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Entries from July 2008

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong are officially done

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong are no longer in a relationship, as the two are apparently speeding away from each other as fast as they can.
A source has come out and told Usmagazine.com that the two have split up, and are no longer together.
The source told the site that the two, “they […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Jerry Lewis says gun was fake

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Las Vegas (OTL) - Comedian Jerry Lewis was detained at an airport in Las Vegas after it was found that he was carrying a gun in his bag.
Jerry Lewis was detained as he tried to make it through a security checkpoint.
Lewis was at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, trying to get to Michigan […]

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Dell enters the digital music player market

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Boston (OTL) - Dell is making an attempt at the MP3 player market with their own digital music player, aimed at taking down the Apple iPod.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Dell is hard at work on their new digital music player.
The expectation is that the Dell digital music player will launch this coming […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

FDA finally discover source of salmonella outbreak

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they have linked the salmonella strain to serrano peppers, as well as irrigation water at a farm in Mexico.
FDA food safety chief Dr. David Acheson confirmed on Wednesday that they have managed to find a match to the salmonella bacteria.
Dr. David Acheson […]

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Tags: Health

Diabetic women at higher risk of birth defects

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Boston (OTL) - According to a new study, women who have diabetes before they are pregnant are at an increased risk of having their infant have a birth defect.
Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at data from 30,000 women who all had to go to birth defect centers across […]

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Tags: Health

Certain genes linked to schizophrenia

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Boston (OTL) - New studies have been released this week which show that certain genes that may lead to an increased risk of schizophrenia.
In total, three studies were published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.
What they found was that certain points in the genetic code were linked to the disorder.
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder, causing […]

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Tags: Health

Facebook hacker get their revenge on Hasbro Inc.

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Just this week, Scrabulous developers made the decision to remove their game from Facebook, after a lawsuit from Hasbro Inc., who owns the rights to Scrabble.
This did not go over well with many people though, as a hacker has taken it into his or her own hands to take action against Hasbro […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

2,100 year old astronomical calculator was used for the ancient Olympic

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - According to a new study, an ancient astronomical calculator found was used for the Olympics.
The report has been published in the British science journal Nature, and has reported that a 2,100 year old ancient astronomical calculator was used for the ancient Olympic games.
The device is known as the Antikythera Mechanism, and was […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

Google in hot water with Italian media company

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (ECN) - Italian media company Mediaset Group has filed a lawsuit against YouTube for $780 million.
The media company based in Italy is stating that the Google-owned site illegally hosts thousands of video clips that they own.
The company filed the lawsuit against YouTube in Rome on Wednesday.
Named in the lawsuit are both YouTube, as well […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

Apple says MobileMe is up and running

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Apple has announced that they have restored MobileMe service to all users.
Apple made the announcement late Tuesday night, coming after many users of the service were unable to get into their e-mail.
Apple blogger David G posted “We have completed restoring e-mail service, including historical messages, to all of the 1% of affected […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec