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[Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Apple Reinvents Film Biz With iTunes Movie Rentals
Deals with all the major film studios could help Steve Jobs revolutionize the way people watch films at home (or anywhere, really). SSRI Antidepressants Do Not Pose Major Birth Defect Risk
Researchers have found that certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants do not appear to increase the risk for most kinds of birth defects. The findings suggest that individual SSRIs may increase the risk for some specific defects, but these are rare and the absolute risks are small. Lee Pickett Photographs
"The Lee Pickett collection of over 900 photographs documents scenes from Snohomish, King and Chelan Counties in Washington State from the early 1900s to the 1940s. ... Pickett was perhaps best known for his job as official photographer for the Great Northern Railway Company."The site features photos of the Great Northern Railway and its Cascade tunnel construction, quarrying, logging, automobiles, and the city of Index, Washington. From the University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections. Large-scale Projects in Berlin: Memorial to the Murdered Jews in Europ
"On 25 June 1999 the German Bundestag passed a resolution on the construction of a Memorial to the murdered Jews in Europe."This site features an overview of the project (which was completed in 2005) and its design "by the New York architect, Peter Eisenman, [which] marks a radical departure from the traditional memorial concept."Provides a video showing images of the memorial. In English and German. From the Senate Department of Urban Development, Berlin. Nanotubes for the hydrogen economy
Finding an inexpensive and sustainable source of hydrogen will be critical to the success of the so-called hydrogen economy in which fuel cells and other devices are driven by the gas. Advanced Therapy Offers Cure For Relapsed Cancer Patient
Testicular cancer patients who do not respond to traditional therapy can be cured with high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, according to a new study. About 90 percent of testicular cancer patients respond to traditional therapy. Scavenger Cells Could Be Key To Treating HIV-related Dementia
Macrophages, long-living white blood cells often considered the scavengers of the immune system, actually may damage a part of the brain where many memories are stored in their attempt to attack HIV. Major Genetic Risk Factor Found For Prostate Cancer With The Highest I
Harvard Medical School researchers have identified a DNA segment on chromosome 8 that is a major risk factor for prostate cancer, especially in African American men. The paper appears in the August 21 electronic edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Multi-Species Genome Comparison Sheds New Light On Evolutionary Proces
An international team that includes researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has discovered that mammalian chromosomes have evolved by breaking at specific sites rather than randomly as long thought - and that many of the breakage hotspots are also involved in human cancer.
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