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Md. HIV researcher misses out on Nobel Prize for medicine
The Associated PressThree European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine today for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Communicable Diseases, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Awards and Prizes
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Hopkins scientist may be among Nobel winners
The Associated PressTwo scientists who have already won acclaim for research into the growth of cancer cells could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine when the 2008 winners are presented on Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements. Australian-born U.S....Tags: Medicine, Mario, Johns Hopkins University, Awards and Prizes, California
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Nobel speculation centers on rights activists
The Associated PressSTOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award. The annual...Tags: Don DeLillo, Justice and Rights, Awards and Prizes, Civil Unrest, Civil Rights
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Cell phone, Internet threats stir copycat fears in Finland after school massacre
Associated Press WriterKAUHAJOKI, Finland (AP) _ Panic spread among students in Finland on Thursday as threatening text messages and Internet postings raised fears of new attacks mimicking a deadly school rampage. Worried children and parents jammed telephone help lines and...Tags: Internet, Police, Juvenile Delinquency, Relief and Aid Organizations, Explosions
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Police: Finland gunman likley bought gun in same town of school shooting last year
Associated Press WriterKAUHAJOKI, Finland (AP) _ The gunman in Finland's latest school shooting likely bought his gun in the town where a teenager went on another rampage less than a year ago, police said Wednesday, adding to the growing list of eerie similarities between the...Tags: Gun Control, Internet, Police Investigations, Police, Juvenile Delinquency
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Gunman kills 10 at school in Finland, then self; Police asked him about YouTube posting
Associated PressA chilling YouTube video with a young man firing a pistol and warning "You will die next" caught the eye of police, who questioned him but then let him go, saying they didn't have enough evidence to take away his weapon. On Tuesday, he walked into a...Tags: Gun Control, Internet, Police, Employees, Massacres
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Two Europeans Win Nobel Prize in Physics
AP Technology WriterThe effect is called giant magnetoresistance, but it enables amazing things at the miniature level. Two European scientists won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their discoveries of the phenomenon, which spurred some of computing's most...Tags: International Business Machines Corporation, Awards and Prizes, New York, Consumer Electronics Industry, Applied Physics
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Med school admits, then expels killer
Associated PressA medical student convicted in a 1999 murder with neo-Nazi links has been expelled from Sweden's leading medical school in a case that sparked debate over whether a killer can become a doctor after having paid his debt to society. The Karolinska...Tags: Government, National Government, Health and Safety at School, Crimes, Murder
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