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Important and fascinating story in today’s New York Times about a new theory in cancer treatment – a theory about to be tested in humans: Within the next few months, researchers at three medical centers expect to start the first test in patients of one of the most promising — and contentious — ideas about…

The LA Times reports that established porn companies are suing the porn versions of YouTube because they are seriously infringing on their business. …in the last year or so, the rapid increase in consumption of all manner of videos on the Web has in some ways hurt the porn producers… because consumers of adult fare…

It is a sign of the times. A huge Victoria’s Secret store in Manhattan will be leveled and a new Apple store will take its place. The location at 1981 Broadway on the northwest corner of West 67th Street currently hosts a Victoria Secret store, but Apple is planning to tear it down entirely and…

Romney is proud of having pardoned no one during his tenure as governor. Not even this man: Decorated Iraq war veteran Anthony Circosta seemed like an ideal candidate for a pardon from then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his boyhood conviction for a BB gun shooting. Romney said no — twice — despite the recommendation of…

It is what it is:

Scott Harrison was a nightclub promoter in New York – successful, attractive, intelligent, and by his own account amazing self-absorbed. He sold $350 bottles of vodka and dated women who bought $5,000 handbags. Then, one day on a beach in South America, he had a moment – a moment when he wondered “what the opposite…

Gov. Mitt Romney is on the attack. This isn’t surprising for a candidate at serious risk of political implosion by a force of nature named Mike Huckabee. One of Romney’s attacks is on Hucakbee’s granting of clemency for some prisoners. Mr. Romney then transitioned to an expanded critique of Mr. Huckabee for what he did…

Britney Spears’ sister is pregnant. She’s 16. Britney Spears’ 16-year-old sister, who stars as a schoolgirl in Nickelodeon’s popular TV show “Zoey 101,” is pregnant. The cable channel confirmed a report in the forthcoming edition of celebrity gossip magazine OK! that Jamie Lynn Spears is expecting a child. “We respect Jamie Lynn’s decision to take…

A few months ago, Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett was paralyzed from the neck down in a freak football incident. The doctors were gloomy about his prognosis. Medicine and quick thinking and a bit of faith changed their prognosis. Today he is walking. Sports Illustrated ran a great story about his journey. He will…

Whether Sen. Obama wins Iowa may well determine whether he becomes President Obama. Few candidates in recent memory – any candidate in recent memory? – have excited younger Americans more than Barack Obama. He is, in many ways, Robert Kennedy’s heir in that sense. Has any major candidate since Kennedy spent more time talking about…

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