Near Deal? Matsuzaka Arrives in Boston  © The Associated Press Spokesman: Johnson Did Not Have Stroke  © The Associated Press Qantas Accepts $8.64B Takeover Offer  © The Associated Press Circumcision May Cut Risk of HIV Circumcising adult men may reduce by half their risk of getting the AIDS virus through heterosexual intercourse, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link. more 'Raymond' Dad Peter Boyle Dies in NYC  © The Associated Press
Qantas Accepts $8.64B Takeover Offer  © The Associated Press Hurd Asked to Explain Cashout of Options  © The Associated Press Lettuce Implicated in Taco Bell Outbreak  © The Associated Press Nearly 450 AOL Employees Are Laid Off About 450 workers at the Dulles headquarters of AOL were laid off Wednesday as the company continues restructuring away from its traditional roots as a subscription-based provider of dial-up Internet access. more AirTran to Keep Pursuing Midwest AirTran Holdings Inc. said its $290 million offer for rival Midwest Air Group Inc. was rejected but that it would continue trying to acquire the regional carrier. more
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Big Fine for Underage 'Girls Gone Wild' The "Girls Gone Wild" video empire agreed to pay $1.6 million and its founder was sentenced to community service Wednesday for filming drunken, underage girls in the raunchy videos. more 'Raymond' Dad Peter Boyle Dies in NYC  © The Associated Press "Dreamgirls" Recalls Rise of Girl Groups  © The Associated Press Nancy O'Dell Expecting Her First Child  © The Associated Press Aretha Franklin Life Story to Tour U.S.  © The Associated Press
FDA May Expand Antidepressant Warning Antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal behavior for people up to age 24, the government said Wednesday. It plans new warning labels, and says users of all ages should be closely monitored. more Circumcision May Cut Risk of HIV Circumcising adult men may reduce by half their risk of getting the AIDS virus through heterosexual intercourse, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link. more Study: Flu Shots Better Than FluMist The first head-to-head comparison of the flu shot and the new FluMist inhalable vaccine found shots surprisingly more effective in adults. The study, involving about 1,250 Michigan adults, found that a needle in the arm was 67 percent to 77 percent successful at preventing the flu, depending on the measurement method. The nasal spray was 30 percent to 57 percent effective. more For Unlucky Few, Life Is Painless In a discovery that could lead to better painkillers, scientists have identified a genetic defect in children who cannot feel pain. Sound like a blessed way to live? It's not. more Asian Leaders Call for Pollution Fight Asia's rapid economic expansion has turned its skies into some of world's most polluted and the region must do more to fight a scourge that is blamed for more than 500,000 premature deaths annually, delegates told a clean air conference Wednesday. more
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Gartner: Blogging to Peak in 2007 Could blogging be near the peak of its popularity? The technology gurus at Gartner Inc. believe so. One of the research company's top 10 predictions for 2007 is that the number of bloggers will level off in the first half of next year at roughly 100 million worldwide. more Microsoft Hopes Its AURA Aids Shoppers Technologists have long dreamed of using the Internet to send data about consumer products to shoppers in real time, wherever they happen to be. Researchers at Microsoft Corp. claim they're getting closer to making that happen. more Disk Drive Pioneer Al Shugart Dies Alan Shugart, the co-founder of hard drive maker Seagate Technology LLC, has died, the company said Wednesday. He was 76. more Villanova Heads Most-Wired College List Villanova University is higher education's high-tech hotspot, claiming the No. 1 ranking in a new list of "Top 20 Wired Colleges." more Study: Growth in Net for Home Research A new study finds that more Americans are using the Internet to find a place to live, thanks to the greater wealth of home listings and other real-estate information online. more
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