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Short stories contain rich literary experience in small space

A GOOD FALL By Ha Jin Pantheon, $24.95 HOW THE INDIANS BURIED THEIR DEAD By Hilary Masters SMU Press, $22.50 Short story collections are appearing with more regularity now.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Entertainment

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Canada.com

Heart drug linked to breast cancer

Use of the heart drug digoxin appears to increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to the results of a study published in Breast Cancer Research.

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Freerepublic.com

Digital map reveals Israeli archaeology

A searchable map detailing 40 years of Israeli archaeological work in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, developed for the USC Digital Library, has won the 2009 Open Archaeology Prize from the American Schools of Oriental Research.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories,

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Microwave Engineering Online

Startup propels MEMS oscillators into mainstream

Sand 9 caps its MEMS oscillator chips with a CMOS ASIC to create an integrated two-chip stack.

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Related Topix: Watches, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, Inventions, Science / Technology

WBUR-AM Boston

As Swine Flu Cases Rise, So Do Questions

If you were hoping swine flu was on the decline in Massachusetts - sorry. State health officials say the H1N1 virus is so widespread there's now more flu in the state than at any other time in recorded history.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Worcester, MA, Medicine, Influenza, Wellesley, MA

Salon.com

The breast panels are coming

Dr. Amy Tuteur is an obstetrician-gynecologist. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, US News, Bill Clinton, History in the News, Health, Breast Cancer, US Politics, Barack Obama

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Boston.com

Following the trail of 'Craigslist killer'

Last April, a Las Vegas prostitute who had flown to Boston was robbed at gunpoint in her Copley Square hotel room.

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The Daily Free Press

No murder suspect yet identified for Harvard Avenue stabbing

Boston Police have still not identified the suspect involved in the Nov. 8 murder of Boston University Dining Services employee Gregory Phillips in Allston, though they are currently holding a potential connection to the incident in custody, officials said.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Allston (Boston, MA), Allston, MA, Criminal Defense Law

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Examiner.com

Boston University: a case of laboratory acquired meningococcal meningitis

A graduate student working in one of Boston University's labs was sickened with an infection with the bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis .

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

CBC

Brain changes from PTSD seen in soldiers

Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in American veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries a ' signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs

Mon Nov 16, 2009

New York Times

College Ivy Sprouts at a Connecticut Prison

In many ways it was just another day, another class of Wesleyan University , one of the more selective colleges in the Northeast.

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Related Topix: Prison, Wesleyan University, State Prisons, Cheshire Correctional Institution

Concord Monitor

John P. Ball

John P. Ball, 85, of Golden Crest Assisted Living, 29 Baldwin St., formerly of 10 Oak St., Belmont, died surrounded by his loving family Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Cortland, NY, Education Etc.

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Nation

Diet switching can activate brain's stress system

IN research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and regular-tasting food can activate the brain's stress system and generate overeating, anxiety, and withdrawal-like symptoms.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dieting, Technical Services, Medicine, Alcoholism, Health

Sat Nov 14, 2009

ProPublica

University of Phoenixa s Curious Take on the Law

The University of Phoenix has 190 campuses operating in 39 states , the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: University of Phoenix, Apollo Group, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Bostonist

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call B.U.

The Werner Herzog Attack Wing of Bostonist.com has been breathlessly awaiting the Boston release of Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans , Herzog's not-remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 classic.

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Related Topix: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Chelsea Record

Cahill positions himself as the candidate for Everyman

Of all the candidates vying for the State House's corner office next year, there's one gubernatorial candidate who, if elected, would be standing up for the average Joe.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Chelsea, MA, Quincy, MA, Deval Patrick, US Governors, Milton, MA

Circulation

Alcohol Consumption and Functional Outcome After Stroke in Men [Article]

Klaus Berger MD, MPH, MSc; Julie E. Buring ScD; Carlos S. Kase MD; J. Michael Gaziano MD, MPH; and Tobias Kurth MD, ScD* From the Division of Preventive Medicine , the Division of Aging , Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; the Department of Epidemiology , Harvard School of Public Health, ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Boston, MA, Jamaica-Plain, MA, France, World News,

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Reuters

Debating the Afghan war

Nov. 12 - The debate over the Afghan war continues with the US Ambassador now expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops.

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WOIO

Study links yo-yo dieting to addiction

Not a big fan of dieting? Join the club. But new research in rats hints at why weight loss is so tough -- perhaps as tough as kicking drug addiction.

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Bizcommunity

Accounting and finance profession needs a 'business unusual' solution

According to the Annual Talent Shortage Survey released by Manpower South Africa earlier this year, the accounting and finance sector listed 5th on a list of sectors struggling to fill existing vacancies.

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