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Housing market still in the doldrums as home sales slide

Housing Market

The U.S. housing market continues to have the malaise that triggered the recession as the latest report from the National Association of Realtors showed that home sales dipped to its lowest level since November last year. Tuesday’s report showed that home sales slid for the second straight month to 3.8 percent month-on-month, to an annualized […]

Spratly Islands a flashpoint for which U.S. must prepare for

Spratly Islands

  The Spratly Islands are fast becoming a potential flashpoint that the U.S. should consider helping Southeast Asian nations against China’s aggression, Sen. John McCain said in Washington. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sen. McCain said the U.S. should help the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) to “build up their […]

Regeneron’s eye drug given thumbs up by FDA panel

Regeneron

Regeneron’s new drug for an eye disorder called wet macular degeneration was unanimously approved on Friday by a committee of experts of the Food and Drugs Administration. The panel voted 10-0 and deemed the new drug from Regeneron as safe and effective as treatment for the eye condition commonly seen in the elderly, an FDA […]

Aviation tragedy nearly avoided at JFK Airport

Aviation officials are breathing a heavy sigh of relief  as two jumbo jets nearly collided near JFK Airport, just missing on another. The audio, released to the public, details the frightened exchange between the air traffic controllers at John F. Kennedy International Airport and a Lufthansa flight as it nearly crashed head-on with an airbus […]

Brad Pitt Dates Angelina Jolie on Mondion Restaurant, the Same Place he took Aniston in 2003

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie went out on a date on Monday night at de Mondion restaurant at the Xara Palace hotel in Malta’s walled, medieval city of Mdina. The couple chose an outdoor table with a special attraction of stunning views of Malta. Pitt is filming World War Z in the southern European country. They […]

Emergency funds prepared by just a quarter of Americans

Emergency Funds

Emergency funds are a rarity in these rough economic times, as there is practically nothing left for Americans to save for the rainy days. A recent survey by Bankrate.com revealed that just 24 percent has allotted at least six months of savings and another 24 percent did not have an emergency fund at all. It […]

Food allergies afflict up to 6 million kids – U.S. study

Food Allergies

Food allergies are on the rise among American children — as many as 6 million have them — according to a survey published today in the journal Pediatrics. One in 12 children in the country has a food allergy the most common of which are allergies to peanuts, milk and shellfish. Other studies estimated that […]

Amy Winehouse concert dubbed a “disaster” — tour cancelled

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse was reportedly erratic during her performance onstage in Belgrade, Serbia and was booed by the crowd. The British singer arrived late at the venue, forgot her lyrics and disappeared altogether at times during the mistake-filled performance. There was a YouTube video of her staggering on stage and looking clueless while trying to sing […]

Jackass Star Ryan Dunn killed in Car Crash

Jackass star Ryan Dunn died in a car accident on Sunday night in Pennsylvania, MTV News confirmed Monday (June 20). The accident occurred at 3 a.m. on Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. An unidentified driver also died in the crash. April Margera, the mother of Dunn’s “Jackass” co-star Bam, broke the […]

Cancer deaths continue steady decline, but battle far from over

Cancer Deaths

Cancer deaths in the United States are decreasing but cancer is still the number one cause of death among those younger than 85, a yearly report from the American Cancer Society showed. According to the Cancer Statistics, 2011 and Cancer Facts & Figures, 2011 report, about 1,596,670 people will be diagnosed with the disease this […]

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