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(Photo: WN / Geeta)From June 1, tobacco packs to carry scarier pictures
Packets of Gutka (a product of tobacco) for sale on a stall near Delhi, India...Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Trigedia)One egg a day can help you lose weight
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Portsmouth addict's attack on widow, 90, caught on police camera
| A drug addict was caught on camera as she terrorised a 90-year-old great-grandmother with a knife while she robbed her. Margaret Killeen, who had only a towel covering her, was tied up and threatened when she answered the door of her flat in Gosport, Hampshire. | Clai...Full Story
Malcolm Calvert, former Cazenove partner, guilty of insider dealing
| A former partner at Cazenove was convicted of insider dealing yesterday after making more than £100,000 profit from trading ahead of three takeovers. | Malcolm Calvert, 65, sat motionless in the dock at the Southwark Crown Court as a jury returned guilty verdicts on f...Full Story
A little black box to jog failing memory
A little black box to jog failing memory | Pittsburg, March 10: On a cold, wet afternoon not long ago, Aron Reznick sat in the lounge of a home for the elderly here, his silver hair neatly combed, his memory a fog. He could not remember Thanksgiving dinner with his fami...Full Story
Rove on Rove: A Conversation With the Former Bush Senior Adviser
| Karl Rove, the former senior adviser and deputy White House chief of staff under President George W. Bush, on Tuesday published a memoir, “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.” The Times caught up with him in New York to talk ab...Full Story
Rodriguez Says Lawyers Are Scheduling Interview With Authorities
| Alex Rodriguez said on Wednesday that his lawyers were working on scheduling an interview with federal authorities investigating a Canadian-based doctor for allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs, but that he hoped it would be in Florida and not Buffalo, s...Full Story
Iran and U.S. Trade Barbs in Kabul Visit
| KABUL, Afghanistan — The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, shot back Wednesday at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of playing its own “double game” in the country and warning ...Full Story
Tycoon Wins Libel Suit in Ex-Spy's Murder Case
| Boris A. Berezovsky, a self-exiled Russian tycoon, won a libel suit in London on Wednesday against a Russian satellite broadcaster that had linked him to the murder in 2006 of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a onetime aide and former K.G.B. operative who was poisoned with a ...Full Story
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Thu 11 Mar 2010
Panel Releases Proposal to Set U.S. Standards for Education
The New York Times | Culminating a year’s work, a panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents released a set of proposed common academic standards on Wednesday. The standards, posted on the panel’s web site, ...
Rodriguez Says He Will Cooperate With Investigation of Doctor
The New York Times | Alex Rodriguez said on Wednesday that his lawyers were working on scheduling an interview with federal authorities investigating a Canadian-based doctor for allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs, but that he hoped it would be in Florid...
Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security
The New York Times | JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals said on Wednesday, an admission that raised concerns about the coun...
An Old Essay Used to Explain a New Movement
The New York Times | NEW YORK — The name Richard Hofstadter has been summoned up a lot lately in liberal opinion columns and the blogosphere as an eloquent and intellectually impeccable explanation for political developments like the Tea Party movement, the stard...
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
The New York Times | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visit follows recent trips to Riyadh by Secretary of S...
Partial Iraq Vote Results Expected by Thursday
The New York Times | BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of parliamentary elections by Thursday, a United Nations official said, offering an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad ou...
Arsenal Saunters While Bayern Survives
The New York Times | LONDON — As Muhammad Ali demonstrated, sports fans will warm to a braggart provided he lives up to his boasts. | News and features from around the world of soccer and the Web. Go to the Goal Blog | Followers of Arsenal have waited a long, lon...
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
The Boston Globe | COLUMBIA, S.C.-When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. | Three decades later, she froze to death at age...
Gardasil benefits versus risks, you decide (video)
The Examiner | In 2006, the vaccine Gardasil, manufactured by Merck & Company Inc., was approved for use in girls/women, ages 9 to 26, to prevent cervical cancer that is supposedly caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). | In 2009, the same vaccine was appr...
Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
Philadelphia Daily News | SEANNA ADCOX | The Associated Press | COLUMBIA, S.C. - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. | Three ...
Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
Yahoo Daily News | COLUMBIA, S.C. – When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. | Three decades later, she froze to deat...
Once-revered South Carolina lawmaker freezes to death alone in rented home at 75
Star Tribune | COLUMBIA, S.C. - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. | Three decades later, she froze to death at a...
Ex-Cazenove partner Malcolm Calvert guilty of insider dealing
The Guardian | • Retired partner at Queen's stockbroker faces jail | • Third successful prosecution of insider trading by FSA | Malcolm Calvert, former partner at the Queen's stockbroker Cazenove, was found guilty of insider dealing. Photograph: Dominic Lipin...
Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
Breitbart | FILE - Juanita Goggins is seen in a 1974 file photo in Rock Hill, S.C. Gogg... | COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice vi...
Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
Newsvine | COLUMBIA — When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. | Three decades later, she froze to death at a...
Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. | Three decades later, she froze to death ...
Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman when a museum of African American history opens on the National Mall. | On Wednesday, historian Charles L. Blockson don...
Groups aim again to reduce spanking in NC schools
The News & Observer | RALEIGH, N.C. -- Children's advocates in North Carolina who lost a political tussle over corporal punishment in the public schools last year are trying again this year by focusing on a spanking ban for children with disabilities. | Action for Child...
Police search for missing Wadena man
MSNBC updated 3:18 p.m. ET March 10, 2010 | WADENA, Minn. -- Police in Wadena are looking for the public's help to find a missing vulnerable adult. | Seventy-six-year-old David Delano Paulson was last seen on Monday, March 8. Authorities say he has dementi...
Kendall Law Group Plans Class Action on Behalf of Medivation, Inc. Shareholders
Stockhouse DALLAS, Mar 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | Kendall Law Group announced today that it plans to join a lawsuit on behalf of shareholders of Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) alleging securities violations by Medivation and certain of its officers for fail...
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