CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday he would undergo another cancer operation in the coming days after doctors in Cuba found a third recurrence of malignant cells in his pelvic area.The news is a big blow for his supporters in South America’s biggest oil exporter, who elected him in October to a new six-year term in power. Chavez has twice said he was cured, and then...
Dec
08
Venezuela’s Chavez to have another cancer operation
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Texas A&M freshman quarterback Manziel makes Heisman history
Labels: Business 0 commentsNEW YORK (AP) -- He's Johnny Best in Football now - and a freshman, at that.Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first newcomer to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday night after a record-breaking debut.Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished a distant second in the voting and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third. In a Heisman...
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Dec
07
Protesters surge around Egypt’s presidential palace
Labels: World 0 commentsCAIRO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around the presidential palace on Friday and the opposition rejected President Mohamed Mursi‘s call for dialogue to end a crisis that has polarized the nation and sparked deadly clashes.The Islamist leader’s deputy said he could delay a December 15 referendum on a constitution that liberals opposed, although the concession only partly...
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Billionaire Aldi heir dies aged 58
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsFRANKFURT (Reuters) – German billionaire Berthold Albrecht, heir to the Aldi supermarket chain and one of Germany‘s richest men, has died aged 58, his family announced on Friday.Together with his brother Theo Jr, Albrecht’s fortune was estimated at $ 17.8 billion, according to Forbes. That placed them at 32 in the list of Forbes billionaires and second for Germany.“Berthold was a fighter, and full...
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November tax receipts grow, deficit higher: CBO
Labels: Health 0 commentsWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government tax receipts grew at a healthy 6 percent pace in November as employment and wages improved, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday, but the month’s deficit still rose, largely because of benefit payment calendar shifts.Should the revenue growth trend continue, it could buy the U.S. Treasury Department slightly more time before it runs out of borrowing capacity...
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Court takes on same-sex marriage: What’s at stake
Labels: Business 0 commentsIn a historic step that rivals other Supreme Court moves into the center of America’s cultural character, the justices on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of federal and state laws that deny marriage rights or marital benefits to same-sex couples. But the move carried with it the potential for stopping short of settling the core constitutional issue.The court’s orders Friday afternoon...
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Dec
06
Toronto mayor to stay in power pending appeal of ouster
Labels: World 0 commentsTORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford can stay in power pending an appeal of a conflict of interest ruling that ordered him out of his job as leader of Canada’s biggest city, a court ruled on Wednesday.Madam Justice Gladys Pardu of the Ontario Divisional Court suspended a previous court ruling that said Ford should be ousted. Ford’s appeal of that ruling is set to be heard on January 7, but a...
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Minecraft sells almost 4.5 million copies on Xbox 360 as other indie games continue to struggle
Labels: Technology 0 commentsBig-budget games such as Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II might brag about how they rule the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, but indie games can also compete – if they’re addictive enough and offer enough value. Take Minecraft, an indie game developed by Markus “Notch” Persson’s company Mojang. According to Mojang, Minecraft, an indie game originally made for PC and...
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George Zimmerman sues NBC and reporters
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman sued NBC on Thursday, claiming he was defamed when the network edited his 911 call to police after the shooting of Trayvon Martin to make it sound like he was racist.The former neighborhood watch volunteer filed the lawsuit seeking an undisclosed amount of money in Seminole County, outside Orlando. Also named in the complaint were three reporters covering the...
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10 Years of Tamoxifen Better Than Five: Are You Kidding Me?
Labels: Health 0 commentsFIRST PERSON | Results from a recent study called ATLAS (adjuvant tamoxifen longer against shorter) show that 10 years of tamoxifen therapy is better than the current treatment of five years. The findings will be presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium this week. A major drug manufacturer is one of the study’s sponsors.Study is suspectI find it interesting that one of the sponsors of...
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