Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Saturday, folllwing a Security Cabinent vote in favor of a cease-fire, said that the goals of Israel’s offensive in Gaza had been achieved. Israel has no immediate plans to withdraw troops from Gaza, but the cease-fire likely will entail the end of Israeli attacks …
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It’s quieter than usual in the South Bend, Ind., suburb of Mishawaka, and it doesn’t look like that will change any time soon. The plant located there that assembles the HUMMER H2 sports-utility vehicle for General Motors was idled on Monday for what was originally expected to be five weeks, …
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Just when you thought that you’d heard enough about genetics, here comes yet another genetics buzzword that you’ll surely come across in the near future: nutrigenomics. Before getting down to the details on what exactly nutrigenomics is, let’s put a few things into perspective. It’s not so much that nutrigenomics …
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JASPER, Texas – Deputies say they found a toddler wandering alone on a Texas street and methamphetamine and more than a dozen snakes in his mother’s home. Jasper County Sheriff Mitchell Newman told KFDM-TV that Tamara Jones has been charged with endangerment of a child by criminal neglect and possession …
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Adding a third dimension to a popular 2-D classic doesn’t always work, and a “Street Fighter” installment just wouldn’t be worthy of the moniker without a character on the left trying to pummel a character on the right. So Capcom chose to give Ryu and his cohorts 3-D makeovers while …
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NEW ORLEANS – Britney Spears fans lined up outside the New Orleans Arena hours before the start of the pop star’s first concert tour in five years. They bought T-shirts at red-and-white striped tents set up outside the arena where Spears’ “Circus” tour was to getting under way Tuesday night. …
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A diet high in omega-3 fatty acids offers protection against advanced prostate cancer, even in men who carry a particular variant in the COX-2 gene that is known to raise the risk of the disease. “Previous research has shown protection (by omega-3 fatty acids) against prostate cancer, but this is …
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ANKARA, Turkey – A U.S.-made attack helicopter went down in central Turkey on Saturday, killing two pilots, an official said. The Cobra helicopter gunship crashed near the town of Pinarbasi, said Gov. Mevlut Bilici of the province of Kayseri. The bodies of the soldiers were taken to a local military …
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There is no deportation order for five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links, the country’s interior minister said Friday. Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, told Fox News that the men — who allegedly told investigators they were trying to connect with Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan …
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COLUMBIA, Ill. – A 55-year-old man who police say accidentally shot himself to death while trying to change a tire died a day before he was to stand trial on child molestation and sodomy charges. State Police Lt. James Morrisey says Gary Wessel of Waterloo apparently was trying to pull …
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