Archive: 05/08/2009
Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix
(AP) -- Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 08, 2009 |
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Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.
May 08, 2009 |
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Double hand transplant patient recovering well
(AP) -- Valarie Kepner was so excited at learning last fall that doctors might be able give her husband new hands that she called the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center without telling him first.
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'Babyface' look can help black CEOs, study says
Black Fortune 500 CEOs with a "babyface" appearance are more likely to lead companies with higher revenues and prestige than black CEOs who look more mature, an upcoming study says.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 08, 2009 |
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Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba posts record loss
(AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. tumbled to a record annual loss amid sinking global demand that has forced it to cut thousands of jobs.
May 08, 2009 |
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Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry
(AP) -- A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry.
May 08, 2009 |
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Mexico's reopening from flu lockdown faces hitches
(AP) -- Mexico's emergence from a national shutdown hit snags as some high schools were not cleaned in time to open and students returned to class in others without swine flu checkups. Cases of the virus ...
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2 rare elephants found dead in Indonesian jungle
(AP) -- Two rare Sumatran elephants believed to have been poisoned with cyanide-laced pineapples were found dead in the jungles of northwestern Indonesia with their tusks removed, a conservationist said.
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