November 18th, 2008
Recently the BDN did an article relating that General Motors was given $25 billion to retool. As a boy my parents insisted: Never beg for anything. As a 73-year-old great-grandfather, I can honestly say I cannot ever recall begging
O’Hare Airport quiz - Chicago Tribune
3. Which airline currently has a major hub at O’hare? A. Southwest B. Braniff C. Air France D. United 4. In which movie is Steve Martin’s character redirected from O’Hare during his desperate attempt to get home? A. “The Jerk” B. “Planes, Trains, and
Roberts chimp in quarantine after report of biting - Billings Gazette
ROBERTS - In Carbon County, they ve put the clamps on a chomping chimp. This week, emergency dispatchers received calls about carousing chimpanzees. The first one Monday afternoon reported that a chimp was running down a road between Roberts and
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November 16th, 2008
Gently easing a bottle of milk into the cub’s mouth, Anjana clearly demonstrates her skill at her job. What makes this so unusual is that Anjana is a chimpanzee and her charges are two white tiger cubs. The pictures from a Miami zoo show the doting
Has the cure for AIDS truly been discovered? - Overthelimit.info
Germany (OTL) - Aids (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) have stumped the medical field since its discovery in the 1980 s. They believe its origin stems from West African Chimpanzee, who has a similar virus in their blood known as SIV (Simian
Can Bone Marrow Transplants Defeat HIV? - Gay Wired.com
Researchers in Germany report that a 42-year-old HIV-positive American man treated with a bone marrow transplant for his leukemia has been able to maintain undetectable HIV viral loads for two years since the procedure without needing to take anti
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November 8th, 2008
The circus has been Georgia Stephenson’s life for most of her 32 years. Born to parents who met in the circus, this third-generation Ringling employee is the production manager for the Blue Unit touring production of Ringling Bros. and Barnum
One Flu Over the Cuckoo s Nest - Egypt Today
MA NY PEOPLE HAVE asked whether I d be covering bird flu in this column and the answer, quite frankly, is no. First of all, I am not a medical doctor. While I can claim some knowledge of birds and their habits, bird flu is a virus. I like my
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth - Time
In the teeth of a global recession, there are a lot of people thinking and writing about debt. But few of them are Booker Prize–winning novelists, and that’s what makes Payback–equal parts philosophical essay, literary criticism and historical
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