By ALIYAH BARUCHIN : A formerly controversial high-fat diet has proved highly effective in reducing seizures in children whose epilepsy does not respond to medication, British researchers are reporting.
As the first randomized trial of the diet, the new study lends legitimacy to a treatment that has been used since the 1920s but has until recently […]
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Kagoshima Journal : By MARTIN FACKLER
KAGOSHIMA, Japan — Fanning out in small teams, the men in gray jumpsuits scour the streets and rooftops with binoculars, seeking to guard this city from a growing menace. They look for telltale signs: a torn garbage bag, a pile of twigs atop an electric pole or one of the […]
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By MATT RICHTEL : SAN FRANCISCO — A who’s who of technology and telecommunications companies plans to announce on Wednesday that it intends to build the first of a new generation of nationwide wireless data networks, according to several people briefed on the deal.
The consortium includes a disparate group of partners: Sprint Nextel, Google, Intel, […]
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By STEVEN R. WEISMAN : WASHINGTON — After six years of stumbling against the euro, the dollar may be showing signs of getting back on its feet.
Two weeks ago, the dollar hit a new low of $1.60 for the euro amid expectations of lower interest rates in the United States and possibly higher rates in […]
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Abroad : By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
BUDAPEST — Ostensibly, a rock concert sparked it, reminding us that culture is not the exclusive province of liberals, certainly not here in Europe. A young woman (who knows whether she was just intending to make trouble) walked into a ticket office in the traditionally Jewish 13th District in this Hungarian […]
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By DAVID ESPO and LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writers
Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday but fell behind Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana, the last big-delegate prizes left in their long race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama’s win mirrored earlier triumphs in Southern states with large black populations, Georgia, Alabama, […]
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