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HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 3:26pm neoform

CBC -- Diabetics in the United States gained a new way of controlling their blood sugar levels Tuesday with federal approval of a novel pill for Type 2 diabetes... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 3:25pm neoform

BBC News -- Actor Bruce Willis, best known for his roles in the Die Hard film series and thriller The Sixth Sense, has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 3:24pm neoform

Boston Herald -- A Manhattan parking lot shooting early Tuesday left rapper Fabolous both wounded and under arrest after police found two loaded weapons in a car carrying him and his entourage, authorities said... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 2:40pm neoform

The Hindu -- Microsoft and the European commission yesterday welcomed an unprecedented break in their seven-year legal war of attrition that will enable the European launch of the software group's new computer operating system, Vista, to go ahead next month... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 2:39pm neoform

Forbes -- U.S.-backed Guatemala held a substantial lead over Venezuela in an 11th round of voting Tuesday for a Latin American seat on the U.N. Security Council, but still fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to win... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 2:33pm neoform

News 24 -- A 13-month-old Malawian boy who US pop diva Madonna hopes to adopt arrived in Britain on Tuesday on a private plane from the southern African country, British media reported... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 1:43pm neoform

Canoe -- North Korea said Tuesday it considered U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the country for its nuclear test a declaration of war,� as Japan and South Korea reported the communist nation might be preparing a second explosion... Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:07pm neoform

ESPN -- Lou Piniella's coming to Wrigley Field, agreeing Monday to a three-year contract to manage the Chicago Cubs and accepting a job that has long been one of the most challenging in baseball... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:06pm neoform

Bloomberg -- President George W. Bush said he would reject any recommendation to partition Iraq along ethnic and sectarian lines, and he reaffirmed his confidence in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's ability to unify the country... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 11:10am neoform

BBC News -- At least a quarter of long-term smokers will develop the incurable lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study suggests... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 11:05am neoform

USA Today -- Gunmen killed the brother of the chief prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's Kurdish genocide trial on Monday, even as the ex-president called in an open letter for insurgents to forgive their American enemies and for Iraqis to forgive each other and stop sectarian killings... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 9:35am neoform

Mercury News -- Google Inc. plans to convert its headquarters to run on solar power in the hope that the company's commitment will become a corporate catalyst for the alternative energy movement... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 9:34am neoform

New Scientist -- It was the nightmare many had been expecting. Five years ago, hard on the heels of 9/11, someone sent anthrax spores through the US mail to journalists and politicians. Five people died, and at least 17 more got sick. The culprit was never caught... Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 9:32am neoform

Washington Post -- The notion that President Bush is not just in denial -- but is petulantly in denial -- is taking on greater credence thanks to two recent Washington Post stories... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 9:24am neoform

Times Online -- Humanity could evolve into two sub-species within 100,000 years as social divisions produce a genetic underclass, a scientist said yesterday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:32am neoform

New York Times -- Even in autumn, the cold, silent expanse of Lake Michigan defines this town, where pleasure boats glide into harbor, fishermen wait patiently for salmon and tourists peer up at the lighthouse... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:31am neoform

Associated Press -- Keith Olbermann's tipping point came on a tarmac in Los Angeles six weeks ago. While waiting for his plane to take off he read an account of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's speech before the American Legion equating Iraq War opponents to pre-World War II appeasers... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:30am neoform

Reuters -- Growing populations and booming economies are threatening fragile coastal areas in East Asia, and the region's coral reefs could face total collapse within 20 years, according to a new United Nations study... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:29am neoform

Physorg -- Researchers have identified how the body's own immune system contributes to the nerve fiber damage caused by multiple sclerosis, a finding that can potentially aid earlier diagnosis and improved treatment for this chronic disease... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 8:29am neoform

ComingSoon.net -- Oliver Stone and Paramount Pictures are developing Jawbreaker, which will focus on America's response to the terrorist attacks with the invasion of Afghanistan and hunt for 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden, reports Variety... Read More