Archive for: November, 2010

Disastrous Dallas Cowboys season start got Phillips sacked

Wade Phillips

The Dallas Cowboys fired head coach Wade Phillips after he guided the team to a disappointing 1-7 start to the season, a far cry from the team’s lofty goal of playing in the Super Bowl in their new $1.2 billion arena. Jason Garrett, the team’s offensive coordinator, was named by Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones as […]

Promising drugs for rheumatoid arthritis unveiled by Pfizer, Genentech

Hand with rheumatoid arthritis

Pfizer Inc. and Genentech Inc. announced this weekend that their respective drugs have produced satisfactory results to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. The companies said that treatment objectives were met by the promising drug in the clinical trials conducted. Tasocitinib, otherwise known as CP-690 550, relieved signs and symptoms of moderate and severe cases of […]

Accidents due to drowsy driving on the rise, study reveals

Driving

Roughly 41 percent of American drivers admitted that they have felt drowsy or completely dozed off while driving, according to a recent study made by the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety. Eleven percent of those surveyed said that they had fallen asleep behind the wheel at least once in the last 12 months, […]

Vitamin E increases risk of internal bleeding stroke

Vitamin E

Vitamin E supplements, thought to prevent strokes, may actually increase the risk for brain attacks, according to a new study published today in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal. Harvard researchers said that vitamin E upped the risk of a particularly lethal kind of stroke by as much as 22 percent. The vitamin, […]

Obama to discuss tax cuts with Republicans – avoiding brinkmanship

Tax form

U.S. President Barack Obama said today that he is willing to discuss with Republicans an extension of Bush-era tax cuts that are expiring on December 31. Fresh from their electoral triumph and subsequently regaining control of the House of Representatives, the Republicans would most likely be much tougher to negotiate with to extend the cuts […]

Modern monarch Queen Elizabeth launches Facebook page

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth II has joined social networking site Facebook, with official pages announcing her royal engagements and other regular updates, Buckingham Palace announced this weekend. The pages will feature news articles, pictures and video clips of the 84-year-old British monarch and the rest of the British royal family, including her grandsons William and Harry. Facebook’s […]

Michael Jackson never before heard music released in December

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson, the departed King of Pop, has a new album slated for release in December, his record label Epic Records announced on Friday. The new album, entitled “Michael”, would feature tracks that were never heard or released before to the market. A teaser of the music would be available on his website over the […]

Unaware American travelers risk bringing home tropical diseases

Airport

As much as 46 percent of the 30 million American travelers who went to poor countries every year did not seek some form of advice regarding health risks, according to a new survey. About 1,200 travelers who left overseas through the Boston Logan International Airport participated in the study, which was published in the Journal […]

Risk of landslides as Tropical storm Tomas slams Haiti

Storm

Tropical storm Tomas barrelled through the Caribbean on Friday, bringing with it heavy rains and howling winds in Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center announced. As of 11 p.m. EDT, the storm was spotted 160 kilometers or 100 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 370 kilometers west-southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital of […]

Disney park soon to be built in Shanghai after years of negotiations

Disney studio

Residents of mainland China may soon come in droves to a new Disney theme park to be constructed in Shanghai. Walt Disney Co. and Shanghai Shendi Group have finalized a deal for the establishment of the park in the city, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Walt Disney Co. said that it is still […]

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