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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Man in wheelchair ordered off flight

LONDON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A partially paralyzed man who uses a wheelchair says he was ordered off a budget flight from Britain to France because he couldn't walk to the emergency exit. The Mirror reported Martin Sabry, a 39-year-old businessman from Cambridge, England, who is paralyzed from the chest... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 16, 2012

California looks to green energy future

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- California aims to expand its renewable energy portfolio by building new transmission lines "as quickly as possible," Gov. Jerry Brown said. Brown signed an agreement with U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to expand a bilateral partnership for utility-scale renewable... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Slow carbs reduce inflammation markers

SEATTLE, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A diet rich in slowly digested carbohydrates -- whole grains, legumes, high-fiber foods -- reduces inflammation in chronic disease, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Marian Neuhouser, a member of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Public Health Sciences Division at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Italian cruise ship captain questioned

GIGLIO, Italy, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The captain of the cruise ship that ran aground off an Italian island, killing at least three people, was questioned by authorities, officials said Saturday. Besides the three confirmed dead, the Friday night accident involving the 4,200-passenger Costa Concordia left... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Van der Sloot sentenced to 28 years

LIMA, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Dutch suspect in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway received a 28-year sentence Friday in Peru for killing a young woman in Lima. Joran van der Sloot, 24, was sentenced for the "qualified murder" of Stephany Flores, 21, CNN reported His earliest release... Sign in to see full entry.

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