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Video: Long-term use of osteoporosis drug may cause bone fracture
March 15, 2010By Melinda Smith Around the world, millions of older women and a smaller number of older men have been taking a drug to prevent hip fractures and fight osteoporosis, a disease caused by low bone mass and bone deterioration. Now some doctors are concerned...
What time is it in US? It was switched to Daylight savings time 2010
March 14, 2010People in the United States woke up Sunday morning asking what time is it. Thanks to computers and cell phones, the time was automatically switched. The official switch in the Daylight saving time 2010 or DST 2010 took place on Sunday at 2:00 AM, meaning...
California woman jumps off the cliff to escape sexual assault
March 14, 2010A man tried to sexually assault a Malibu (California) jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet (30 m) down a steep hillside, Fox News reports on Saturday. Malibu is an affluent city in western Los Angeles County. Point...
Russia gripped by car crashes involving police, privileged
March 13, 2010By Peter Fedynsky Spectacular car crashes are making news in Russia these days. Most of them involve vehicles of people in positions of authority or privilege. Another recent incident has turned into a major scandal after police ordered drivers into...
New study: Live kidney donation safe for donor (video)
March 12, 2010By Carol Pearson Most of the studies on kidney donation focus on the recipients and how well they adjust to their new kidneys. A new study documents how well donors fare after the surgery. Kidneys are the most sought after donor organs around the...
Strong earthquakes rock Chile as Piñera takes office
March 12, 2010Chile's new conservative president, Sebastián Piñera, took office Thursday as another series of strong aftershocks shook his country, rattling nerves and prompting a tsunami warning that was later lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey says...
Yogurt with a vodka chaser? The world's oldest woman may live in Georgia
March 12, 2010By Grant Podelco Antisa Khvichava's documents say she was born in 1880. That would make her 130 years old. Khvichava lives in Georgia and was featured in a BBC report today, which quotes her family as saying she's the world's oldest woman. (Which begs...
7-year-old boy saved his family by dialing 911, stops armed robbery (video)
March 11, 2010A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while three armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call. This happened in Norwalk, California on Tuesday morning, March 9. The...
Forbes: Russia has largest number of tycoons in Europe
March 11, 2010Russia has the largest number of billionaires among the European countries, Forbes magazine has said. According to the Forbes' annual list of word's richest people published on Wednesday, the number of billionaires in Russia has risen to 62 from 32 last...
Mexican tycoon tops Forbes' list of world's richest people
March 11, 2010Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth, according to the 2010 Forbes list of the World's Billionaires. Slim's wealth was estimated at $53.5 billion, up $18.5 billion...