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Los Angeles Braces for Record Turnout; Plans for Michael Jackson’s Memorial Are Underway By CHRISTINA CARON and EMILY FRIEDMAN July 5, 2009 For fans waiting eagerly to find out whether their names will be selected at random from an online lottery to attend Michael Jackson’s memorial service, the chances have grown pretty slim. Details are [...]
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Second swine flu death recorded in NSWAAP July 5, 2009, 5:25 pm A man with serious medical problems including diabetes has become the second person to die in NSW after contracting swine flu, health authorities say. NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said the 57-year-old was diagnosed with the virus on Friday and died [...]
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Mac users safe no more Last updated 12:05 12/05/2009 By GARRY BARKER – SMH For the past two decades Macintosh users have been able to look with pity upon PC users struggling against torrents of computer viruses, trojans, worms, phishing and other assorted nastiness – what we now call malware. Macs are still untroubled by [...]
By STEPHEN HUTCHEON – SMH http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2396349/The-blood-diamonds-of-gadgets Tantalum is an rare metal with unique properties. Chief among these is that with a melting point of 2996 degrees Celsius, it’s a superlative thermal conductor. Almost two-thirds of the world’s tantalum production ends up in high-quality capacitors that are used in devices such as mobile phones and other [...]
By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Published: May 5, 2009 These days in Spain, chefs are being fanciful with their gazpachos. This has the tangy flavor of traditional gazpacho andaluz but a creamy texture. 1 large ripe avocado, about 6 or 7 ounces 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes, cored and peeled 2 to 4 garlic cloves, to taste [...]
Vitamins on the Menu Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints ShareClose By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Published: May 4, 2009 Q. When is the best time to take vitamins? Morning, noon or night? With meals or without? A. With vitamins and most nutritional supplements, the time of day isn’t so important, said Dr. Sheldon S. Hendler, [...]
Going Up: Price of First-Class Stamp by Claudine Zap May 8, 2009 03:14:22 PM Procrastinators, take note. Neither rain nor snow will stop the post office from raising its stamp price on Monday, May 11 by an extra two cents, giving the first-class stamp a hefty 44-cent price tag. (The post office estimates this price [...]
Twenty metros where Americans have a hard time meeting expenses. Vexed by gang wars and rising real estate prices, late rapper Tupac Shakur mused in 1996 that the overall cost of living in Los Angeles was so high that he would almost rather “live life in the pen[itentiary].” Though East Coast-West Coast gang violence has [...]
Fattening flub: eating a variety of foods Why it doesn’t work: We’re hardwired to eat more when faced with a number of different choices. This mechanism gives us a slimming advantage when a spread consists of low-cal, filling fare such as veggies and lean protein. But unless you pass by the snack aisle and plant [...]