Nick Watney birdied the final hole of the World Golf Championship at Doral Resort and Spa on Sunday to win his third PGA tour title, while Tiger Woods showed some improvement. He scored a 67 for the final round and 16-under for the tournament and won by two strokes over Dustin Johnson who carded a […]
A travel alert has been issued by the United States for its citizens to delay or cancel nonessential trips to Japan after the country was hit by a powerful magnitude 8.9 earthquake and a tsunami that engulfed entire towns. The U.S. State Department is warning travelers about water and food shortages as well as power […]
Swine flu or the H1N1 outbreak in 2009 could have been handled better by health officials, a preliminary report by the World Health Organization said today. The United Nations health agency had formed a committee to look into how effective it was in handling the pandemic. The panel concluded that WHO committed some mistakes that […]
Oil prices have risen 22 percent in the past year and the ongoing tension in the Middle East is likely to make matters worse. The per gallon price of regular gasoline has hit $3.54 yesterday compared to just $2.77 one year earlier, figures from AAA showed. In light of looming oil supply disruptions, some are […]
Emphysema can be detected earlier with a new blood test being developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. If validated by larger studies and approved, the new screening method may be included in an individual’s annual physical examination. The development is good news to smokers who are the most afflicted with emphysema, a lung […]
Pope John Paul II will be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church on May 1, and Vatican officials want more people to know more about the event by putting up a dedicated Facebook page. The late pope was a popular figure not only for Catholics but for the rest of the world during his time, […]
Body scanners used in airports have been subjected to re-testing after transportation officials discovered that erroneous recording of radiation levels were made by some personnel. The move comes after the Transportation Security Administration and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday even allayed fears of the radiation risk from the controversial body scanners. “The amount […]
Angelina Jolie will not be part of the new “Tomb Raider” movie being readied by producer Graham King slated for release in 2013. King, whose credits include the Academy Award winning thriller film “The Departed”, has acquired the movie rights to “Tomb Raider” and plans to reboot the franchise. Angelina Jolie played the character Lara […]
The NFL lockout inched closer to reality as the players and team owners failed to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement to save the 2011 season. The NFL Players Association decertified as a union and said that it will become a professional trade association. That allowed the players to file an antitrust suit against […]
The number of American cancer survivors have grown by hundreds of thousands each year, so much so that at least one in 20 adults in the country today is a cancer survivor. Some 40 years ago, there were about 3 million cancer survivors in the United States. That number rose to 10 million in 2001 […]
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