Saturday, November 7, 2009
Lawyer: Fla. shooting suspect mentally ill
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida judge ordered the man accused of a deadly shooting spree in an Orlando office building held without bail at a brief jailhouse hearing Saturday. Jason Rodriguez was advised he is being held on a charge of first-degree murder, the Orlando Sentinel reported. One...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Casey: Fort Hood attack 'kick in the gut'
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. military bases worldwide went silent Friday to honor the victims of a bloody shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, a day earlier. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates directed the observance at the Defense Department for the 13 people who died and the 30 others...
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Salt, diet drinks may reduce kidney use
BOSTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- People who eat a diet high in salt or artificially sweetened drinks have an increased risk of kidney function decline, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Julie Lin and Dr. Gary Curhan of Brigham and Women's Hospital studied more than 3,000 women participating in the Nurses' Health...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
World Trade Center memorial burned
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A 26-year-old man is suspected of torching a New York chapel containing the remains of victims of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack, officials said. Brian Schroeder apparently was drunk Saturday when he started the fire at Memorial Park, city officials alleged. None of...
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Friday, October 30, 2009
More depression in Western cultures
EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say those who genetically tend to depression do better in collectivist East Asian cultures compared to individualistic Western cultures. The study, published in Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, suggests a genetic vulnerability to depression is...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
George W. Bush's gig: Motivational speaker
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Former President George W. Bush waded into the world of motivational speaking by addressing a packed house in Fort Worth, Texas. Bush spoke to an audience Monday about his standing by decisions he made as president and encouraged the audience to be true to their...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Migraine-sufferers also get hangovers
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest migraine sufferers may be more prone to hangover headaches after drinking. Experiments looked at a special rat model that suffered migraines when stimulating the brain with an inflammatory mixture vs, rats that did not suffer headaches. "Our...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Same mercury for kids with/without autism
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers compared children developing typically and children with autism and found they had similar levels of mercury in their blood streams. The researchers looked at a wide variety of sources of mercury in the participants' environments, including fish...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Judge: CIA misled Kennedy panel
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge says the CIA probably misled the Assassination Records Review Board's 1990s investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Federal Judge John Tunheim, who served in 1994 and 1995 as the chairman of the congressionally created board,...
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Friday, October 16, 2009
3 cites seek to host 2018 Winter Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Cities in France, Germany and South Korea placed bids to be chosen as the site for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Annecy, France; Munich, Germany, and PyeongChang, South Korea, met Friday's International Olympic Committee deadline to submit their intention to...
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