Year of Tiger 2010
HONG KONG — It’s the Year of the Tiger, but Chinese fortune tellers say it’ll be a rough patch for the world’s most famous one: disgraced golfer Tiger Woods.
Other predictions: [...]
Frankincense: Could be a cure for cancer
The gift given by the wise men to the baby Jesus probably came across the deserts from Oman. The BBC’s Jeremy Howell visits the country to ask whether a commodity [...]
Third-hand smoke is dangerous
(BBC NEWS) – Lingering residue from tobacco smoke which clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, work in PNAS journal shows.
Berkeley scientists in the US ran lab [...]
Forties pregnancy warning
(BBC NEWS) – Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that they cannot get pregnant past a certain age.
The Family Planning Association (FPA) believes the message [...]
MYX Music Awards 2010 Nominees
Here are the nominees for the MYX Music Awards 2010:
Favorite Music Video
Antukin by Rico Blanco (MMA 1 & Send to 2366)
Bahay Kubo by Hale (MMA 2 & Send to 2366)
Diamond [...]
Artificial pancreas hope for Diabetes
(BBC NEWS) – Scientists in Cambridge have shown that an “artificial pancreas” can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes.
A trial found that combining a [...]
Power of Mind can Stop Ageing
In 1979 psychologist Ellen Langer carried out an experiment to find if changing thought patterns could slow ageing. But the full story of the extraordinary experiment has been hidden until [...]
Michael Jackson’s doctor to be charged
Los Angeles prosecutors will file a criminal case against Michael Jackson’s doctor on Monday in connection with the singer’s death, officials say.
Dr Conrad Murray’s legal team says it expects him [...]
List of 82nd annual Academy Award nominees
Complete list of 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:
1. Best Picture: “Avatar,” “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious: Based on the Novel [...]
15 Things You Never Noticed on a Dollar
Pull a buck from your wallet now and prepare to be amazed.
We’re serious. Did you know a dollar bill has hidden pictures, flecks of color, and mysterious symbols? And that’s [...]
52nd Grammy Awards Winners
Here’s the list of nominees and winners (in BOLD) for the 52nd Grammy Awards:
Album Of The Year:
I Am…Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé
The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas
The Fame — Lady [...]
November 2009 PRC Nursing Board Exam Results
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 37,527 out of 94,462 or 39.73% passed the Nursing Board Exam given by the Board of Nursing last November 2009.
Complete [...]
Obama’s State of the Union speech
Text of President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union speech, as prepared for delivery on Wednesday and provided by the White House.
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Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, [...]
Sinosauropteryx had ginger feathers
(BBC NEWS) – Meet Sinosauropteryx, a very spiky little dinosaur.
A team of scientists from China and the UK has now revealed that the bristles of this 125-million-year-old dinosaur were in [...]
Ugly Betty cancelled in US
Award-winning TV comedy Ugly Betty has been axed in the US after four series, TV network ABC has announced.
The show, starring America Ferrera as a style-challenged woman working at a [...]
