Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets suffered a stress fracture in his left ankle and will be out for the rest of the National Basketball Association season. The Chinese hoops star had already missed all of last season because of a fracture in his left foot. The two injuries are unrelated. Its another major blow […]
Like on many occasions before, the ball was in the hands of Paul Pierce with time winding down — twelve seconds in regulation. He used a screen by Kevin Garnett and made a step-back jumper over Amar’e Stoudemire with 0.4 seconds left on the clock, sealing the win for the visiting Celtics over the New […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revving up its campaign against illegal supplements including weight loss, muscle-building, and sexual enhancement pills. The agency said that the proliferation of affordable health supplements in the market may pose a danger to public health because some of the products contain toxic ingredients. The FDA warned manufacturers to […]
Pot use has risen among American teenagers but drinking has dropped, a new study released on Tuesday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) shows. The NIH 2010 Monitoring the Future Survey says that pot use in high school seniors rose from 5.2 percent in 2009 to 6.1 percent this year. Those in 10th […]
Television game show “Jeopardy!” will air a special edition this winter featuring a contest between human contestants and an IBM supercomputer. The show will highlight the extent of how computers can make decisions just like human beings. Former “Jeopardy!” champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings will return to match wits against IBM’s “Watson” supercomputer which […]
Lifting the current military gay ban would put U.S. troops at risk, the head of the U.S. Marine Corps told reporters at the Pentagon today. Commandant General James Amos reiterated his stance against the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy since it would unnecessarily endanger U.S. servicemen in combat duty in Afghanistan and […]
The ancient Chinese treatment of acupuncture has been shown in a small study to be effective in treating lazy eye in children, but the researchers said a larger study should validate their findings. Also called amblyopia, lazy eye is a condition where there is poor vision of one eye because the other one is favored […]
A lobby group consisting of vehicle manufacturers, regulators, clean air advocates, and motorist associations unveiled a plan on Monday to make California the leading state in the country to have electric vehicles on its streets. To make their plan viable, the group wants to install plenty of charging terminals in homes, malls, office buildings, car […]
The southwestern United States could be hit by drought conditions lasting up to 60 years, the severity and length of which have never been seen since the 12th century, American researchers warn in a study published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on December 13. Scientists at the […]
“The Social Network”, the film by David Fincher about the story behind social media site Facebook, was named the best picture of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Fincher won the honor for best director in a tie with Olivier Assayas, who helmed the terrorist film “Carlos”. Colin Firth was best actor […]
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