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August 13, 2008
Topics cancer, parking, airport, dead, angel, boston, route, names, shopping, beach, medical, island, england, fire, help, wife, family, people and couple
An Angel Flight New England (AFNE) plane crashed in a supermarket parking lot here Tuesday morning killing the pilot, a cancer patient and his wife. There were no casualties on the ground. Witnesses saw the single-engine plane stalling before nose-diving at the Hannaford's parking lot on Robert Drive near Route 106 at 10:25 a. m. The plane exploded into a fireball.
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August 12, 2008
It is possible to be fat and fit at the same time, a surprising new study has revealed. In the first national study of its kind, researchers found that at least half of overweight adults, and close to a third of obese men and women, have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and other measures of heart health. Researchers from the University of Michigan also found that close to a quarter of U. S. adults in the recommended-weight range had risk factors for heart disease or diabetes. That means some 16 million of them are at risk for heart problems, the study said.
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August 11, 2008
Topics computer, world, olympics, birds, camera, real, television, newspaper, people, man, toys, helicopter, cover, food and fire
The nation that gave the world counterfeit toys, fake toothpaste and poisoned pet food also gave 3 billion television viewers a bogus fireworks show of Olympic proportions Friday night, according to media reports Monday. The spectacular fireworks telecast to billions of viewers around the world at the end of the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics Friday night were largely faked using computer animation and the audience wasn't told, the Beijing Times newspaper revealed.
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August 11, 2008
With the scorching hot subways and the elevated temperatures brought by summer, people here have been turning to Botox treatments to stop sweating. Botulinum toxin, or Botox, can be used not just to stop wrinkles, but to stop sweating as well. An injection of the poison can cut off the nerves to the sweat glands.
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August 11, 2008
Topics science, light, waves, airplane, nature, technology, metal, military, army, led, california, university, water, office and people
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been able to hide three-dimensional objects by using artificially engineered materials that redirected lights around the object. The discovery is one step closer to hiding people and objects from visible light. The researchers, led by Xiang Zhang, used metamaterials that deflected light, radar or other waves around an object such as water flowing around a smooth stone in a river.
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