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Is Nuclear Power Safe Yet?
Posted by Bladeultra7 13 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)Is it old age or Alzheimer’s? Study alarms health-care experts
Posted by Magemanxl 32 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Survey says too many Canadians are living in denial about dementia, which delays treatment and counselling that can improve their quality of life.
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Is It Time to Buy China ETFs?
Posted by xxUchiahxx 80 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage.
NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- The SPDR S&P China Fund fell 37% from an April high to an October low. That was nearly twice the top-to-bottom devastation for the S&P 500 SPDR Trust . What's more, the dramatic selloff acros
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Is your yard for the birds?
Posted by Lightning 82 days ago (http://www.poconorecord.com)
It’s time to bring out the bird feeders. But some people don’t stop there. And we don’t just mean providing suet. Some people have squirrel proof birdfeeders and even heated birdbaths.
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Is it Easier for Singles to Save For Retirement?
Posted by trunks1138 112 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
BOSTON (MainStreet) -- When it comes to retirement planning, who has it better, singles or married couples?
The answer -- singles, according to many Americans -- may be based more on perception than reality.
Singles may find it harder to save for retirement than the conventional wisdom suggests. Singles are actually significantly less prepared for and confident about retiring, a study say
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Is Alzheimer’s disease contagious?
Posted by LittleEdge 122 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
A University of Texas neurology professor has found that Alzheimer cells from an elderly patient can trigger the disease in mice, a finding that could change everything currently understood about the disorder.
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Is This What Passes for Stable?: Dave's Daily
Posted by Dimitrios 171 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
Whew! This is the first day in a while where things were at least comprehensible. Markets rallied early on better news from Target (TGT) but on closer inspection, earnings were improved by previous stock buybacks and cost cutting. For the most part this is financial engineering at its best. Dell's (DELL) earnings last night were horrible, Analog Devices (ADI) earnings also missed and the Abercr
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Is Dale Earnhardt Jr. ready to break through at Richmond?
Posted by xxUchiahxx 281 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Is this the weekend Dale Earnhardt Jr. finally breaks through? There are at least five things to watch for at Richmond on Saturday night, and the real potential for a win for the No. 88 tops the list.
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Theatre review: ‘Ruined’ is, in a word, magnificent
Posted by Garudamgs 380 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Set in a brothel in the war-wracked countryside of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this is an epic, meaty and old-fashioned type of play.
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Is it time for a dementia talk?
Posted by Tinselteeth 389 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Telling a loved one they may have Alzheimer’s is made more awkward by the fact they won’t realize anything is wrong.
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Is Uncle Buck Back?: Dave's Daily
Posted by EbilPancake 395 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
The "change in season" described as the theme of yesterday's post continued Wednesday at a more modest pace. Even Bucky is rallying some as better economic data (ADP Employment Data) make it more attractive than even gold and other alternatives. Is this a temporary phenomenon? Perhaps since hopes for a cure to U.S. deficit issues remain a pipedream. But, clearly better economic data is taking h
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Is 2-Year Federal Pay Freeze a Good Idea?
Posted by KingZealot 433 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- President Barack Obama proposed a two-year pay freeze for federal employees Monday in an effort to reduce the deficit facing the U.S.
"The hard truth is that getting this deficit under control is going to require some broad sacrifice, and that sacrifice must be shared by the employees of the federal government," President Obama said.
The Obama administration said Mond
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Is ‘extreme exam anxiety’ a reason to get out of a test?
Posted by Monkeyv67 450 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
A Canadian university is embroiled in a bitter controversy after a professor was suspended for identifying a PhD candidate who couldn’t take a final exam because of ‘extreme exam anxiety’.
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If you really want to save Rockingham, put your money where your mouth is
Posted by Musashi316 487 days ago (http://espn.go.com)
The scene was almost too good to be true. The rusty old gates were flung open at the North Wilkesboro Speedway last Sunday for the resurrected track's second major racing event and a wonderful thing happened.Race fans showed up.I should not be surprised by this fact, but I am. Ever since the 63-year-old track was shuttered in 1996, my e-mail inbox had been steadily filled with cries of horror and
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Is NASCAR in NHRA Top Fuel racer Antron Brown's future?
Posted by darcspark 506 days ago (http://espn.go.com)
Antron Brown is up for anything. Even NASCAR. Maybe.He admitted as much during lunch last week at the Charlotte Motor Speedway's Speedway Club, in town to promote this weekend's O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at the zMax Dragway (Sunday, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2). Brown is the only racer to ever make a successful jump from Pro Stock Bikes to Top Fuel. He's led the point standings in bo
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Kevin Harvick is a driver who finally appears to be comfortable with who he is
Posted by klipper444 536 days ago (http://espn.go.com)
WELCOME, N.C. -- There was a bit of anxiety. Kevin Harvick hasn't always handled questions about replacing Dale Earnhardt at Richard Childress Racing so well, and I was about to ask what it was like to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- albeit a few years removed -- as the new face of Budweiser.He didn't snap.He didn't shrug his shoulders and move onto the next question.He actually laughed."If you're
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For Tammy Graeber, Garden of Giving 'is a calling'
Posted by underwood55 544 days ago (http://www.poconorecord.com)
Tammy Graeber has a good-size piece of property and a big heart. She's combined the two with a love for her neighbor to form Garden of Giving, a ministry where she grows food to help the needy.
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Lyle Lovett: Home is where the art is
Posted by lalala10000 548 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Lyle Lovett’s heart, and his music, keep coming back to small-town Texas.
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Is the BP Fix Working?: Dave's Daily
Posted by Midwinter 565 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
The Gulf situation is downright scary with a variety of negative outcomes.
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Is there anything good on specialty TV?
Posted by Vaseline28 575 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Is the wild west world of Canadian specialty channels good for Canadian TV?
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Is a Credit Card for People with Bad Credit Bad
Posted by mewtwo158 693 days ago (http://earnestlending.com)
Today, credit cards are available for everyone such as the “bad credit card”, which is designed for people with bad credit. This type of card is designed to help people rebuild credit so the FICO score increases. In other words, this type of card helps rescue people from an otherwise bleak situation. [...]
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Is former DTM star Bernd Schneider ESPN.com's Driver of the Decade?
Posted by klipper444 760 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
How can a driver who retired after the 2008 season be a candidate for ESPN's Driver of the Decade? Simple … if your name is Bernd Schneider.
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Weapon in Congress' health fight: how big the bill is
Posted by JMaster500 803 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The sheer size of insurance reform legislation in Congress becomes a tool to attack it. Republican Rep. John Culberson of Houston tore out pages of one bill and threw them to a crowd.
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Still think Sunday's Cup race at Talladega -- the world's largest roulette wheel -- is the Chase field's best chance to derail three-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson? You kiddin'?
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Is Jimmie Johnson a product of the system at Hendrick Motorsports or is the three-time defending Sprint Cup champ just that good? The debate continues ...
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