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Share + Nov 19, 2009 11:01 pm US/Eastern Reporting Stephanie Stahl "Stop swine flu in its tracks" and "Complete Flu Detox for $99" are some of the claims you can find online.

Police are searching for several masked men who barged into a southwest Philadelphia home and shot a woman to death and pistol-whipped her husband before ransacking the place.

The University of Nebraska's governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system's facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush.

RALEIGH, N.C. & LONDON, BUSINESS WIRE -- Peopleclick, Inc., the leading provider of talent acquisition and workforce compliance and diversity solutions, announces strong momentum across all product lines as several leading organizations have selected Peopleclick to transform their talent acquisition strategy.

The Force is strong with David Filoni. Yoda strong, you might say. Filoni, 35, heads the animation division of Lucasfilms, working directly with George Lucas, who hired him in 2005.

Just a couple of weeks ago we went on a Houston 101 nostalgia trip about Houston's most notorious mass murderer, Dean Corll.

November 17, 2009 - " The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. today announced the launch of 10,000 Small Businesses -- a $500 million initiative that will unlock the growth and job-creation potential of 10,000 small businesses across the United States through greater access to business education, mentors and networks, and financial capital.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.

Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack is becoming a YouTube sensation. A 26-minute video of a talk he gave on "Leadership in Crisis" at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School last month has garnered more than 18,600 page views and 4.5 stars.

Last Tuesday, I had the pleasurable task of being Master of Ceremonies for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation dinner in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Thiocyanate -- an anti-oxidant found in broccoli and cauliflower -- may help those with cystic fibrosis, U.S. researchers found.

Dr. Richard "Buz" Cooper, a 73-year-old University of Pennsylvania medical school professor, doesn't mince words when talks about health care spending.

Qatar: 1 hour, 5 minutes ago Barwa Real Estate Company and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company , two of the leading real estate companies in Qatar, have announced their implementation of green building principles by adopting the Qatar Sustainability Assessment System to implement green buildings principles in all of their future projects.

Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress - and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.

Philadelphia police are investigating the fatal shooting early Saturday of a 32-year-old Brick man left mortally wounded on a highway.

Children who are fearless at 3 years of age might just be poised for a life of crime.

Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard out of sight of chaperones.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 6:50 am US/Eastern Philadelphia police are investigating a home invasion that led to the shooting death of a Kingsessing woman Tuesday morning.

Billionaire hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam's shadow in Sri Lanka is so big that his arrest in the United States initially knocked 5 percent off the local stock market.

Here stands Grambling University's Recreational Facilities on a beautiful sunny day.. Everything is peaceful in Grambling, ain't no-one givin' no-body no trouble.