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New York City ambulances will soon take many cardiac arrest patients only to hospitals that use cooling therapy, believed to reduce the chances of brain damage.
Everyone knows you can produce energy from algae. The question is how to do it most efficiently. Here are some of the most innovative contenders.
Apple has brought us the iPod, iMac, PowerBook and OS X, and has also pumped countless dollars into products that didn?t live up to its standards for mass production. As sought after as Apple?s finished products, Cupertino prototypes are the stuff of lore. Here are 10 of the best unreleased Apple Prototypes.
Unions pledge concessions to help major US carmakers secure government aid they need to survive, as bosses go to Congress.
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability - an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
Barack Obama is on the way to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further.
Authorities in southwest Florida say an intoxicated man had his 9-year-old son take him on a beer run. Cape Coral police arrested the 27-year-old man last week, after seeing a pickup truck drive onto a median.
Dems are readying legislation to pave the way for Clinton's confirmation. See also: NYT vs Rangel
Environmentalists launched an online campaign urging Barack Obama to undo a federal rule that clarifies when coal companies can dump mining waste in streams, calling it a long-awaited "parting gift" from the Bush administration.
Good news about our brains?turns out our visual memory is bigger and better than previously thought. The study authors even offer a tip to help improve your memory, and keep you from losing your keys.
This Honolulu Advertiser announcment of Barack Obama's Aug 4, 1961 birth was published August 13, 1961 on page B-6. It is available only on microfilm in Hawaii libraries. It has never been posted online in spite of the extensive controversy over Obama's birth certificate. The announcement is 4th from the bottom of the left hand column.
With fewer iPod users upgrading, the days of explosive growth are over. And that leaves iPhones and Macs picking up the slack.
Back when we were in preschool there were only a handful of sensible options for the career-minded 4-year-old: doctor, plumber, fireman and astronaut. Clearly, had we heard about ?sin-eating,? ?knocking up? or any of these other fine ways to make a living, we would have eaten more paste and focused a little less on our permanent records.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday condemned an opposition plan to oust his government in an upcoming confidence vote, calling the effort a threat to Canada's economy and democracy.
The former governor will write a biweekly column for the online magazine Slate about financial matters.
Astronomers have captured light echoes of the historic supernova of 1572, which overturned Aristotle's theory of the universe.
Not that Warner Bros. needs more evidence that its Batman film franchise is a phenomenon, but it got some Tuesday from Apple anyway.
In his 1866, Book of American Pastimes author Charles A. Peverelly wrote, ?The game of baseball [is] peculiarly suited to the American temperament and disposition; the nine innings are played in the brief space of two and one half hours, or less? the pastime suits the people, and the people suit the pastime."
More than a year after the death of rapper Kanye West's mother, state officials are investigating her nephew, a registered nurse who oversaw her recuperation after her plastic surgery, according to a person with knowledge of the probe.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Tuesday lowered its forecast for its third-quarter revenue and earnings per share, citing the impact of the strong dollar and the weak U.S. economy.
Traditionalist Anglicans formally announce that they are setting up a new Church in the US and Canada.
The Big Three automakers are drowning in red ink. But they've still managed to invest millions this year in lobbying politicians who could help decide their fate, Sharyl Attkisson reports.
One of the conjoined twins separated at Great Ormond Street Hospital has died and the other has been given only a 50/50 chance of survival, doctors have said.
The walls come tumbling down in ?Opening Night,? Ivo van Hove?s wild and woolly stage version of the 1977 John Cassavetes movie about a Broadway-bound play in crisis.
In addition to outselling a broad and combined range of Windows Mobile handsets, Apple's iPhone 3G is being credited this week as the lone force responsible for growth of the smartphone market during the September quarter.