Archive for May 14th, 2008
Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer
Posted by: opendoorsrush on: May 14, 2008
WASHINGTON – Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they’re grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause.
What’s new: That [...]
China Earthquake Kills Up to 8,500
Posted by: opendoorsrush on: May 14, 2008
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More than 8,500 people have died from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Western China, and the death toll is expected to rise.
The earthquake’s toll, in human life and damage to infrastructure, is still largely unknown.
The massive quake was felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, more than 2,000 miles from its epicenter in the [...]
Pandas Survive China Earthquake!
Posted by: opendoorsrush on: May 14, 2008
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As the human death toll mounts from the massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province, here’s a rare bit of good news: 60 giant pandas, one of the world’s most endangered species, have survived.
The good news comes from the Chengdu research center, one of two national protected areas for pandas near the epicenter of the [...]
‘American Idol’ comes down to these three finalists
Posted by: opendoorsrush on: May 14, 2008
The seventh season of American Idol has been ballyhooed as having the most talented singers ever. That’s debatable. But what is clear is that the top three – David Cook, Syesha Mercado and David Archuleta – offer something for everyone. Pick your poison: the rocker, the belter or the puppy dog. So who stands the [...]
Fake, infected media file attacks half a million victims in a week
Posted by: opendoorsrush on: May 14, 2008
In what’s being called the largest fake media file outbreak in three years, some 500,000 people have fallen prey to a phony music or video track that is actually a spyware-infested Trojan horse.
Usually purporting to be a music track with an MP3 file extension (in this case, an MP3 track from the UK group [...]
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