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...many as 10 percent of Caucasian infants—mostly girls—develop the benign tumor after birth. Made up of proliferating blood vessels, the tumor generally appears in the upper neck or head...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Researchers Find Likely Tumor Cure | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, outside thousands of protesters had hit the streets near the meeting, shouting "Step down, Ma Ying-jeou!", throwing plastic bottles and rocks, and wearing yellow head and neck bands that read "Taiwan is My Country." The opposition Democratic Progressive Party, wary of any moves to draw closer to China, has staged protests throughout Chen's visit. Some 7000 police have been deployed to maintain order, and a couple of protestors have been injured in the chaos. On Wednesday, hundreds surrounded the hotel where Chen was dining and refused to disperse until 2AM, when Chen could finally leave. "The protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China and Taiwan Draw Closer, Amid Protests | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...Dingman asked incredulously. Hammonds posed questions to students as she furrowed her eyebrows at the screen and crossed her arms, deep in concentration. “Okay guys, is it going to be an early night or a late night?” she asked. Dingman craned his neck forward at the screen as he tried to attach a patriotic pin to his jacket lapel. “For the rest of your life, you’ll remember where you were, what happened,” Dingman said. “No matter what, this is just an historic...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Deans Join Freshmen Election Parties Viewings | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

Obama looks to be in a statistical dead heat with McCain in the district (just as the Democratic challenger in the 25th, Joe Garcia, is neck-and-neck with the Cuban-American GOP incumbent, Mario Diaz-Balart). The key is how many Cuban-Americans Obama can poach from the GOP; and Obama volunteer Jose Realin thinks he can deliver them. Realin, 38, a bail bondsman and a lifelong registered Republican now on the Democrat's side, was heading out of the Obama campaign office in the 25th on Monday evening to knock on doors in Cuban neighborhoods. "They worry that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...handing out chocolate chip cookies. Determined to make the long lines more bearable for Missouri voters, the Obama team was also provisioned with coffee, magazines, camp chairs, children's books and trail mix. They said that a licensed massage therapist was planning to tour the urban precincts, giving free neck massages to voters grown weary and stiff while waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

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