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Jerry Sloan-less Jazz lose first game sans legendary coach

Jerry Sloan

Jerry Sloan was no longer in the side lines to call the shots for the Utah Jazz after nearly 23 years, and the team fell to the visiting Phoenix Suns 95-83 on Friday in its first game without their long-time coach. With the win, the Suns moved one game above .500 for the first time […]

Angelina Jolie film “Salt” adjudged riskiest

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie, who played the role of CIA agent Evelyn Salt in the action thriller “Salt”, may not win accolades for her portrayal but the film has garnered a unique award. The Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, which ensures four out of five Hollywood films, has adjudged “Salt” as the riskiest film of the year. In […]

Prostate cancer genome code cracked by medical scientists

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer researchers announced today a breakthrough with the complete mapping of the genome of the disease that can lead to better treatment for patients, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Medical researchers fully sequenced seven types of prostate cancer tumors and analyzed them against the code of normal tissue. The findings […]

Rumors swirl that Angelina Jolie is adopting another kid

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie and husband Brad Pitt are reportedly planning to adopt another child to add to their growing family. A Haitian girl named Leah from an orphanage in the poor Caribbean country is said to become the new addition to the family and the seventh child of the celebrity couple. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie […]

Michener Museum to feature Muhammad Ali photos

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali photos about the legendary boxer’s personal life will be featured in an exhibit at The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Philadelphia from February 19 to May 19. The same exhibit will feature pictures of iconic singer Elvis Presley during the early stage of his career. It was taken by a young […]

Interest waivers on unemployment benefits offered to states

Unemployment Benefits

Interest on loans for unemployment benefits owed by states and businesses to the federal government  might be waived under a plan by the Obama administration. Some $42.3 billion have been lent to states to cover jobless benefits. Under the plan, states and companies will no longer have to pay interest amounting to $1.3 billion for […]

High-speed rail projects closer to reality with fund allocation

High-Speed Rail

High-speed rail projects in California and Florida are one step closer to fruition with the allocation of $53 billion in federal funding that will supplement the total funding for those rail programs. By providing partial funding from the federal government, the White House is encouraging states to pour in their own funding to get the […]

Sovereignty of Southern Sudan to be acknowledged by July

Sudan

The United States is ready to recognize the sovereignty of Southern Sudan after its split with Sudan through a recent referendum. The southern part will have its independence in July, taking with it about 75 percent of Sudan’s oil production at 490,000 barrels a day. “After decades of conflict, the images of million of southern Sudanese […]

Junk food makes your children dumb, study says

Junk Food

British researchers said that young children who eat lots of processed and junk food will have lower IQ when they grow up, although the decline is minimal. The study, published Monday in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health of the British Medical Association, was the biggest study of its kind so far. About 14,000 […]

Weight loss procedure reverses structural damage to heart

Weight Loss

A weight loss procedure called gastric bypass surgery can reverse the structural damage seen in hearts of obese people, a study published Feb. 18 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows. Obesity has been linked to structural changes in the heart such as thicker heart muscle or enlargement which can lead to […]

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