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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Philadelphia schools that cut out soda, revamped snack selections and took other measures to prevent childhood obesity were able to halve the odds of students becoming overweight by sixth grade, a study has found.
Among fo...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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A much honoured author, journalist, publisher and broadcaster is on-Island this week to offer some of her considerable insights about the publishing world to the Island's budding writers
Dr. Margaret Busby's career achievements are too many to list b...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — Organisers of one of Britain's best-known music festivals has defended their decision to book Jay-Z as their headline act after Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher blamed the rapper for disappointing ticket sales.
The outdoor Glastonbury fe...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A mother's substance use during pregnancy can mean a smaller brain for her child, according to a new study in Pediatrics.
Among 35 children 10 to 14 years old, those whose mothers had used cocaine, drank alcohol, or smoked...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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A relatively new artist is riding a "cosmic wave" straight to a debut show in the Big Apple this weekend.
Trevor Todd's Aboriginal-inspired works will open on Sunday in the Renate Albertsen Marton Space in The Village [AT] Gureje Gallery, which is lo...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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What goes up must come down — as Dr. Phillip Jones found out just eight minutes after his magnificent 15-foot 'Chairman Mao' crown kite had wowed spectators and judges at the recent 42nd annual Smitsonian Kite Festival in Washington, DC.
A regular en...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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Eleven members of the Victor Scott Primary School choir gave passersby a musical treat on Monday as they performed an impromptu song outside The Royal Gazette offices.
The student choir left the Island yesterday to perform in Atlanta, Georgia where t...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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New York (Bloomberg) — A 16th-century Dutch painting seized by the East German secret police and returned to its owner after more than 20 years in state custody sold for $8.1 million at Christie's International in New York yesterday.
The buyer is an ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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A British whale and dolphin expert will inspire Bermuda's youngest conservationists at a special Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) conference next week.
Miss Sophie Benbow, research development manager of conservation group Blue Ventures will be the k...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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LIMA, Peru — With four-digit inflation and violent Maoist guerrillas, Peru for many years was hardly the place for a seaweed wrap in a swank hotel.
But nowadays, relative peace and a booming economy draw boutique travellers to the Andean terrain and ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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