Nov
04

“Breaking Bad” to get the “MythBusters” treatment

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Finally, the world might find out if it’s truly a bad idea to dissolve a body with hydrofluoric acid in a bathtub.Discovery Channel‘s reality show “MythBusters” – which re-enacts scenarios from movies, TV and urban legend to test their accuracy with scientific methodology – is filming a...
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Israel’s Neuronix offers new Alzheimer’s treatment

affiliate marketing TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel-based Neuronix, which has developed a non-invasive medical device to help to treat Alzheimer’s disease, expects the system to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in late 2014.The device, which combines electromagnetic stimulation with computer-based cognitive training,...
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Campaigning for victory, Romney speeches shift

NEWINGTON, N.H. (AP) — From an airport runway on a cold New Hampshire morning, Republican Mitt Romney faced 2,000 supporters and delivered the same speech he had given the day before — three times on the day before, actually."I won't just represent one party, I'll represent one nation," the presidential candidate declared Saturday for the fourth time in 36 hours as swing-state Republicans cheered,...
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Nov
03

Google's Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones

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Chuck Lorre slams Romney, GOP with “Big Bang Theory” vanity card

affiliate marketing (Please note profanity in second-to-last paragraph))LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – That Chuck Lorre – what a card. affiliate marketing No, seriously; what a card.The “Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men” honcho – who’s used the vanity cards at the end of his...
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Amsterdam struggles to evade ban on dope-smoking tourists

affiliate marketing AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The mayor of Amsterdam may be unable to deliver on his promise to scrap the ban on tourists visiting the city’s marijuana-selling coffee shops, the Dutch justice ministry said on Friday.Dope smokers were relieved this week when mayor Eberhard van der Laan said the coffee shops would remain open...
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Bloomberg cancels marathon amid outcry

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Nov
02

Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (Reuters) – Anti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers on Thursday in attacks on three army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria’s main north-south highway, a monitoring group said.Some of the dead were shot after they had surrendered, according to video footage. Rebels berated them, calling them “Assad’s...
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Apple rolls out iPad mini in Asia to shorter lines

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Apple fans lined up in several Asian cities to get their hands on the iPad mini on Friday, but the device, priced above rival gadgets from Google and Amazon.com, attracted smaller crowds than at the company's previous global rollouts. Apple Inc's global gadget rollouts are typically high-energy affairs drawing droves of buyers who stand in line for hours. But a proliferation...
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Songwriter Bill Dees,”Oh, Pretty Woman” co-writer, dead at 73

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Singer-composer Bill Dees, best known for his songwriting collaboration with Roy Orbison on the hits “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “It’s Over,” has died at age 73 in Mountain Home, Arkansas, according to an obituary posted online by a local funeral home.Dees, a Texas native who got his start in the...
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