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Unemployment benefits jump again due to jitters in the economy

Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in eight months, dampening the positive outlook in the job market. Analysts believe that skyrocketing gas prices have also forced employers to implement layoffs or postpone hiring more workers. An estimated 185,000 jobs were created last month, down from 216,000 jobs made in March and again not enough […]

Coffee drinking linked to deadly cardiovascular events

Coffee Drinking

Coffee drinking is such an integral part of the daily routine of many people that it is so hard to imagine not doing it. But a new study linking it and other everyday activities to brain aneurysms and strokes may give some pause. A study of 250 people who had a stroke had risk factors […]

Terrorist attack targeting U.S. trains bared by intel report

Terrorist Attack

A terrorist attack was reportedly being planned by Al-Qaeda around early 2010 a decade after the September 11 attacks in New York. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the terrorist attack plot was discovered from documents and computer files from the Pakistan compound where they killed Osama Bin Laden. The agency warned local law […]

Prehistoric man ate grass – lots of it

Prehistoric Man

Prehistoric man, one type at least, seemed to be fond of eating grasses than any other food according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday. Paranthropus boisei, also known as “Nutcracker Man”, was originally believed to have eaten nuts while living in East Africa some 1.4 […]

Chevrolet Cruze owners beware – you car has steering problems

Chevrolet Cruze

  Chevrolet Cruze owners and drivers will need to have their vehicles checked by GM mechanics as the U.S. automaker revealed Wednesday that the model may have steering shaft problems.   GM announced that it is recalling 154,112 units of their top-selling Chevrolet Cruze which were manufactured at their Lordstown, Ohio facility from last summer […]

Soy and vitamin E supplements useless in staving off prostate cancer – study

Soy

Soy, selenium and vitamin E supplements did not reduce the risk of prostate cancer for men who took them daily for three years under a study. Researchers led by Dr. Neil Fleshner of the University Health Network in Toronto gave either a placebo or a combo supplement to 303 men. The combo consisted of 40 […]

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls: destined for greatness

Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls is hardly like other high-profile NBA players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant who hogs the limelight. He just  nonchalantly went about his business as the leader of the Bulls this season, letting his game on the court speak for itself. All the hard work of Derrick Rose finally […]

Budget deficit cutting strategy unveiled by Barack Obama

Budget Deficit

  The U.S. budget deficit will be $4 trillion less within 12 years if President Barack Obama’s plan comes to fruition. In a speech today at Georgetown University, Obama unveiled his revamped plan to bring down the budget deficit through a series of tax hikes and spending cuts. “We have to live within our means, […]

Yellow cab of New York goes high-tech

Yellow Cab

Yellow cab taxis of New York City are getting the high-tech makeover with the Big Apple’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” project. In an announcement, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that the Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. has beat other bidders of the competition to build the next-generation yellow cab. Nissan will use its NV200 minivan […]

Love handles and fat bellies can send you to an early grave

Love Handles

Love handles and bulging bellies are linked by a new report to a higher risk of early deaths. The study appeared Monday in the online edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Experts examined 16,000 patients with heart disease and concluded that those with the biggest waistlines and love handles were most […]

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