| PEOPLE |
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Gerri Halliwell to
Appear at UN
Former Spice Girl will speak at
conference studying worldwide
superficiality. |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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Coney Island's "Polar Bear
Club" Disbands
Cites global warming. |
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Study: Millions of Discarded
Cell Phones Pose Hazard
Landfills
can expect to begin hearing annoying beeps
at the most inappropriate moments. |
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| BUSINESS |
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New York City Trying to Rid
Streets of 3-Card Monte Dealers
Dealers claim they are only following
generally accepted accounting practices. |
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Martha Stewart Facing Long
Prison Sentence for Insider Trading
"It's a good thing," say
investigators. |
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Coke Agrees
to Stop Testing Product
on Monkeys
"It never helped
much, anyway," says
lead researcher. |
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| HEALTH / MEDICINE |
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Teaching Hospitals Limit Residents
to 80-Hour Weeks, 24-Hour Shifts
Fewer decisions will be made in REM state. |
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British Medical Journal: Sex Ed,
Abstinence Programs Don't
Affect Teens
But failure rate no worse than all other
efforts to alter teen behavior, anywhere,
anytime. |
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Americans, Hippos
on Schedule to Reach
Weight Parity in 2010. |
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| SCIENCE |
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Solar System Similar to Ours
Discovered
Similar planets, moons, malls, fast-food outlets. |
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| EDUCATION |
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U.S. Students Failing Fewer
Tests
Educators credit start of summer
vacation. |
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