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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More Americans are becoming nearsighted, but it is not clear why, US researchers reported this week.
They found more than 40 percent of Americans aged 12 to 54 developed myopia between 1999 and 2004, compared to just 25 percent...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters Life!) — As music lovers approach a new decade in this still-young century, a recording technology once considered old and obsolete — vinyl — has been making a strong comeback.
Vinyl albums, which began to be replaced by CDs in the m...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans, researchers said this week.
The findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, add to mounting evidence that Americans are...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Congratulations to:
Beverly Cameron of Hamilton, Ontario whose birthday is today.
Elizabeth Ann Lavern Scott of Pembroke whose birthday is today.
Vaughan Davis of North Shore, Pembroke whose birthday is today.
Mr. and Mrs. RaymondBarnes Jr. of Cooks ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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ON THE BOOKSHELF: David Chang's "Momofuku"
(AP) – Let's be real: You are never going to cook from "Momofuku."
But this first cookbook from three-time James Beard Award winner David Chang lays bare the talent and obsession that has propelled the New Y...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before he died 340 years ago, Rembrandt van Rijn lost his house, studio and most of his money. He even sold his wife's grave to pay bills.
Since then, he also has been stripped of credit given to him for hundreds of drawings and pa...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Can "Nellie the Elephant" help your heart beat?
LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters Life!) - Humming to upbeat songs like "Nellie the Elephant" while compressing the chest of a heart attack victim could improve a life-saving heart resuscitation technique, scient...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and Lionel Richie are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The annual outdoor music festival is marking its 41st year. The event spans two weekends in the spring an...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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ATLANTA (Reuters Life!) – Acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, arguably the world's most prominent jazz musician, is set to premiere a major new project – composing a Blues Symphony for orchestra.
In keeping with a career that spans jazz, classical m...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Actor Grizz Chapman of '30 Rock' said this week he needs a kidney transplant and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure, which led to his condition.
Chapman said he is receiving dialysis treatments and will ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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