Posted on October 20, 2008 by darrel3000
By Kevin Smith
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s biggest bookmaker said on Thursday it would pay out more than 1 million euros ($1.35 million) on bets that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president, three weeks before the election.
Dublin-based bookmaker Paddy Power said it made the “unprecedented decision” to pay on bets taken so [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2008 by darrel3000
Reporting by Michael Kahn; Editing by Opheera McDoom
LONDON (Reuters) – Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people’s ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists said on Thursday.
Citing published studies, the group said a red or itchy [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2008 by darrel3000
By Deborah Jian Lee, Reuters.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gina Sutton takes aim and deftly strikes down several targets in a row as they pop up on the screen in front of her. A self-described girl gamer, she traveled from her home in Virginia to spend her 16th birthday at the Nintendo World Store in New York, [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2008 by darrel3000
Reuters. By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Eating too much appears to activate a usually dormant immune system pathway in the brain, sending out immune cells to attack and [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2008 by darrel3000
Reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) – A Chinese herbal remedy called horny goat weed is a promising alternative to Viagra for impotent men, Italian researchers said on Monday. The herb has long held a reputation as a natural aphrodisiac. The lab experiments, which did not look at whether the plant actually increases desire, could lead to new drugs to [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2008 by darrel3000
So matchday 2 is over and some of us are still celebrating, others are sad or hung-over but many are still trying to catch their breath.
Once again Liverpool gets the early lead in 4th minute from a Dirk Kuyt right footed shot, but the big news is Robbie Keane’s first goal since his summer transfer [...]
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