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Osteoporosis medicine prevents growth of breast cancer cell

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A new research has demonstrated that drug bazedoxifene packs can cut the growth of breast cancer cells, even in resistant tumors. The findings show that medicines prescribed for osteoporosis cut growth both in estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells and in cells that had developed resistance to current targeted therapies, according to a Duke Cancer Institute study. “We found bazedoxifene binds... 

Despite drug war, heroin use is growing in the U.S.

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The U.S. has already spent $1 trillion on the drug war, but drug traffic increases in the country. Despite the trillion dollars spent on the drug war, the United States continues living with the epidemic of heroin use. According to the annual report of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health Institute (NSDUH), there was a significant increase in trafficking throughout the country. And additionally:... 

Voting machines in Kansas, Ohio reportedly changing Romney votes to Obama

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An election official goes through the steps to check voting machines for accuracy. Voters in Ohio and Kansas have said that some voting machines used in early voting are changing Romney votes for Obama, two separate reports said Wednesday. According to the Marion Star, early voter Joan Stevens tried to cast her ballot for Mitt Romney, but the machine kept defaulting to Barack Obama. “Upon selecting... 

Concerns on the rise as Hurricane Sandy expected to hit 26 nuclear power plants

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Millions of Americans are preparing to lose electricity as Hurricane Sandy speeds up the East Coast, but downed power lines might be the least of their worries: the projected path of the storm has Sandy hitting as many as 26 nuclear plants. More than two dozen nuclear facilities up and down the East Coast could be ravaged by a storm expected to be of epic proportions this week. Arnie Gundersen, the... 

US East Coast Badly Flooded As Frankenstorm Sandy Hits Hard

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Hurricane Sandy has forced evacuations all the way up Eastern Seaboard, though it has yet to make landfall. As many as 50 million people could end up in harm’s way, with New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Virginia already seeing flooding. ­The storm, which the National Hurricane Center now ranks as a category 1, is set to make landfall along the New Jersey coast Monday evening, with hurricane-force... 

Obama Marks the End of the 9 year Iraq War

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US President Barack Obama delivers remarks to troops and military families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, December 14, 2011. US President Barack Obama has marked the end of the nearly nine-year Iraq war that strained America’s armed forces and damaged to its status worldwide. “It is harder to end a war than to begin one,” Obama said in his speech to about 3,000 soldiers gathered at... 

Primate research to benefit paralyzed

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A new brain implant method enables monkeys to use a virtual arm controlled by the animal's brain. An international team of scientists has developed a new method of brain implantation which may enable the paralyzed to walk again in near future. According to naturenews, researchers at the Duke University in North Carolina have devised a brain implant procedure that enables monkeys to examine virtual... 

Hurricane Irene damages exceed $10 billion

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A car is seen in a sink hole after rains from Hurricane Irene washed out a section of a road in New Jersey. Hurricane Irene has caused more than USD 10 billion in damages to the United States after it swept the east coast with heavy winds and flooding, a leading risk-assessment firm says. Eqecat, a risk assessment company, has estimated that over 40 million people living on US east coast were hit with... 

Thousands secretly sterilized in America

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More than 60,000 Americans were victims of state-sanctioned sterilization during the 20th century. After getting married at age 18, Elaine Riddick desperately tried to start her own family. It wasn’t until she was in her 50s, however, that the North Carolina woman found out that doctors sterilized her when she was a teenager. Riddick was raped at age 13 and says that, when she awoke in a hospital... 

Elderly man jailed in USA after robbing bank for $1

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Richard James Verone, 57, shown in this booking photo, “robbed” a bank for $1 to get health care in prison. A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, North Carolina, on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to... 

Deadly HAARP Attack Caught On Screen!

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The above screen capture was done on April, 15th 2011 - 20:02 UTC (4:02PM EDT). Death toll at 22; 130 injured in NC storms. These two shocking screen captures were provided by this website directly to to us. Twenty-two people were killed and more than 130 injured by tornadoes and severe storms that struck at least 20 counties in North Carolina Saturday, state officials said Sunday. Source The full... 

Daughter of Malcolm X held on $100K bail in NYC

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Booking photo of Malikah Shabazz on Saturday, Feb. 19. A daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X has been extradited to New York City to face charges of identity theft and grand larceny. Malikah Shabazz was held on $100,000 bail after a court appearance Wednesday night in Queens. Shabazz waived extradition from North Carolina, where she was arrested last week on a warrant issued more than a... 

North Carolina man admits plotting terror attacks

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Daniel Patrick Boyd, admitted raising money to carry out attacks abroad. A devout Muslim, whose arrest on terrorism-related charges stunned his neighbours in rural North Carolina, faces the prospect of a life sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to assist violent jihadists and to participate in attacks in foreign countries. Daniel Patrick Boyd, 40, and six other men, including two of his sons,... 

Reverse Discrimination Case Before the Supreme Court

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‘It appears that being white not only is no longer an advantage, but is now a liability’ Thanks to a group of disgruntled firemen, the question of what it means to be white is back in the news. By late June, the Supreme Court will decide whether the city of New Haven, Connecticut was right to throw out the results of a promotions test for lieutenant and captain only because the top scorers were... 
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