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Then, in 2004, a team led by Hansell Stedman of the University of Pennsylvania identified a tiny mutation in a gene on chromosome 7 that affects the production of myosin, the protein that enables muscle tissue to contract. The mutant gene prevents the expression of a myosin variant, known as MYH16, in the jaw muscles used in biting and chewing. Since the same mutation occurs in all of the modern human populations the researchers tested--but not in seven species of nonhuman primates, including chimps--the researchers suggest that lack of MYH16 made it possible for our ancestors to evolve...
...upgraded with sophisticated tracking software, video blogs and other high-tech means to tell the story of the product's value, which distributors say is the key to clinching sales. Utah companies like XanGo reach far beyond state boundaries with evangelists like Francine Blain, a single mother and former contract attorney from Santa Monica, Calif. Blain signed on two years ago as a XanGo distributor. When not tending to her 5-year-old son, she's immersed in all things XanGo--tinkering with her eponymous website, talking to the "upline" sponsor who signed her, recruiting more "downline" distributors, listening...
...Robinson, the chief executive officer of Morgan Creek Productions, for frequently arriving late on the set of her film “Georgia Rule” and for acting “like a spoiled child.” Star Jones had a blowout with Barbara Walters after her contract was not renewed on “The View.” Citing Tom Cruise’s odd behavior off the screen, Paramount Pictures owner Sumner Redstone ended the studio’s 14-year relationship with the star. He might not be a celebrity per se, but John...
...star at midfield in Texas Stadium - and was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles. There his great play was again tempered by public lashings of his quarterback and criticizing his coaches. He made amends by playing while injured in the Super Bowl, but followed that up with a contract dispute with the Eagles, in part fueled by his equally outrageous agent Drew Rosenhouse. Things soured in Philly so much that he was then traded to the Cowboys. Things started fine there, but Owens missed most of the preseason with a hamstring injury, then broke a finger in the one game...
...Security Council, and ambassador to Moscow - and two associates were murdered by a group of officers belonging to the National Security Committee (KNB), heir to the Soviet-era KGB. Late last month, a court found Yerzhan Utembayev, the former Senate chief of staff, guilty of putting out the contract on Sarsenbayev "for reasons of personal enmity," and sentenced him to 20 years. Nine others received sentences ranging from three years to life for complicity in the murder...