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Monday, October 25, 2010

Analysts: GOP House, Dem Senate likely

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The question isn't whether the midterm elections will be bad for Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress, but how bad, analysts say. The non-partisan Cook Political Report estimates more than 90 Democratic House seats could be competitive while a mere nine Republican... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

1950s ammo spill located in NYC waters

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Divers say they have located a cache of old military munitions on the bottom of New York City's Narrows and Gravesend Bay. Commercial diver Gene Ritter told the New York Post the ammo is believed to have accidentally spilled from a barge in 1954 and was found in just 20... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Strep throat antibody, OCD linked

FLORENCE, Italy, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Israeli researchers have linked obsessive-compulsive disorder and strep throat in an animal model. Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have developed a model using rats exposed to the strep bacteria -- versus a strep-free control group -- and found a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Vitamin B lack linked to Alzheimer's

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Vitamin B12 -- found in fish, poultry and other meat -- may protect against Alzheimer's disease, researchers in Sweden suggest. Dr. Babak Hooshmand of Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, says the seven-year study involved 271 Finnish people, ages 65-79.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Merkel says multiculturalism has failed

POTSDAM, Germany, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says multiculturalism has thus far failed in her country and immigrants need to do more to integrate into German society. Speaking to younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union party in Potsdam Saturday, Merkel... Sign in to see full entry.

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