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Study shows drug that costs $50 works as well as one costing $2,000 a month
Read More »Deep vein blood clots more common in tall, obese men
Tall, obese men are more than five times more likely to develop dangerous blood clots, new research shows
Read More »iFive: Sony Hackers Have Card Data, PayPal Buys Fig Card, Amazon Ditches S. Carolina, Square Secures Reader, Redbox Games Rental
This chart, from Trendistic , shows just how wild Twitter is going over the Royal Wedding--and that's just for the word "wedding" -- "Will" and "Kate" are even more dramatic. 1
Read More »Google’s Click-To-Call Spurs Big-Ticket Item Buying Spree
Google's mobile ads let consumers click a phone number and immediately call an advertiser. You'd be surprised who's using it. A year ago, the Google ads team launched a new feature for mobile phones called Click-to-Call, which, as its name would suggest, lets advertisers include a phone number in their ad that users can click to place a call.
Read More »Deadly Force Now In Aisle 9: Walmart Returning Guns To Its Shelves
It's possible to subsist almost entirely on items found in Walmart (you can even buy tents if you don't have a home), but there's one product found in a quarter of all American households that most Walmarts don't stock: guns. Until now. Walmart is returning the gun counter to a big chunk of its stores.
Read More »Why Coca-Cola Isn’t Ditching BPA
BPA , an estrogen-mimicking chemical found in food and drink can linings, adhesives, and many plastics, has been repeatedly linked to breast cancer, early puberty, infertility, and other health problems. The stuff is really bad for you.
Read More »Grace Park, Song-Hee Kim lead Avent Classic
Grace Park and Song-Hee Kim shot 5-under 67s in windy conditions Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Avnet LPGA Classic, the tour's only event in a six-week stretch.
Read More »Watson, Jones tied in New Orleans
PGT: Bubba Watson and Matt Jones each shoot 6-under 66s to lead a big pack after the first round of the Zurich Classic.
Read More »Why China’s Carbon Emissions May Not Spiral Out Of Control
Your electric car might get you into heaven, but it's not going to save the Earth if China keeps up at its current pace. But while China may remain the world's largest energy consumer and CO2 emitter--that's just what happens when you represent 20% of humanity--the country can still put a dent in its energy and carbon consumption, stabilizing its emissions before mid-century
Read More »PGT: Poulter unhappy at Korean fans stealing his water
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Read More »Recovery.org Releases Mobile Apps, But The Accountability Factor May Backfire
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act poured $787 billion back into our economy. That spectacular price tag became a centerpiece of the right's campaign against the left leading up to the midterm elections, and prompted the Obama administration to justify the stimulus package's effectiveness as critics tried to paint it as yet another example of wasteful government spending. That's partly why the administration has spent $1 million on road signs touting federally funded projects and $18 million on revamping Recovery.org , a site dedicated to monitoring stimulus spending
Read More »All The Queen’s Tweets
There's no Twittering allowed at the royal wedding.
Read More »Autism easier to spot when parents ask these 24 questions (pictures)
Experts say simple 24-question checklist can help identify kids with autism or related disorders
Read More »10 Things to Look for in a Web Hosting Service
Gone are the days when having a website for your business was optional. In fact, many businesses these days can't afford even a few minutes of downtime where their customers can't access their site
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