Archive for November 24th, 2008

Animal Models Suggests a Variant of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmissible to Humans

Italian Researcher Tells Audience at K-State That Work in Animal Models Suggests a Variant of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmissible to Humans.
Source: MarketWatch
MANHATTAN, KS, Nov 24, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The classical form of mad cow disease and a variant manifest themselves differently, but research suggests that the variant may also be [...]

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Hit by Butterball

First let me say my thoughts and prays go out to the victim of the senseless act, Mrs. Bailey. Now with that said the jerk that attacked her deserves far more that a whack on the head with a frozen turkey. No doubt about it Fred Irwin should be nominated to the dumbest criminal hall of fame.
The man stole money [...]

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22 US banks collapsed this year

Source: The Economic Times
As many as 22 American banks have collapsed this year so far, even as the banking giant Citigroup, led by Indian-American, Vikram Pandit, struggled this week to save itself from becoming number 23 in this fast growing long list.
On Friday, three US banks collapsed with two of them being in California and [...]

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