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INSIDE WASHINGTON: GOP raising money from docs
The Republican Party is harnessing the furious debate over health care to raise campaign cash from doctors, dangling the promise of including donors' names in advertising that attacks President Barack...
Canadian broadband is world-class: ISP-funded report
Canada is doing very well in broadband availability, speeds, affordability and coverage as compared to other countries, according to a new study funded by the country's largest internet providers.
Ciena bids $521M for Nortel business units
(AP) -- Ciena Corp. is offering cash and stock worth $521 million to acquire some of Nortel's most-prized remaining business units as the fallen telecommunications company continues to liquidate.
Police sketch artist evolves
Criminals are having a harder time hiding their faces, thanks to new software that helps witnesses recreate and recognise suspects using principles borrowed from the fields of optics and genetics...
Research gives new meaning to 'green' cross code
Pedestrians could reduce the amount of traffic pollution they breathe in simply by crossing the street, according to the latest research from the University of Leeds...
Solving The Period Problem: Researchers Develop Sanitary Pads From Local, Organic Materials
For most women, their "time of the month" is seen as a hindrance to daily life. In impoverished and developing countries, however, monthly periods are a major cause for concern....
National Briefing | Health: Schools Selling Fewer Sugary Snacks
A new government report finds that fewer American high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students.
World-first sustainable racing car to take on Formula 3 at Brands Hatch (w/ Video)
Can the idea of 'green motorsport' actually work? Yes, according to Dr Kerry Kirwan at the University of Warwick, who led the research team which designed and built the worldfirst...
Adobe to offer Flash to iPhone developers
(AP) - Adobe Systems says developers for Apple's iPhone will be able to use its video-enabling software, Flash, to create applications for the device for the first time.
Blogger payola getting a pass in Canada
U.S. authorities are using the threat of big fines to force bloggers to disclose their relationships with the companies they write about, but jurisidictional confusion means no similar mechanisms exist...
Recovery Seen For Europe's Industry
Business: But chemical executives warn of legislative obstacles to success.
Corporations rethinking IT's role in cutting corporate costs, boosting productivity
The current recession has focused top information technology executives on cost-cutting, but they are not slashing jobs the way they did in previous economic downturns, according to a 2009 benchmark...
Innovation summit panelists debate Canada's future
The West is going to have to change the way it teaches science and math if it wants to stay competitive with the rest of the world, a panel of...
IBM was only bidder for Ontario eHealth contract: Caplan
Health Minister David Caplan says the provincial Liberal government was never advised not to award a $30-million computer contract to IBM.
Hormone discards plant pesticide residue
HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say they've discovered a plant hormone applied to crops can help plants eliminate certain pesticide residues.
Shroud of Turin Called a Fake
An Italian scientists says he has created a fake Shroud of Turin ... just like the other one, he says.
Intellectual property vital for agricultural innovation
Intellectual property must be protected to encourage technical innovations in agriculture, says Javier Fernandez of CropLife Latin America.
Video: On The Street: Living Forever
In The Future of Us, we looked at the astonishing strides being made in life expectancy. Our new Tomorrow Show correspondent Shira Lazar hit the streets of Los Angeles to...
U.S. food retailers to fight child obesity
Retailers and food manufacturers in the U.S. launched a national effort Monday aimed at helping to reduce obesity, especially in children, by 2015.
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Some Affy Tapple caramel apples recalled
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of certain Affy Tapple-brand caramel apples due to a labeling error.
Some Krumbleez cookies recalled in Canada
OTTAWA, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people allergic to milk products not to consume certain Krumbleez-brand dairy-free cookies.
US online ads fell 5 pct to $5.43 billion in 2Q
(AP) -- Newly released statistics show that Internet advertising in the U.S. fell 5 percent in the second quarter as the recession continued to crimp marketing budgets.
Post-Racial? NC State Expert Weighs In On the Current State of Race Relations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many pundits professed the dawn of a `post-racial` era following the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president.
Court halts Ohio execution, cites injection flaws
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Monday halted the execution of an inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection attempt....
Motorola Provides World's First Live 2.6GHz TD-LTE Drive Demonstration
Motorola announced today that it has successfully deployed a Time Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network in the streets of Geneva to support China Mobile Communications Corporation`s presence at the...
Wi-Fi signals can see through walls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Utah, USA, have discovered that variations in signal strengths in wireless networks can be used to "see" movements of people on the other...
Cities Chop Down Stinky Ginko Trees
Now Iowa city and others are chopping the stinkers down.