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H1N1 flu spreads to remote corners of the world: WHO
NewsDaily
There may be no escape from H1N1 pandemic flu, which according to the latest World Health Organization figures has spread to the most remote parts of the planet including popular island getaways.
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H1N1 flu spreads to remote corners of the world: WHO
NewsDaily
There may be no escape from H1N1 pandemic flu, which according to the latest World Health Organization figures has spread to the most remote parts of the planet including popular island getaways.
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SolarAid Wins Accolades: Solar Power Changing Lives
TreeHugger
Charity supports solar in developing countries
It's a while since we announced the launch of SolarAid, a UK-based charity aimed at relieving poverty through solar...
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Stat of the Day: US Has Enough Empty Houses to Hold All of Britain
TreeHugger
Paul Kedrosky crunches numbers from Bloomberg and makes them far more astounding:
According to the latest data, the number of vacant U.S. homes...
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‘Word of Mouth’ Taste-Tests Reverse-Engineered KFC Recipe
Serious Eats
"A single bite of the homemade KFC is enough. It's like biting into a dew-fresh ripe peach after eating a canned one. It's obviously the same thing but an order of magnitude...
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Microsoft Store concept revealed in leaked design presentation?
engadget
Microsoft's very real brick-and-mortar stores are not too far off now, and it looks like Gizmodo got its hands on a Powerpoint presentation purportedly from "design and brand strategy" consultant...
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How Often Do You Get Delivery?
yumsugar
The other day, my guy and I were seeking something to eat late-night, and I suggested Thai or Italian delivery. He immediately turned it down, saying he's not a fan of dialing out for delivery,...
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Valve Adds New Family Genre to Steam Distribution
Geek Dad
This past week, Valve added a new family genre to their Steam distribution service. They currently have about 200 family-friendly games in the newly developed category (although a...
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US Chamber Of Commerce Opposes Possible Carbon Tariff: Indicates “Green Trade War” May Result
TreeHugger
Steel factory in the northern Indian city of Kanpur.
Image credit: Reuters/Pawan Kumar
Knee-jerk opposition to the possibility of a carbon tariff on imported goods is the predetermined...
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Ironically, Wind is a Problem When Building Wind Turbines
TreeHugger
Too Bad We Can't Put Them Where There's No Wind...
Green Inc had a short piece about the problems that - ironically - wind is causing to those who transport and build wind...
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Note to White House: Netanyahu is Obama’s Khrushchev
The Washington Note
I am off to Athens, Greece this evening to meet with some folks and to ponder what Socrates, Plato and Thucydides would say about Barack Obama's coming showdown with Bibi Netanyahu over East Jerusalem.
Netanyahu is very clearly Obama's Khrushchev.
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Biomarkers Promising For Identifying Alzheimer’s Disease
Food and Health
Early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may soon be possible, thanks to a group of Swedish researchers. According to the new study, the biomarkers were accurate in identifying patients who had mild cognitive impairment (MCI)...
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Experimental Lupus Drug Shows Some Promise: Report
Empowher
An experimental drug for the autoimmune disease lupus has produced favorable results in a company-sponsored study. It could potentially become the first new drug for lupus in 50 years, USA Today reported.
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Cutting the Fat from the US Defense Budget is Green: Obama Scraps the F-22
TreeHugger
It doesn't take a green blogger to tell you that the government's defense budget is bloated--and that we're manufacturing way more weapons and vehicles than necessary....
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AIDS-like Illness Found in African Chimps
Clinical Trial Results
Scientists have discovered that a species of African chimp can develop the equivalent of AIDS when infected with an HIV-like virus, a finding that could shed light on how the disease wreaks havoc in people.
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