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Minhaj Gedi Farah becomes face of hope from the famine

November 11, 2011
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Then-seven-month old Minhaj Gedi Farah weighed 3.1kg when he first arrived in the Dadaab refuge camp in Kenya. Picture: AP WHEN the world first bothered to notice the famine sweeping east Africa, one child seemed to appear in media outlets everywhere. HE’S truly one of the lucky ones. Minhaj Gedi Farah was seven months...
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Brain Exam Detects Awareness in 3 ‘Vegetative’ Patients

November 10, 2011
The brainwaves were assessed using an electroencephalography (EEG) machine Photo: Alamy

By BENEDICT CAREY – NYTimes.com Three severely brain-injured people thought to be in an irreversible “vegetative” state showed signs of full consciousness when tested with a relatively inexpensive and commonly used method of measuring brain waves, doctors reported Wednesday. Experts said the findings, if replicated, would change standards in treating such patients. Scientists have...
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Real ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins big on quiz

October 28, 2011
Sushil Kumar (left) with Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, shows $1 million check after winning on an Indian game show. (AAP)

A computer operator who earns just $130 a month has become the first person to win the $1 million top prize on the Indian version of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? television quiz. Sushil Kumar, 27, from the impoverished eastern state of Bihar, scooped 50 million rupees on “Kaun Banega Crorepati?” during...
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Woman Hasn’t Used Money in 15 Years

October 24, 2011
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Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since. Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s...
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Couple married for 72 years died an hour apart

October 22, 2011
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A US couple married for 72 years died within little more than an hour of each other while holding hands in hospital. Gordon Yeager, 94, and his wife Norma, 90, were both injured after their car failed to stop for another vehicle in Marshalltown, Iowa, US website MSNBC reported. The couple were brought into...
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The Steve Jobs credo: ‘Stay hungry, stay foolish’

October 7, 2011
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Like most commencement addresses, the June 2005 speech delivered by Steve Jobs offered the college graduates pearls of wisdom as they finished their studies and prepared to embark on life’s way. But the oft-cited graduation speech to students at Stanford University also offered a fascinating glimpse into the twists and turns of the Apple...
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At 102, therapist is too busy to stop working – latimes.com

October 3, 2011
Hedda Bolgar receives an Outstanding Oldest Worker Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. In her speech, she talked about how there’s dignity and purpose in work, and grace in aging. (Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images / October 2, 2011)

By Steve Lopez October 2, 2011 Lately I’ve been wading into streams of mail from readers approaching death. Some are fighting it, some are afraid, some are ready to go. And then I heard from two readers with an update on Hedda Bolgar. I wrote about the Brentwood therapist three Septembers ago, when she...
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Anna Rexia costume: What Halloween is all about – Death.

October 1, 2011
The Anna Rexia Costume, complete with tape measure & bone for hair

    It’s hard to imagine who would even think of buying an Anna Rexia Halloween costume if the silly notion hadn’t become so controversial. The costume, which makes fun of the eating disorder — whose victims endanger health and life by shunning food — isn’t exactly laden with cleverness. It’s a short, form-fitting black dress...
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Einstein theory busted! Particles seen to travel faster than light

September 24, 2011
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If the finding is verified, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity will be blown to pieces. Picture: zebra.klv.si PHYSICISTS have reported that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos can travel faster than light, a finding that, if verified, would be inconsistent with Einstein’s theory of relativity. In experiments conducted between the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN)...
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Death Row: Texas Scraps Last Meal Requests

September 24, 2011
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Racist Lawrence Brewer included cheeseburgers in his huge last meal request Texas scrapped the 87-year-long privilege after officials were enraged by a request from recently executed white supremacist Lawrence Brewer. In addition to the steaks, the omelette and fried okra, Brewer asked for a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, three fajitas, one pound of barbecue meat,...
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