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#medicine Calcium supplements—previously thought to help prevent heart disease and stroke—have now been shown to almost double the risk of heart attack. Doctors are now warning that such supplements should be taken with caution, and even then only for vital medical reasons.More »
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Nobody was expecting a breakthrough at Wednesday's nuclear talks in Baghdad, but most weren't expecting a breakdown, either.
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Incantor, a smartphone-based augmented reality game currently in the works by developer MoveableCode, hopes to offer geeks like me a way to wizard-duel in the real world. With a Bluetooth-enabled wand and a smartphone app, I'll cast spells, battle my friends, and complete quests, all in...(more)
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a young couple who buried an old woman alive believing she was dead after their car hit the 68-year-old, newspapers said on Thursday, in a case which has sparked outrage over declining public morality. The couple had been at...(more)
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Credited with infecting 30 million computers around the world, Georgy Avanesov is sentenced to four years in prison in Armenia. [Read more]
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A Florida college student could get up to five years in federal prison for posting plans to assassinate the president on his Facebook page. [Read more]
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Director Baz Luhrmann's signature move is putting anachronistic music in his films, and if this new trailer is any indication, his upcoming The Great Gatsby is no different. Opening on a beautiful sweeping shot of New York in the Jazz Age, the trailer for Luhrmann's upcoming...(more)
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Egyptians vote on Thursday in the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule.
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Jane Lynch narrates. Lady Gaga claps. Barney Frank has a cameo. Same-sex couples embrace. President Barack Obama's reelection campaign released a new ad on Wednesday to court lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) voters. The video has playful moments. After Lynch says that Obama "counted us...(more)
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Yahoo's search group attempts to take control of its destiny by launching its own browser. Surprise: It's good. [Read more]
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Now they call it Fadebook – shareholders call in lawyers as stock price tumbles and regulators are not far behindFacebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has gone from hero to zero as the stockmarket flotation of the decade flounders amid lawsuits and accusations of greed, hype and deception.The...(more)
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NetApp Inc forecast revenue below expectations and its CEO warned he is cautious about the outlook for business in Europe, sending the data storage equipment maker's shares down nearly 22 percent in after-hours trade.
