Sony (NYSE: SNE) has agreed to put Google’s Chrome browser on new Vaio PCs in the first of what is likely to be several distribution deals that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is counting on to boost the market share of its internet browser. The FT, which first reported on the deal, says that Google is also [...]
Over the last 20 years, the number of men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased, due in large part to widespread screening using the prostate-specific antigen PSA blood test. A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows many of those men – more than a million, by [...]
The National Park Service will pay about $9.5 million to eight landowners that own property needed to complete the first phase of the National Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County, Pa., the Interior Department announced Monday. The agreement should allow the memorial to be built by Sept. 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the terrorist [...]
A USA TODAY analysis finds two dozen hospitals near popular travel destinations, as compiled by the National Travel Monitor, have death rates among the worst in the USA. A separate analysis shows that one of every four hospitals with high death rates for heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia — 94 of 402 — are [...]
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery, collaborating with researchers from other institutions, have contributed to the discovery that a gene called interferon regulator factor-8 IRF-8 is involved in the development of diseases such as periodontitis gum disease, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. The study, which will be published online August 30, ahead of print, in the [...]
A 21-year-old-Richmond man is in jail, accused of shooting a Virginia Union University student in the leg shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday outside Newman Hall. The student was in stable condition at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. Read full story via wtvr.
A mid-day high speed chase involving three motorcycles ends with two of the bikes colliding, and the drivers being taken into custody. Three men from West Virginia were arrested after Virginia State Police say they were speeding down 522 east in Frederick County at speeds more than 100-miles per hour. Read full story via TV3 [...]
Law enforcement official investigating the murder of Berryville Town Council member Gail Smith are pursuing leads in southern Virginia in Nottoway, Amelia, Prince Edward, and Chesterfield Counties. Smith was found with a gunshot wound to the head in her Berryville home on July 30th. Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the [...]
The FCC has taken the first step toward what eventually may result in a new set of regulations governing the wireless industry, by voting unanimously to undertake an investigation into competitive practices. Issues likely to be scrutinized include auction rules, roaming agreements, handset exclusivity and the length of time subscribers are locked in by contracts. [...]
Microdermabrasion is one of the least expensive, least invasive methods for improving your skin. Microdermabrasion takes the natural exfoliation process one step further by removing the outer-most layers of your skin exposing your newer, younger looking skin, evening out your complexion and helping your skin to glow. Read full story via examiner.com Microderm abrasion treatment [...]