creeping into the wealthiest echelons of society in Los Angeles. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:52:26 GMT) |
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| CURRENTS | Deals: Brooklyn Company Sells Bed Linens for Less |
| Elegant Linen, a Brooklyn company that makes custom bedding, offers low prices on about 1,200 patterns comparable to those sold by well-known stores. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:45:09 GMT) |
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| CURRENTS | Events: Garden Tour and Lecture on Aug. 23 Will Benefit Guild Hall in East Hampton |
| Mac Griswold, a garden historian in Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Manhattan, will give a lecture, “Everything New Under the Sun,” and a garden tour to benefit the Guild Hall of East Hampton, N.Y. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:44:41 GMT) |
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| CURRENTS | Goods: Products at Target Capture John Derian’s Decoupage Look for Less |
| Target is introducing a lower-price line of John Derian stationery and home décor. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:45:46 GMT) |
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| CURRENTS | Open: Design Within Reach Is Opening Housewares Stores |
| Design Within Reach is moving into the housewares market with DWR: Tools for Living, a SoHo store opening next month. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:46:53 GMT) |
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| CURRENTS | Q&A: Architect Spices Up the Look of New York’s Democratic Convention Delegation |
| Michael Haverland, a Manhattan architect who grew up in Colorado, gussied up the look of the Democratic Convention in Denver with graphic elements. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:46:28 GMT) |
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| In Uruguay, at Home on the Beach, and in the Country |
| Despite Punta del Este’s expensive reputation, real estate prices vary enormously. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:23 GMT) |
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| Property Values: What You Get for ... $500,000 |
| A three-bedroom converted storehouse in New Orleans; a four-bedroom two-bath house near downtown Anacortes, Wash.; and a three-bedroom home in Maine. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:46:06 GMT) |
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| Abstract City: Bathroom Art |
| Fine art can be a refreshing, though problematic, source of design inspiration. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:58:20 GMT) |
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| Long Island |
| Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:31:00 GMT) |
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| New York State |
| Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:50:05 GMT) |
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| New Jersey |
| Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:33:39 GMT) |
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| Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland |
| Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country. |
| Read More...(Source: NYT > Home & Garden - Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:34:37 GMT) |
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| NASCAR puts Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards on probation
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 AP - NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday for the next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of their on-track incident last weekend at the end of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:45:32 GMT) |
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| Merriman to play despite 2 torn knee ligaments
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| AP - Surgery will have to wait for Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, who decided Wednesday he'll play this season despite two torn ligaments in his left knee. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:54:51 GMT) |
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| Jaguars' Harvey ends holdout, signs 5-year deal
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| AP - Defensive end Derrick Harvey ended a 33-day holdout Wednesday by signing a five-year, $23.8 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:36:42 GMT) |
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| Kotsay sent to Red Sox by Braves
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| AP - Center fielder Mark Kotsay was acquired by the Red Sox from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, only one day after Boston put J.D. Drew on the 15-day disabled list because of a lower back strain. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:29:07 GMT) |
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| Officials say Duckworth died of heart disease
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| AP - Oregon officials say an autopsy shows former Portland Trail Blazers center Kevin Duckworth died when his enlarged heart failed. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:46:45 GMT) |
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| Ravens trade for Marques Douglas
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| AP - The Baltimore Ravens traded for Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Marques Douglas on Wednesday, reacting quickly to defensive lineman Dwan Edwards' season-ending back injury. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:59:57 GMT) |
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| Warriors G Ellis out 3 months with ankle sprain
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| AP - Golden State Warriors guard Monta Ellis will be out at least three months after severely spraining his ankle during an offseason workout. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:52:26 GMT) |
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| Cubs sweep Pirates behind Marquis
(AP) |
 AP - Jason Marquis shut down Pittsburgh's batters, and the Chicago Cubs turned two well-placed bunts into two runs in the seventh inning and swept yet another three-game series from the Pirates with a 2-0 victory Wednesday.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:20:56 GMT) |
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| Villa to stay at Valencia in new blow to Real: club
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 AFP - Real Madrid target David Villa, the top scorer at Euro 2008, has ended speculation about his future by extending his contract with Valencia until 2014, the Spanish first division club said Wednesday.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:27:42 GMT) |
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| Sharks sign D Vlasic to 4-year extension
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| AP - Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic agreed to a four-year contract extension with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday, keeping one of the club's best young players with the Sharks through the 2012-13 season. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:09:39 GMT) |
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| DE Middleton, 3 others suspended for opener
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| AP - Indiana defensive end Greg Middleton, who led the nation with 16 sacks last season, and three other players have been suspended for one game for undisclosed disciplinary reasons. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:04:44 GMT) |
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| Jankovic survives Swedish scare at US Open tennis
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 AFP - World number two Jelena Jankovic struggled but held on to beat Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 in the second round of the 20.6 million dollar US Open on Wednesday.
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| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:31:17 GMT) |
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| LPGA to require English for intl players
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| AP - The LPGA Tour boasts players from all over the world, and it wants all of them to be able to speak English. |
| Read More...(Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:27:31 GMT) |
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| Dead Sea Scrolls go digital |
| More than 2,000 years after they were written, the Dead Sea Scrolls are getting high-tech treatment as part of an effort to better preserve the ancient texts and let more people see them than ever before.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:33:38 EDT) |
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| Turning chocolate into sweet science |
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:03:35 EDT) |
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| Bloggers play key role at Denver convention |
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:15:31 EDT) |
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| Best and worst fuel-efficient automakers |
| With fuel prices still high enough to put a hole in your pocket, where does one turn?
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:40:34 EDT) |
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| Dell making cheap computers for India, China |
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:39:19 EDT) |
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| Online dirty tricks may mar U.S. elections |
| As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, voting activists are bracing themselves for an onslaught of online dirty tricks and misinformation campaigns designed to deceive and disenfranchise voters.
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:35:11 EDT) |
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| FAA probes nationwide flight delay glitch |
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| Read More...(Source: CNN.com - Technology - Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:33:58 EDT) |
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