Centro Properties Of Australia To Buy U.S. Real Estate Trust
The Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Trust of Australia have agreed to buy New Plan Excel Realty Trust for about $3.4 billion in cash, accelerating Centro’s push into the United States....
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Laptop Charity Hits Out As Intel Leaves Project After Dispute
Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of a charitable project to provide cheap laptop computers to developing countries, yesterday accused Intel of trying to profiteer from the world’s poorest chil...
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Berkeley Legal: Teeny-Weeny Rules For Itty-Bitty Atom Clusters
Introducing the very first nanny for nanoparticles. Whatever they are....
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A Night Out With: Rock On, Mr. Director
Fred Durst, the frontman for the rap-metal group Limp Bizkit, has his directorial debut at the Tribeca Film Festival....
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World Briefing | Asia: India: Boy’s Marathon Coach Shot Dead
Biranchi Das, the former coach for Budhia Singh, the slum boy, then 5, whose long-distance running set off an outcry two years ago, was shot to death Sunday in Bhubaneswar....
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Health News

Disease Brings Drastic Changes to Patients, and Stress to Family Membe...
2007-12-27 06:01 - Many cannot help wondering if Alzheimer’s disease has peeled back inhibitions to expose an ugly side that the patient was repressing all along.

When Both Parents Suffer Dementia, Children Suspect It Is Also in Thei...
2007-12-27 06:01 - Having just one parent with Alzheimer’s disease triples the risk; when both parents are affected, the amount of extra risk is not certain.

In the Absence of a Gene That Says ?Yes? or ?No,? the Value of One Tha...
2007-12-27 06:01 - Researchers think a combination of genes work together, maybe with other risk factors, to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.

Let’s Raise a Glass to Fairness
2007-12-27 06:01 - Globalization and low taxes have created a golden age of inexpensive wine and liquor, but cheap booze comes at a heavy societal cost.

The For-Profit Side of Cancer Treatment
2007-12-27 04:50 - The promise of profit from proton therapy equipment presents financial and ethical quandaries for the nonprofit and academic medical communities.

Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn
2007-12-27 04:50 - A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.

On the Same Wavelength With the Doctor
2007-12-26 06:01 - Feel like going to the doctor is a waste of time? With a little preparation, your next doctor’s visit can be a lot more productive.

The Claim: Calories From Alcohol Go to Your Midsection
2007-12-26 04:51 - But do calories from alcohol congregate at the midsection at a greater rate than others?

When the Senses Become Confused
2007-12-26 04:50 - After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself. However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.

Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help
2007-12-26 04:50 - How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?


 
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