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Caffeine-exercise combo protects against skin cancer
Washington, April 4 A caffeine-exercise combo may be able to ward off skin cancer caused by exposure to sunlight, a study reveals. “We found that this combination treatment can decrease sunlight-caused skin cancer formation in a mouse model,” said Yao-Ping Lu, associate research professor of chemical biology at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy [...]
What is a Brokered Convention? (ContributorNetwork)
[unable to retrieve full-text content]ContributorNetwork – USA Today reports two-thirds of Republican and GOP-leaning voters surveyed in a poll prefer to have one of four mainstream Republican candidates clinch the party’s nomination through voting in all 50 states. Only 29 percent favor having what is called a brokered convention. Adding the fray is Rick Santorum [...]
Economy, Greek deal hopes lift Wall Street (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday on the latest signs of an improving U.S. economy and optimism a Greek bailout deal would be agreed next week. Equity indexes continued to trade in tight ranges, with the S&P 500 near a nine-month high. U.S. labor, manufacturing and housing data suggested sustained momentum [...]
Asia stocks fall as US economic growth falls short (AP)
BANGKOK ? Asian stock markets fell Monday, with slower-than-expected growth in the U.S. and uncertainty about a tentative deal to resolve Greece’s debt crisis weighing on investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.6 percent to 8,785.22. South Korea’s Kospi was 1.2 percent lower at 1,940.82 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.5 percent to [...]
Stocks rally on Europe debt, China growth
By msnbc.com news services Stocks rallied Tuesday on signs that Europe’s debt markets remain resilient and China’s economic slowdown has been gradual. The Dow Jones industrial average was lately up over 100 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index topped 1,300 for the first time since July, before the European debt crisis set off months [...]
China’s economic growth ebbs to lowest in 2 years (AP)
BEIJING ? China appears on track to avoid an abrupt economic slowdown with possible global repercussions after growth eased to a still robust 8.9 percent in the last quarter of 2011. The expansion in the world’s second-largest economy was the slowest in 2 1/2 years but December retail sales and factory output accelerated, data showed [...]
Poll: Is it Election Day yet? (Politico)
A whopping seven in 10 Americans can?t wait for the presidential campaign to be over, according to a new poll Friday. The Iowa caucuses aren?t for 17 days, but 70 percent of Americans say they already wish campaign season was done, a USA Today/Gallup poll released Friday shows. Slightly over one-fourth of Americans, or 26 [...]
Putin’s party losing support in parliamentary vote (AP)
MOSCOW ? Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia’s parliamentary election, results showed Monday, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade. Rival parties and election monitors said even a result of around 50 percent was inflated, alleging ballot-stuffing and [...]