Inferno Damages London Market
More than 550 people evacuated and 20 residents relocated as a huge fire engulfs the beloved canalside market in Camden, North London....
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Music Review | Phoebe Snow: Phoebe Snow Returns, Her Arsenal Still Intact
Phoebe Snow has changed little since the mid-1970s when she emerged, and she still has power to spare, along with a sound that is at once instantly recognizable and technically inimitable....
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A Universe Of Black Film
The African Diaspora Film Festival offers something for just about anyone interested in the global black experience....
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Ion Suffered A Death Of A Thousand Deficiencies
Rick Nagul can remember how he and colleagues at Ion chuckled as they passed around a news clipping from The Age in May 2002....
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’Terror Plot’ Closes US And UK Embassies In Azerbaijan
Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan claimed today to have thwarted a "large-scale horrifying terror attack" planned against government targets and Western diplomatic ...
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Health News

National Briefing | Science: Author Clarifies Source of Funding for Ca...
2008-04-04 04:50 - A 2006 study claiming 80 percent of lung cancer deaths may be prevented with CT scans was paid for by a tobacco company, a medical journal said in corrections and an editorial.

Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking
2008-04-04 04:50 - Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to become hooked on tobacco.

Abuse, Neglect Seen in 30, 000 Newborns
2008-04-04 04:50 - Mistreatment of very young children is widespread, according to a new federal study.

Fitness: 60-Plus, Ripped, and Natural Competitors
2008-04-04 04:50 - Seniors flaunt their muscles (and Speedos) at drug-free events.

Books of The Times: Empathy for the Brain, After Insult and Injury
2008-04-03 06:01 - Michael Paul Mason’s episodic tour of brain injuries and the strange behavior that often accompanies them focuses on the poor treatment available to many patients.

Study Finds Home Defibrillator Is No Help
2008-04-03 04:50 - Consumers are unlikely to benefit from household versions of automated external defibrillators meant to revive victims of sudden heart seizures, a new study found.

AIDS Drug Lifts Heart Attack Risk, Study Shows
2008-04-03 04:50 - A new study indicates that two drugs used to treat AIDS, Ziagen and Videx, may increase the odds that a patient will suffer a heart attack by more than 50 percent.

Reynolds Ads Say Tobacco Oversight Is Burden F.D.A. Doesn?t Need
2008-04-03 04:50 - The tobacco giant is attacking the F.D.A. as weak and overextended amid a Congressional effort to empower the agency to regulate the tobacco industry.

Genetic Link Tied to Smoking Addiction
2008-04-03 04:50 - The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case so far for the biological underpinnings of the addiction of smoking.

A Grim Tradition, and a Long Struggle to End It
2008-04-03 04:50 - A New Mexico county attempts to reduce the death toll of pervasive drug use among generations of addicts.


 
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