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Indictment Handed Down in Megan Meier "MySpace Suicide" Case

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:59:16 EDT

You probably remember the Megan Meier case, in which a teenage girl committed suicide after a MySpace romance went bad. The romance itself and the boy involved were in fact fictional, perpetrated as a vindictive prank by the mother of a former friend who lived down the street.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Megan Meier Myspace Suicide Indictment

Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama

expursuit — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:02:16 EDT

(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John McCain President

Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane

TechnologyExpert — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:07:54 EDT

A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.

Channel: News Tags: Flight Attendent Fire Airline

New bin Laden message coming on Israel: monitor

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:46:50 EDT

A pending new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been announced on Islamist message boards and addresses the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, an Internet terrorism monitor said on Thursday.

Channel: News Tags: Israel Bin Laden MEssage

Bone drugs seen helping fight cancer spread

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:06:28 EDT

A drug prescribed to prevent fractures in breast cancer patients whose tumors have spread may actually help slow the cancer itself, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: zometa fractures breast cancer

Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:27:58 EDT

Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus's dense atmosphere.

Channel: Science Tags: hydroxl venus hydrogen oxygen

Team gets inside a long-suspected HIV hideout in humans

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:25:01 EDT

Scientists have broken inside a cell long suspected of harboring HIV during drug treatment and determined it is indeed a reservoir of the virus in humans, where it remains highly infectious.

Channel: Science Tags: HIV byu brigham young follicular dendritic cells fdcs

Molecular 'clock' could predict risk for developing breast cancer

GregD — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:22:54 EDT

A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman's risk for developing breast cancer and provide a new approach for treatment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: breast cancer genes ut southwestern medical center

Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules

GregD — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:44:01 EDT

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron X-ray diffraction....

Channel: Science Tags: argonne national laboratory lasers molecules

Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper

GregD — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:41:55 EDT

By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: harvard whitesides research group microfluidics paper liquid

ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows

STONERS — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:27 EDT

ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

Channel: Television Tags: ABC TV Only 2 New Fall Shows

Televangelist John Hagee Apologizes to Catholics

Goppy — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:13:12 EDT

Hagee has often made references to Catholicism as the 'great ,'. That's why it was odd that McCain sought out his endorsement so assiduously. Hagee says now he "better understood" that his use of those descriptions, are 'a rhetorical device long employed in anti-Catholic literature and commentary.'

Channel: Politics Tags: Church Business Hate Merchant Panderer McCain Hagee Austin Religion

U.S. slashes reward for al Qaeda leader

MyWayOnNow — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:22:42 EDT

The Bush administration has slashed its reward for the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq from $5 million to $100,000 because it feels he's lost effectiveness and is no longer worth such a steep price.

Channel: Money Tags: al Qaeda

Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines

idyll — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:37:51 EDT

For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: chronic medications study

Hundreds Of Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation

Aidenag — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:15:04 EDT

The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country, according to medical records, internal documents and interviews with people who have been drugged.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Detainees Deportation Drugs Human Rights