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...Adelaide is already changing its policies, and giving mothers of premature girls omega-3 capsules through the hospital pharmacy. Makrides says that fish-oil capsules in Australia are stripped of mercury or pesticide residues by law, and so far, taking omega-3 does not seem to have produced any side effects, in either mother or child...
...York Times last January marked the first time she has publicly endorsed a candidate for office. While she has, in the past few weeks, taken a public stand on media-friendly issues like same-sex marriage and school vouchers, she continually side-steps questions about how she might depart from the party line. Even her editorial, entitled “A President Like My Father,” neglects any argument for Obama’s policies, extolling instead his inspirational character. Kennedy may indeed be capable, but if so, she is hiding it well; New Yorkers have at this...
...Chinese Miracle." In 2007, the nation's GDP was $3.2 trillion, but was growing at 11%. U.S. GDP was well over $14 trillion that year, but its growth rate was 3%. It was only a matter of time before the lines crossed. (See pictures of China's wild side...
...America's 1,500 largest companies lost more than $400 billion, mainly because of the collapse of the equities market in which the bulk of those plans are invested, according to a new report from Mercer, a financial-consulting firm. Pension plans are also being hit on the other side of the balance sheet, as shrinking yields on Treasury bonds expand the scope of their pension fund liabilities. Taken together, the double dose of bad news means companies will have to pony up as much as $70 billion in pension contributions in 2009 - up from $10 billion...
...awaits is warfare at its worst. Hamas fighters will try to draw Israeli troops into congested city neighborhoods where they'll face suicide-bombers, snipers, roadside explosives and any number of other gruesome tricks - all of it in alleys and buildings swarming with fearful Palestinian families. On the Israeli side, reservists - who make up more than 5% of the Israeli fighting force - will bear part of the brunt. In one Fire Mountain unit, there's a gardener, a lawyer, an ad exec, an electrical engineer and a redheaded Israeli-American actor from Beverley Hills named Gregory Ross...