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Articles: Renewed calls for alternative browsers

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 01:00 AM

	It's been a bad week for many users of Microsoft Corp.'s nearly ubiquitous Internet Explorer browser. Read full article: 'Renewed calls for alternative browsers'

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Articles: IBM begins testing supercharged barcodes

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:58 AM

	International Business Machines Corp opened a test center for radio tags in Nice, France on Thursday to keep up with fast growing interest from retailers, manufacturers and transport firms. Read full article: 'IBM begins testing supercharged barcodes'

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Articles: FDA warns of 'permanent makeup' scarring

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:55 AM

	The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Friday warning of possible disfigurements from injecting permanent ink as eyeliner, lip liner or eyebrow coloring. Read full article: 'FDA warns of 'permanent makeup' scarring'

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Articles: Support in Senate for stem cell research

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:53 AM

	Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican supporter of embryonic stem cell research, said Sunday there is wide support in the Senate to ease the Bush administration's restrictive policy. Read full article: 'Support in Senate for stem cell research'

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Articles: Western diet hikes stroke risk, study finds

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:50 AM

	Add stroke to the list of health problems caused by a Western diet rich in red meat, white flour and sugar, researchers have said. Read full article: 'Western diet hikes stroke risk, study finds'

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Articles: Bush, Kerry hit hustings for 4th

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:46 AM

Both major-party presidential candidates were on the campaign stump on Independence Day, with President Bush saying he had made America safer by toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Sen. John Kerry appearing in Iowa with another Democratic vice presidential possibility. Mr. Bush told a cheering crowd outside the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston that "because we acted, the dictator, the brutal tyrant, is sitting in a prison cell."

Read full article: 'Bush, Kerry hit hustings for 4th'

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Articles: A poor excuse for health reform

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:42 AM

	Alone among provinces, Alberta has the luxury of going it alone on health policy -- of telling Ottawa to keep its transfers while the province experiments with bold new ways of delivering care. Pat Nelson, the province's Finance Minister, announced last week that Alberta had finished the 2003-04 budget year with a $4-billion surplus. Read full article: 'A poor excuse for health reform'

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Articles: Listerine, baby oil solution helps pets

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:39 AM

	Q. You have written about a formula using Listerine for hot spots on dogs. I tried it, and it works great, but we've nearly used it up, and I lost the instructions. Could you give them again? Read full article: 'Listerine, baby oil solution helps pets'

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Articles: Prickly, quickly

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:37 AM

	Very occasionally, after one too many glasses of holiday celebration, a person will wake up with a splitting headache, a mouth as dry as a dehumidified desert and a resolve never again to drink anything stronger than tea. Read full article: 'Prickly, quickly'

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Articles: Valenti Departing MPAA

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:30 AM

Jack Valenti has officially announced the end of his tenure as president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The silver-haired 82-year-old pitchman carved his niche in entertainment industry history as the originator of the movie rating system. He also fought hard against the VCR, a device he likened to "the Boston Strangler." In recent years, Valenti concentrated on a campaign against piracy—not only the wholesale industrial variety, but against small scale copying by movie fans for personal use, an effort that has not endeared him to the civil libertarian element among home entertainment enthusiasts.

Read full article: 'Valenti Departing MPAA'

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