LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Country-pop star Taylor Swift held onto the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday as her latest album “Red” kept rapper Meek Mill from the top spot.“Red,” Swift’s fourth studio album safely took the No. 1 position after selling 344,000 copies according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
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Statins may be linked to cancer survival
Label: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Danish cancer patients taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs were 15 percent less likely to die, of cancer or any other cause, than patients who were not on the popular medications, in a new study.The pattern held regardless of a person’s age, cancer type, tumor size or whether it had spread. Only patients who had received...
Nov
06
Voting Goes From Inalienable Right to Bragging Right
Label: Business
A woman I went to high school with voted for Barack Obama today. I know this because she posted a picture of her ballot to Facebook (FB). She quickly deleted it—perhaps because, according to the Citizen Media Law Project, doing so in Illinois, where she lives, is actually illegal—but not before five other people took self-portraits of themselves wearing...
Officials: New mass graves found in Ivory Coast
Label: World
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Up to 10 new mass graves have been discovered near the site of a July attack on a camp for displaced people, officials said Tuesday, amid allegations that initial casualty totals were downplayed to mask killings carried out by the national army.Rights groups claim summary executions were carried out by the Republican Forces...
HANNITY ON TWEET
Label: Technology
“I learned a big civics lesson today.” — Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity, who tweeted a picture of his filled-out ballot (for Mitt Romney, natch), only to learn that appeared to break the law in New York state.— David Bauder — http://twitter.com/dbauder
___EDITOR’S NOTE — Election Watch shows you Election Day 2012...
HANNITY ON TWEET
Label: Technology
“I learned a big civics lesson today.” — Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity, who tweeted a picture of his filled-out ballot (for Mitt Romney, natch), only to learn that appeared to break the law in New York state.— David Bauder — http://twitter.com/dbauder
___EDITOR’S NOTE — Election Watch shows you Election Day 2012...
Rihanna unveils Chris Brown duet “Nobodies Business”
Label: Lifestyle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B star Rihanna unveiled a duet entitled “Nobodies Business” with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown on Tuesday, three years after Brown was charged with assaulting her.The song was part of an official track list that Barbadian singer Rihanna tweeted to her followers for her upcoming album “Unapologetic,” and comes after weeks of speculation...
Novartis heart failure drug cuts death by 37 percent: study
Label: Health
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An experimental Novartis AG drug to treat hospitalized acute heart failure patients reduced deaths by 37 percent compared with a placebo and appeared to be safe, according to data from a late stage clinical trial presented on Tuesday.The drug, serelaxin, which is a form of a human hormone that relaxes blood vessels and eases stress...
Nov
05
Cashback credit cards ‘double’
Label: Business
5 November 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ETCashback deals are becoming more common in reward schemes for credit card customers, research has indicated.
The number of cards on the market that carry the feature has doubled in two years, according to the report by financial research group Defaqto.The report, commissioned by...
Methane warnings ignored before NZ mine disaster
Label: World
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand coal mining company ignored 21 warnings that methane gas had accumulated to explosive levels before an underground explosion killed 29 workers two years ago, an investigation concluded.The official report released Monday after 11 weeks of hearings on the disaster found broad safety problems in New Zealand workplaces...
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