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007's Dr No passes away at 91London, Oct 22 : Joseph Wiseman, the Canadian-born actor best known for his evil portrayal of the James Bond villain, Dr. No, has died aged 91.
Chicago Chronicle Thursday, October 22, 2009Picture tribute - Don Lane dies aged 75Ten hopeful despite posting $90m loss TEN says there are signs of an improvement in the advertising market as Australia emerges from the downturn.
Chicago Chronicle Thursday, October 22, 2009U.S. retirement system lags other countriesBOSTON (MarketWatch) -- We're No. 6! OK, so it's not really something worth boasting about, but at least the U.S. can claim its retirement-income system is better than at least five others, according ...
Chicago Chronicle Thursday, October 22, 2009Video: Groundbreaking Project Launched to Improve Brain Cancer Treatments and OutcomesSEATTLE, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A major collaborative
research project focused on mapping the gene activity in brain tumors was launched today. The goal of the
research, known as the Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (GAP), is to unlock the secrets behind one of the deadliest brain tumors known to humankind -- glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a cancer that recently took the lives of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and columnist Robert Novak. The project is a partnership between the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the Swedish Neuroscience Institute's newly named Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment.
prnewswire.com Thursday, October 22, 2009Dos and Don?ts of Attending ConferencesIf you plan on a career in academia, you'll likely attend a great many academic conferences. Intended to provide professionals a means of gathering to disseminate their
research, conferences are an important resource for professional development, advancement, and networking. Inside Higher Ed's Eszter Hargittai discusses how to take advantage of academic conferences. Dos and Don?ts of Attending Conferences originally appeared on About.com Graduate
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About Thursday, October 22, 2009Train station workers given platform to learn languagesTRAIN station staff in Edinburgh are set to be offered lessons in both sign-language and foreign tongues to help passengers find their way.
Scotsman Thursday, October 22, 2009Missouri Steps Up Efforts to End Childhood Lead PoisoningMissouri joins nation in asking, "What's on your walls?"
Kansas City InfoZine Thursday, October 22, 2009Purdue Pharma L.P. and the National Community Pharmacists Association Join Forces to Help Reduce Pharmacy CrimeNEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Purdue Pharma L.P. and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) debut the "RxPATROL® Pharmacy Safety and Security" video at NCPA's annual conference in New Orleans and on www.RxPATROL.com. Purdue Pharma and NCPA partnered to create this free tool to help educate pharmacists and pharmacy staff about preventing pharmacy crime as part of NCPA's Protect Your Pharmacy Now! initiative, begun in 2008.
prnewswire.com Thursday, October 22, 2009Why Central Bank Rejected 3,000 Files of PensionersA sudden change in the government pay system has caused confusion at the Ministry of Public Service, leaving thousands of pensioners at risk of missing their October pay, Daily Monitor can reveal. Tr...
Canadastandard.com Thursday, October 22, 2009Crash kills 93-year-old womanA 93-year-old woman died Wednesday after a crash between a truck and an SUV at Man o' War Boulevard and Palumbo Drive.The Fayette County Coroner's office identified the victim as Mary Carter, a passen...
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