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LONDON (Reuters) - Plenty of vigorous exercise can cut a healthy, older woman’s breast cancer risk by 30 percent, researchers said on Friday.A study of more than 30,000 post-menopausal women showed that strenuous activity — ranging from housework such as scrubbing floors to running — protected against breast cancer even among those who do not […]

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GENEVA - Heart ailments, infectious diseases and cancer remain the world’s top three killers, the U.N. health agency said Monday.
Heart attacks and related problems are the top killer, claiming 29 percent of people who die each year, the World Health Organization said in a report on the global burden of disease. In second place, infectious […]

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WASHINGTON - Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president - a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses.
Obama will still be short of the overall number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination, unless he were to suddenly receive an […]

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Oolong Tea is a Chinese Tea, which is also referred to as the semi-green tea. It lies somewhere between the green and black tea in oxidation and has a taste much similar to green tea. Oolong tea is fermented, unlike green tea, but the process is halted just before the leaves start changing color (just […]

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 People are always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to prepare old standards like chicken and turkey. Several methods have become popular in recent years, which involve the use of a liquid to change or improve the flavor, taste, tenderness, or texture of poultry. Various liquids can be added to poultry by many […]

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Having an ear that constantly buzzes or is painful can be very irritating and also quite upsetting for your dog. Ear infections in dogs may be minor or chronic, and can be a product of various factors. Generally, infection of the outer ear canal by parasitic organisms like bacteria and yeast is common in cases […]

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The Dell XPS M1330 is both a good laptop in terms of form and function. This might be a different path that the popular mass market vendor of laptops and PC’s has taken. Dell has finally made design as an important part of their offering in this sleek and sexy looking laptop. It may be […]

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In the digital world, speed is of the essence, and in the digital photography world, this means everything. The new Lexar 80X 4GB Compact flash card has the patented 80X speed which enables digital shooters to record 12MB per second. This is, by far, the fastest write speed in Compact Flash cards today.
The Type II […]

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NEW YORK - The number of sex abuse claims against Roman Catholic clergy dropped for the third consecutive year, but total payouts to victims nearly doubled to reach their highest level ever, according to a new report for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Dioceses and religious orders received 691 new allegations last year, compared with […]

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HONOLULU - Some investigative work by a New York couple has led to return of a McKinley High School ring 33 years after it was lost on Waikiki. McKinley alumnus Bernard Yuen had given his 1973 class ring to a girlfriend in 1975.The girl had left the black onyx ring on a beach towel, but […]

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