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| First otter reaches Farne Islands |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - An otter has survived a "perilous" three-mile sea crossing to the Farne Islands for the first time, the National Trust says. |
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| Mobile banking prospects seen better in Asia |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Polillo, a remote island in the northeastern Philippines with poor road infrastructure and no public transport, is set to get a taste of mobile banking long before the developed world does. |
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| Analyst upgrades Yahoo, calling stock cheap |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Needham & Co. analyst Mark May upgraded shares of troubled Internet company Yahoo Inc. on Thursday, after the shares skidded below $10 for the first time in more than five years. |
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| Two from one: new research maps out evolution of genders from hermaphroditic ancestors |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - Research from the University of Pittsburgh published in the Nov. 20 edition of Heredity could finally provide evidence of the first stages of the evolution of separate sexes, a theory that holds that males and females developed from hermaphroditic ancestors. These early stages are not completely understood because the majority of animal species developed into the arguably less titillating separate-sex state too long ago for scientists to observe the transition. |
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| Google's virtual world Lively to die next month |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - (AP) -- Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying. The company plans to shut down the service at the end of the year, reflecting Lively's inability to stand out from the rest of the virtual reality crowd. |
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| Dell 3Q profit falls as PC spending slows |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - (AP) -- PC maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 5 percent as businesses around the world bought fewer computers and other technology products. |
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| Winter forecast looks mixed across nation |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - (AP) -- Winter looks likely to be mild in the Midwest and dry in the Southeast, the government said Thursday. Warmer-than-average temperatures are expected for the nation's center, especially Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
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| Happy Birthday: Space station celebrates 10 years |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - (AP) -- NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday's 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station. |
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| To contract or not: A key question for the uterine muscles in pregnancy |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - During pregnancy, the muscles of the uterus are relatively inactive. A switch to an activated state capable of strong contractions is therefore essential prior to the onset of labor. Kathleen Martin and colleagues, at Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, have now provided new insight into the events that prime the uterine muscles for contraction, something that they hope might have implications for the development of therapies for preterm labor (i.e., labor that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy |
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| Specific DNA variations of the serotonin transporter gene can influence drinking intensity |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - The brain's serotonergic system plays an important role in alcohol preference and consumption. The serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4), in particular, may regulate a person's propensity for severe drinking. A study of six different single nucleotide polymorphisms - DNA sequence variations - of SLC6A4 has found that they influence drinking intensity among alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals in treatment. |
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