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Survey reports revamp over healthcare bill drops

healthcare bill

The survey from Associated Press-GfK reported that the revamp over the healthcare bill of President Barack Obama has dropped. The survey found out that even though the United States stays divided over the healthcare bill, the power and strength of the opposition has lessened. The poll also reported that 40 percent of those surveyed stated [...]

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Tucson victim arrested on alleged treat

James Eric Fuller

Tucson shooting victim, James Eric Fuller, was arrested on disorderly conduct and threatening behavior charges after he threatened a local conservative activist leader. The Tucson victim was taken out of the area where a television taping happened. He was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation after he threatened Mr. Trent Humpries of the Tea Party [...]

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Inception Brings Home 6 Critics’ Choice Awards

Inception

Reports said Friday the Christopher Nolan’s enigmatic thriller Inception took home six Broadcast Film Critics’ Choice Awards, including best cinematography. According to the news, Inception was the evening’s biggest winner by trophy count after garnering six awards, which includes the categories for best action movie, cinematography, art direction, editing, visual effects and sound. The awards [...]

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Experts found harmful chemicals in pregnant women

pregnant women

In a landmark study conducted by the experts at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) they found at least 40 chemicals in pregnant women. Around 268 pregnant women were detected having harmful chemicals inside their bodies. On the 163 chemicals that experts examined, 43 chemicals were detected in the urine and blood samples of women [...]

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Military Leadership Diversity Commission suggests women to be allowed to battle

Military Leadership Diversity Commission

The Military Leadership Diversity Commission suggested that women must be permitted to battle in combat units and not only serving combat support roles. Even though there are thousands of women that have been engaged in the fights in Afghanistan and Iraq, they only serve as logistics officer, medics and other supporting roles in combat units [...]

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Microsoft sells 1.9 M units of Xbox 360 in December

Xbox 360

According to Microsoft, the company sold a record of 1.9 million units of Xbox 360 last month. However, the record sales of the gaming console during the holiday peak season can lead to a deficiency of the gadgets in the months ahead. The company said that to deal with the demand in Xbox 360, it [...]

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Mozilla launches Firefox Beta 9

Firefox Beta 9

Mozilla launched Firefox 4 Beta 9 today even though in the company’s schedule, it was almost one month late. The company said that maybe Firefox 4 Beta 9 will be the last to release before it drives toward the final version that is now planned to be released by the end of February. The latest [...]

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Vatican Announces Pope John Paul II Beatification Date

Pope John Paul II

Reports said Friday that Pope Benedict XVI finally announced the beatification date of Pope John Paul II, which is set on May 1. According to the reports, Benedict decided to set the date after declaring that a French nun’s recovery from Parkinson was the miracle needed for John Paul to be beatified. Benedict said that [...]

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House’s majority leader says to start debate about healthcare bill

healthcare bill

Eric Cantor, the majority leader of the House, stated that they will start the debate with regard to the revoking of healthcare bill next week. Cantor also stated yesterday that the debate about the bill, which passed a technical difficulty last Friday, is projected to start when the House assembles Tuesday. A vote with regard [...]

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FDA orders manufacturers of acetaminophen to reduce its amount

acetaminophen

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) orders all the manufacturers of acetaminophen to reduce the amount of drug in any painkiller prescriptions. FDA warned everybody about the risks of acetaminophen, an active ingredient in Vycodin, Percocet and Tylenol 3, that is found in a broad variety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The agency said that [...]

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