Entries from September 2008

FDA to improve food safety measures

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

FDA to improve food safety measures

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a report on Friday stating that the biological attacks and outbreak of food poisoning has affected the safety of fresh produce. The government accountability office said that the agency is unclear on what plan to follow to provide food safety.

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Movie Review: “Choke”

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Movie Review: “Choke”

The film is about a man Victor Mancini, who is a sex addict and he tries to get a stranger’s attention in a restaurant for which he pretends that he is choking .He takes help from strangers to pay bills for his mentally sick mother and later in the film he searches for [...]

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U.S. provides funds for state governments to buy homes

September 27th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

U.S. provides funds for state governments to buy homes

An amount of $4 billion has been given by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the state governments, to buy buildings and homes that have been foreclosed, demolished and the amount will also be used to create land banks and to provide payment assistance [...]

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U.S. issues warning on Chinese candy

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

U.S. issues warning on Chinese candy

The health authorities of U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned the consumers to not to buy any flavor of the Chinese White Rabbit Candy, in which the chemical melamine was detected.

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Asia’s central banks cut rates

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Asia’s central banks cut rates

Asian central banks reported that to battle the American financial crisis, to lower effect of the crisis on export dependent economies and to counter inflation, the central banks of Asia will have to announce rate cuts.

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Reality fashion show delayed by court order

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Reality fashion show delayed by court order

The New York court ordered the reality fashion show “Project Runway” to stop airing on Lifetime TV channel. NBC Universal had been airing the show on Bravo channel and the company sued Weinstein when it aired the show on Lifetime as per the $150 million deal.

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American children take more of psychotropic medications

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

American children take more of psychotropic medications

When compared to European children, American kids take more of psychotropic medications like ADHD and bipolar disease and the reason is the difference in regulatory practices and cultural beliefs about the medications.

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Bedrock 300 million years old found in Quebec

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Bedrock 300 million years old found in Quebec

The researchers are claiming that the rocks found in Quebec must be oldest of earth’s crust .The rocks are said to be 4.28 billion years old and the age of earth is said to be less than 300 million years.

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Conservative columnist asks Palin to step down

September 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Conservative columnist asks Palin to step down

Palin has not given any public interview but not giving interviews has encouraged her critics. One of the conservative columnist Kathleen Parker wrote that Palin should withdraw from Republican VP offer by giving reason like “she has to take care of the new born” and nobody will question why [...]

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Storm Kyle strengthens in Atlantic

September 26th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Storm Kyle strengthens in Atlantic

In the south of Bermuda the tropical storm Kyle has started gaining strength and the storm, is flowing with winds of speed 50 mph. The reports about the storm were given by the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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