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Potassium iodide: Can you get it from food?
After a nuclear accident, potassium iodide (or KI) can prevent the thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine, which may help reduce the risk of thyroid cancer. Seaweeds used as vegetables, meanwhile, are a good natural source of iodine.
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:54P
Defense of Marriage Act now challenged by Democrat-sponsored, gay-marriage
DOMA has been under significant fire since February, when President Obama announced that the Department of Justice would no longer uphold the "unconstitutional law" in court. A poll released recently by the Human Rights Campaign in partnership with
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:54P
In wake of tragic DWI accident, Bexar Co. to check probationers' vehicles
According to police records, Baldaramos pleaded guilty to Driving While Intoxicated in September after he was arrested when he ran a red light and hit another car in an accident in June. However in lieu of jail time, like most first time DWI offenders,
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:53P
Two die in road mishaps
In an accident involving a pick-up and a two-wheeler at Pajifond, Vishnu Borkar, 60, who was riding the two-wheeler was grievously injured and later succumbed to injuries. In a hit-and-run case that occurred at Abade Faria road, an unidentified person,
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:52P
With key tax nixed, troubles mount for Ala. county
The financial woes for Alabama's most populous county are increasing now that a court has struck down a tax that helped it stave off bankruptcy. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Jefferson County's occupational tax is unconstitutional
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:52P
With key tax nixed, troubles mount for Ala. county
The financial woes for Alabama's most populous county are increasing now that a court has struck down a tax that helped it stave off bankruptcy. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Jefferson County's occupational tax is unconstitutional
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:52P
Hong Kong's new Arbitration Ordinance
Obviously, this is in line with today's wide-spread use of technology in business and has brought the arbitration law up to date with modern practice. The Model Law's unitary regime will apply to all arbitrations as opposed to only those arbitrations
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:52P
Adam Sandler Not Dead, Rumors Resurface of Fatal Snowboarding Accident
Adam Sandler is not dead but neither or the lingering and resurfacing rumors that he has died from a snowboarding accident. This is the third or fourth time within the past months that this rumor of Sandler's death circulated around Twitter and the
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:52P
MEAD VALLEY: Both drivers could be charged in fatal crash
By PE News on March 16, 2011 3:37 PM Both drivers involved in yesterday's collision in Mead Valley that killed a little girl could face charges, the Highway Patrol says. Janet Gomez, 5, of Perris, died at Riverside Community Hospital about
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:51P
Dade City woman arrested in June fatal crash
Slagle, who was 18 at the time of the June 26 crash, was driving a 2002 Chevy Cavalier on Wire Road near the intersection of US 301. Holly Robbins was a front seat passenger in the car, the highway patrol said. As Slagle tried to negotiate a curve,
Updated: 03/16/2011 06:51P
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