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Watch Out for Holiday E-Mails Warns UAB's Computer Forensics Researchers
Dec 27, 2007
Clicking on Web links in holiday-related e-mail messages is a dangerous practice that could put your identity or your computer in the hands of criminals.
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University President Ranks America's Most Literate Cities
Dec 27, 2007
The annual America's Most Literate Cities ranking, published today in "USA Today," measures the cultural resources for reading in America's largest cities. It names Minneapolis, Seattle, St. Paul, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Boston as the most literate US cities, in that order.
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EarthCam Announces Ninth Annual '25 Most Interesting Webcams' for 2007
Dec 27, 2007
EarthCam, the world's favorite webcam network and recognized authority on the Internet camera industry has released its ninth annual list of the world's most interesting webcams.
Leading with the only known webcam transmitting street views from Havana, Cuba, this year's top 25 list (viewable at www.EarthCam.com/top25) honors worldwide Internet camera producers for concept creativity, technology, visual quality and design.
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AFI AWARDS 2007 Moments of Significance Announced
Dec 27, 2007
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the year's AFI Moments of Significance. These seven noteworthy events were determined to have had an impact on the world of the moving image during the calendar year 2007.
Each year, AFI AWARDS adds another volume to the history of American film and television by documenting the collective opinion of the moving image communities, archiving the year's significant moments and honoring the talent and collaborative teams who have created the year's outstanding accomplishments.
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Parade.com's Year-End Pop-Culture Poll Reveals: Americans Most Want to be Stranded on an Island With Stephen Colbert and Other Useless Gossip
Dec 27, 2007
You've seen their names plastered in headlines throughout 2007, but which headline shocked you the most? Which rehab-grad will stay clean for the long haul? Who's the hottest bachelor of them all? Some of our answers will surprise you! Parade.com polled Americans about their opinions on pop culture, entertainment, celebrities and more.
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Health Coverage Improves Health and Reduces Major Heart Complications
Dec 27, 2007
As presidential candidates ramp up their primary campaigns, health care reform looms prominently among voters' main concerns.
A new study in the December 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provides the most comprehensive evidence to date that expanding coverage to people without it leads to demonstrable improvements in health.
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Eighty Things to Watch in 2008
Dec 26, 2007
JWT, the largest advertising agency in the U.S. and the fourth-largest full-service network in the world, today released its list of 80 things to watch in 2008.
"These people, products, places, services and shifts will help to define 2008," says Ann Mack, director of trendspotting at JWT. "By examining what will resonate with people or drive their thinking and behavior, we can identify larger patterns that will shape all of our lives in the years to come."
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Holiday Health Check
Dec 25, 2007
The sweet scent brings back a flurry of childhood memories the minute mom opens the door. She bakes gingerbread cookies just once a year and it's the smell that says "Home for the holidays." Physicians with University of California, San Diego Medical Center and School of Medicine say "Savor the seasonal offerings... just do it sensibly."
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Oral Anti-Diabetic Substance Discovered
Dec 24, 2007
Research in the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science and Science Education of the University of Haifa has discovered a substance that may become an oral treatment for diabetes and its complications. The substance, which is derived from yeast, is called Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF). "The research is now at the stage where the substance has been successfully tested on diabetic rats and was found to reduce sugar and lipids in the blood of the treated animals. The next stage of the research is to evaluate GTF efficacy in humans," said Dr. Nitsa Mirsky, who is conducting the research.
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Are You An Impulse Shopper?
Dec 24, 2007
As the Christmas shopping season moves into its final days, new research from the University of New Hampshire shows that certain shoppers who exhibit distinct cognitive skills are more apt to be impulse buyers.
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