NORFOLK, Va. – Bones discovered four years ago at the site of America’s first permanent English settlement could be those of Jamestown’s unsung founder, a knight or a captain. A tooth analysis did not rule out that the skeleton is, as Jamestown researchers had theorized, that of Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region, four key …
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Stent patients who take the blood thinner Plavix along with certain heartburn drugs may face a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and other dangerous events, according to a study released Tuesday. Researchers found that patients who were taking Plavix with popular prescription heartburn drugs, including AstraZeneca PLC’s Nexium, were …
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco International Airport is planning to give guilt-ridden travelers a chance to offset the air pollution emitted from their plane rides. The airport says it will set up a series of kiosks so travelers can purchase certified carbon offsets. A pilot program is to be launched …
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – A Dutch company looking for ways to reduce the environmental costs of printing has developed a new font that it says cuts ink usage by about 15 percent. In essence, the “Ecofont” has little holes in the letters. Spranq, the Utrecht-based marketing and communications company that designed …
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Being a vegetarian may actually be bad for your brain, according to a study published in the Sept. 9 issue of Neurology, The Sun reported. The study said those on a meat-free diet are six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage as the most vitamin B12 is found in …
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WASHINGTON – It’s one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient. The warnings are voluntary — meaning there’s no way to know if foods that don’t bear them really should. And they’re vague: Is “may …
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OTTAWA – Public health officials in Canada said they have linked a deadly bacterial outbreak that killed four people to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods. The outbreak has resulted in 21 confirmed cases of listeriosis, a kind of food poisoning that can be dangerous to the elderly, newborns, …
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SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – A prosthetic leg has been returned to a Sierra Vista woman two weeks after it was stolen. Police Sgt. Lawrence Boutte says a man brought the leg to the station Tuesday, saying his son had found it near a trash can. Boutte says the leg was …
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LOS ANGELES – A screenwriter’s lawsuit seeking higher payments from Mel Gibson and others for “The Passion of the Christ” has just completed its first edit. The suit was originally filed in February. A judge ordered attorneys for screenwriter Benedict Fitzgerald to rewrite the complaint last month, saying it lacked …
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