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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Rainy weather yields wet ballots in Va.

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Rainy weather in Virginia caused problems with wet ballots gumming up optical scanning machines, voting officials reported. Nancy Rodrigues, secretary of the board of elections, said 25 percent of the polling places in Virginia use optical scanning machines, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Poll: Obama leads in Pa., Ohio; Fla. tied

Published: Nov. 3, 2008 at 3:59 PM HAMDEN, Conn., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama leads in the swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania but is in a dead heat in Florida, a poll indicates. In Ohio, the Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released Monday showed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Early voting revolution transforms U.S. voting strategies

By Martin Sieff WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The early voting revolution has transformed the patterns of U.S. election voting, and most indications are that it is already well on the way to giving Sen. Barack Obama a far wider margin of victory Tuesday than all the pundits expected. Some 36 of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

HIV-AIDS drug gains tentative FDA approval

Published: Oct. 29, 2008 at 5:18 PM WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has tentatively approved the 75th anti-retroviral generic drug of the president's emergency plan for AIDS relief. Marketed by Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd. of Kachigam, Daman, in India, the FDA... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Genetic Test Detects Inherited Disorders

LONDON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- British scientists said a new genetic test can screen embryos for almost any known genetic disease in embryos that are just days old. The Times of London said the "genetic MoT" test will allow couples at risk of passing on gene defects to conceive healthy children using IVF... Sign in to see full entry.

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