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Angels look like champs despite scare
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:16:55 GMT - (MLB.com)
Stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical
Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people. Turns out some plants like it, too. Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research were surprised to discover that stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical that can be detected in the air above the plants. The chemical may be a sort of immune response that helps protect the plants, the scientists speculated.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:11:35 GMT - (AP via Yahoo! News)
Stressed plants release aspirin-like chemical
Plants stressed by drought or unseasonable temperatures squirt out an aspirin-like chemical, researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that may some day help farmers watch for trouble.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:54:53 GMT - (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Las Vegas: Great odds for cheap frills
With the iffy economy, high fuel costs and tight travel budgets, Las Vegas is dropping prices and betting again on bargain hunters. You can find an under-$40 room on the Strip and book luxury lodgings like the Bellagio and Trump International for less than $200. USA TODAY's Kitty Bean Yancey scoped out the odds of scoring a value weekend.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:43:00 GMT - (USA Today)
Stressed plants produce aspirin-like chemical
Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people. Turns out some plants like it, too.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:40:59 GMT - (USA Today)
Stocks rally on report of federal entity for bad debt; Dow up 410
Stocks rallied in a stunning late-session turnaround Thursday, shooting higher and hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up 410 points following a report that the federal government might create an entity to absorb banks' bad debt. The report also cooled investors' fervor for the safest types of investments like government debt.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:48:44 GMT - (USA Today)
Stressed Plants Release Aspirin-Like Chemical
Researchers find that stressed plants put out aspirin-like chemical that can be detected in air above plants.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:03:31 GMT - (Fox News)
Aspirin study shows some plants like it, too
Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people. Turns out some plants like it, too. Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research were surprised to discover that stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical that can be detected in the air above the plants.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:54:56 GMT - (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
R. Kelly: 'I Don't Like Anyone Illegal'
In his first interview since being acquitted of child pornography charges, R. Kelly dismissed allegations that he ever preyed on young girls, telling BET News: "I don't like anyone illegal."
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:08 GMT - (Fox News)
AyePhone talks like a pirate, so you don't have to
A new iPhone application helps you brush up your pirate lexicon, just in time for International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:01:06 GMT - (Macworld)