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There's a lot to feel down about this month: the subprime mortgage crisis, stormy, unpredictable weather, rising gas prices, presidential primary free-for-alls. So, it would be easy to believe the theory set forth by Dr. Cliff Arnall, a researcher from Cardiff University, that the third Monday of the month (Jan. 21, this year) - a day he calls Blue Monday - will be our most depressing day of the year. Arnall bases his yearly prediction on a formula he developed, which factors in the weather, consumer debt from holiday spending and failed New Year's resolutions and arrives...
...Judah Folkman, a Harvard Medical School professor and a groundbreaking biomedical pioneer, died of a heart attack in the Denver International Airport on Monday. He was 74. Folkman was most famous for his impact on cancer treatment through his investigation of blood vessels’ role in tumor growth. A tireless innovator and mentor, he is also remembered for personally and professionally inspiring patients, students, and peers. “The field of cancer research has lost one of its most passionate, committed and creative warriors,” Edward Benz Jr., president of the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Institute...
...British defied the orders, saying that they operated quite legally based on the Russian-British agreement of 1994, and reopened the Yekaterinburg office on January 9, right after the New Year break was over, while St. Petersburg's office resumed operations this Monday. However, by Thursday morning, both shut down under pressure...
...field," "visionary," "genius," and "ahead of his time." Credited with revolutionizing cancer treatment with the theory that preventing angiogenesis, or new blood-vessel growth, would starve tumors, the director of vascular biology at Children's Hospital and professor of pediatric surgery at Harvard Medical School died on Monday in Denver...
...Last Monday, four militants, at least one of whom wore a police uniform, charged the Serena security gate. One detonated his explosive-packed vest at the entrance, and another threw a grenade into the baggage-screening room. A third attacker was fired on in the arrivals court, which appears to have detonated his suicide vest, while a gunman rampaged through the marble halls, spraying bullets until he reached his destination, the gym. Eight people died, including a Norwegian journalist, a Filipino spa employee and an American...