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Archive for October, 2008
Netflix and Xbox team up for a special surprise
Oct. 30 | 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...
Obama delivers powerful message with TV show
Oct. 30 | 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...
Police find gun that killed Hudson Family members
Oct. 30 | 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...
Plastic bottles now linked to breat cancer
Oct. 30 | 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...
Daylight savings time good for your heart
Oct. 30 | 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...
Jennifer Hudson and family want answers
Oct. 28 | 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...
Dancing With The Stars loses Julianne Hough
Oct. 28 | 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...
Pneumococcal disease is the number one vaccine-preventable cause of death in children
Oct. 28 | 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...
Costs of of drugs for those with diabetes rises
Oct. 28 | 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...