Katy Perry may be one of the top selling pop stars in the world, but she may need divine intervention if she wants to get a particular piece of luxury real estate in Los Angeles. The singer reportedly signed a $14.5 million deal with Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez to buy a home that once […]
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The mystery of why some people seem to age better than others may have been solved by a group of scientists who discovered a “younger gene.” Scientists at Harvard University working on a study for Olay have identified the gene thanks to 23andMe, a private genetic database with information on nearly one million Americans. The […]
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Niagara Bottling has issued a voluntary recall over spring water bottled at two Pennsylvania plants between June 10 and June 18 after one of its spring sources tested positive for E. coli. The company has received no complaints from consumers nor reports of illnesses, it says. No E. coli has been detected in finished products, […]
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The Potomac River received some unwelcome waste after a sewer main near Oxon Hill, Maryland sprung a leak. TheBayNet.com reports that last month, residents of Oxon Hill were advised to avoid certain parts along the Potomac as repair crews were hard at work stopping the leak. Workers from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) faced […]
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Ten weeks of intensive reading intervention was enough to help strengthen brain activity and reading comprehension for children with autism spectrum disorder, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently found. This research proves that the brain is a plastic, flexible organ that can be strengthened and whose function can be improved regardless of […]
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In the latest installment of Drought Drama faced by nine major Californian cities, politicians have been frantically trying to privatize and optimize water supplies by means of imposing legal regulations and fines — all while farmers are ignoring the regulations and big corporations are passively accepting the fees that are now result from excess water […]
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