The herpes zoster vaccine, better known as the shingles vaccine and recommended for adults 60-plus, cuts the risk of getting the painful disease by 55%, new research finds.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Yemen to step up security cooperation with the United States during an unannounced visit to shore up ties with a nation that is fast becoming a major focus of American counterterrorism efforts. (Jan. 11)
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Michigan picked San Diego State’s Brady Hoke as its new football coach on Tuesday, hours after LSU said Les Miles would be staying in the Bayou. (Jan. 11)
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Blood pressure drugs in the class known as angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) reduce mortality in patients with heart failure, but new research suggests that not all work equally well.
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Rain from a freak storm in Queensland, Australia funneled into a stream that formed a path of destruction– lifting houses from foundations and sweeping away dozens of cars. Forecasters say up to 6 inches fell in half an hour in Toowoomba. (Jan. 11)
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If Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs off on the legislation, Illinois will become the 16th state to eliminate the death penalty. The state has not executed anyone since 1999, after it was discovered that innocent convicts had been put to death. Reuters: Governor Quinn’s spokeswoman, Annie Thompson, said the governor plans to review the legislation once it arrives at his desk. Quinn has said he supports the death penalty for the worst crimes. He has also said it is important that innocent people are not executed and that he would keep the moratorium in place. State Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg, a Democrat who supported the ban, said he believes Quinn will “likely sign” the ban. Read more Related Entries January 8, 2011 Israel’s Hope Kindergarten December 27, 2010 Jon Stewart: Shades of Edward R. Murrow?
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“SIMPSONS — THE XXX PARODY!” [Video Link, work-safe other than groaning porny sounds]. You can order it here. I am no stranger to porn and am no prude, but this is so unsettling on so many levels. I need to go be alone for a little while with some hot tea and a kitten. (via The Daily What)… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Boing Boing Discovery Date : 11/01/2011 23:19 Number of articles : 8
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Tweet – The flag is ready; a national anthem has been written. But as south Sudanese swarmed to the polls this week to vote on forging the worlds newest state, there was still no consensus what to call it. Cush, Nile Republic, New Sudan, or plain old South Sudan – all manner of suggestions have been put forward. But none has yet won general agreement, let alone captured the public imagination. Part of the problem is ideological. The leadership of the rebel group that led the south to the 2005 peace deal which paved the way for this weeks independence referendum was only very…
Continue reading …The View’s Whoopi Goldberg Compares Today’s Politics to Talk That Got People ‘Lynched’ in the ’60s
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The View's Whoopi Goldberg on Tuesday compared today's political environment to that of when she was a child, talk that led to people get “lynched.” Discussing Last week's Arizona shooting, she warned, ” When I was growing up, people talking and saying things, whipping folks up, caused a lot of people to get lynched. ” Continuing this theme, she added, “Now, had those people not done all that, would it have happened any way? It may have. I don't know. But I do know that sometimes we, as a society, have to sort of be aware of what we are doing.” (Of course, Goldberg's historical analogy falls apart when you consider the fact that she was born in 1955 and grew up in the '60s, a time when lynchings were at a historical low .) The normally conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck even inquired if Sarah Palin's career might be over as a result of the cross hairs ad her political action committee released in 2010. read more
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