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Entries from October 2008

Netflix and Xbox team up for a special surprise

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - If you have an Xbox 360, Xbox Live, as well as a Netflix subscription, you are now in for a real treat.
Microsoft and Netflix have started their deal which will allow for Netflix movies to be streamed straight to the Xbox 360 over the Internet.
This will allow for high-definition streaming.  The rental […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

Obama delivers powerful message with TV show

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is receiving a lot of praise for the half-hour prime time TV slot he aired on Wednesday night.
Obama spent what came out to be around $4 million on this ad slot, which offered a 30-minute preview into what it would be like if he were president of […]

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Tags: U.S.

Police find gun that killed Hudson Family members

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Chicago police have managed to recover a gun that they believe is the murder weapon in the killings of Jennifer Hudson’s family members.
Last Friday, the mother, brother, and nephew of Jennifer Hudson were murdered.
57-year old Darnell Donerson, 29-year old Jason Hudson, and 7-year old Julian King are all believed to have been […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Plastic bottles now linked to breat cancer

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Researchers have attempted to figure out whether or not exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has any impact on breast cancer development.
The study was done by Yang M at Sookmyung Woman’s University in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
What researchers found was that ingestion of BPA has no impact at all on the risk of […]

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Tags: Health

Daylight savings time good for your heart

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - A new study has shown that daylight savings time has an impact on your heart.
A new study was published on Wednesday which shows that heart attacks depend on when clocks go ahead or backwards.
Researchers carried out their study on heart attacks in Sweden.  What they found was that the chance of heart […]

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Tags: Health

Jennifer Hudson and family want answers

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Hollywood (OTL) - Police have established that they have found the dead body of Jennifer Hudson’s 7-year old nephew Julian King.
The fear was that the boy was dead, and that fear is now a reality for Hudson and his family.
The boy was found in an SUV on Chicago’s West Side Monday morning.
This all comes a […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Dancing With The Stars loses Julianne Hough

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (ECN) - Trained dancer and country music superstar Julianne Hough is out of the Dancing With The Stars competition due to the reality that she must have surgery.
She will not be dancing anytime in the near future, as the star has to have surgery to have her appendix removed.
There have been a variety of […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Pneumococcal disease is the number one vaccine-preventable cause of death in children

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (ECN) - According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pneumococcal disease is the number one vaccine-preventable cause of death in children younger than five years of age. Due to the large burden of pneumococcal disease and demonstrated vaccine efficacy, WHO recommends the most important inclusion of PCV7 in national childhood immunization programs worldwide. WHO […]

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Tags: Health

Costs of of drugs for those with diabetes rises

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - According to a recent report, diabetes drugs are more expensive than ever.
U.S. researchers have come out and confirmed that doctors in the U.S. are starting to give more expensive drugs to diabetes patients.
The big concern here is that the bulk of these drugs are not thought to be any better than other […]

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Tags: Health

High School Musical 3 setting movie records

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

New York (OTL) - “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” not only topped the box office this weekend with $42 million, it also broke the record for the biggest debut for a musical beating out “Mamma Mia’s” $27.8 million, and the record of biggest debut of a live-action G-rated movie previously held by “Hannah Montana […]

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Tags: Entertainment