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Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card

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NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc, said Chinese hackers had broken into its computer network and stolen the personal information of 4.5 million patients.

Devon Still gives his daughter amazing pep talk before her cancer surgery

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With the Bengals off for Week 4, Still will be by Leah's side the entire time — just as he has been since the day in June when doctors discovered that she suffered from neuroblastoma, a very serious form of pediatric

Marijuana advocates start bid to get legalization on California ballot

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 Washington, D.C., Voters Strongly Support Marijuana Legalization Huffington Post     Oregon lawmaker seeks campaign finance probe over cannabis education Reuters

Baby Gorilla Clings to Humans After Mother Rejects Her

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The staff of the Oklahoma City Zoo instantly jumped into action, caring for Kamina around the clock, holding her tiny hand and even wearing gorilla-like shirts made of felt for the newborn to clutch, but realizing it wouldn’t be enough, they turned to another zoo for help.

Are These the 33 Best Pizza Shops in America?

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Pizza may have its roots in Italy, but by now it is intensely and utterly American. Aside from maybe hamburgers and BBQ, no other food in this country is so intensely regionalized, as evidenced by everything from the deep-dishes and pans of Chicago and Detroit, to the coal fire and clams in New Haven, to the inventive fresh ingredients topping Cali’s wood-fired Neapolitan pies.

Better-Than-Takeout (Vegan!) Pad Thai

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Every other Thursday, Gena Hamshaw of the blog Choosing Raw shares satisfying, flavorful recipes that also happen to be vegan. Today: Make your favorite take-out meal at home. And make it vegan. Better-Than-Takeout (Vegan!) Pad Thai

Eric Holder to resign, set up confirmation battle

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After a stormy 5½-year tenure, Attorney General Eric Holder will formally announce Thursday that he plans to resign as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, two sources told Yahoo News. Holder, who will reveal his plans in an appearance at the White House, will stay on until his successor is

Looming, creeping landslide splits home in Wyoming

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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A slow-motion disaster is unfolding in the Wyoming resort town of Jackson as a creeping landslide that split a hillside home in half inches toward more houses and businesses below. The ground beneath the 100-foot hillside has been giving way an inch at a time since the movement was discovered on April 4.Assistant Town Administrator Roxanne Robinson said by Friday, the rate of movement was doubling every day.Officials say the hillside is unlikely to suddenly collapse like the March 22 landslide in Oso, Wash., that killed 39 people. But the threat is real and authorities are enforcing an evacuation order in hopes of avoiding injuries. The area has been graded for roads and businesses in recent years, possibly weakening the hillside and setting the stage for the landslide.

Styllish And Elegant Frocks Designs

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Frocks have been integrated into eastern clothing to a great extent. No function or party is considered completed unless frocks are used as dresses. Asian frocks are very popular world wide for their diversity and culture. Hundreds of frocks designs are available according to every occasion. Bridal frocks are heavy and full of work. Party frocks have usually light work. Zari, kora dabka, motifs,  stones and embroidery are used. These works make the look of frocks beautiful and attractive. Most commonly design used for frock is Anarkali style. Other styles are also popular including Air line, Umbrella etc. Dress designers keep bringing in new styles of frocks with time. Following are some beautiful and attractive frock designs. You can follow these designs to create a stylish dress for yourself.

Learn the secret codes to shopping success

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NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - As superstore pricing mysteries go, it's not the equivalent of "The Da Vinci Code," but there's still something deliciously elusive about the so-called "Costco Code" that has set the tongues of shopping mavens wagging for the past several months. At least the plot line is direct enough: If you can interpret what the various sequences of digits and asterisks mean on Costco Wholesale Club price signs, you're on your way to scoring serious bargains. Here's how it works, according to Costco shoppers spreading the word online: If a price at Costco ends in .99, you're paying full price. But if it ends in, say, a .97, it represents a deal with a special price decided by the manager. And if you happen to see an asterisk in the upper right corner of the sign, then the item is on its way out of the store-and probably at the lowest price you're going to see. "That asterisk, that's the holy grail," says Kyle J...

In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults

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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient's DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men. The advance, described online in the journal Cell Stem Cell, is the first time researchers have achieved "therapeutic cloning" of adults. Technically called somatic-cell nuclear transfer, therapeutic cloning means producing embryonic cells genetically identical to a donor, usually for the purpose of using those cells to treat disease. But nuclear transfer is also the first step in reproductive cloning, or producing a genetic duplicate of someone - a technique that has sparked controversy since the 1997 announcement that it was used to create Dolly, the clone of a ewe. In 2005, the United Nations called on countries to ban it, and the United States prohibits the use of federal funds for either reproductive or thera...

Captain not at helm of capsized Korean ferry

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Jindo (South Korea) (AFP) - The captain was not at the helm of the South Korean ferry that capsized two days ago, investigators said Friday, as anger spread over stalled rescue efforts for hundreds of missing passengers trapped by the submerged vessel. Related Stories     S. Korea ferry rescue stalls as anger spreads AFP     South Korea investigates capsized ferry crew as rescue hampered by tides Reuters     Survivors still alive on South Korean ferry: father Reuters     Divers struggle in search for South Korean ferry survivors Reuters     Divers search for hundreds missing after Korean ferry accident Reuters More than 48 hours after the 6,825-tonne Sewol suddenly listed and then sank, a small of army of more than 500 exhausted divers -- battling powerful currents in almost zero visibility -- have yet to obtain any access to the ferry's interior. The confirmed death toll rose overnight to 25, but the focus of co...

911 calls capture chaos after truck-on-bus crash

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ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — With shrieks in the background, a shocked passenger struggled to recount to an emergency dispatcher how a FedEx tractor-trailer smashed into a tour bus carrying high school students. In other 911 calls released Thursday, other witnesses described explosions after the fiery wreck that left 10 people dead. Related Stories     NTSB: No evidence of pre-impact fire in CA crash Associated Press  Drivers in California crash had clean records Associated Press     Investigators probe deadly FedEx crash with bus MarketWatch     California fatal bus crash: Was FedEx truck cargo involved? Christian Science Monitor     Investigators focus on wreckage in deadly California crash Reuters The California Highway Patrol released the recordings as investigators returned to the scene about 100 miles north of Sacramento to reconstruct aspects of the crash. Dozens of injured students escaped through windows before the bus e...

App Claims It Can Help Couples Conceive Girls

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From artificial insemination to in vitro fertilization, there's no shortage of ways that technology is helping couples who want to have children. But a new iPhone and Android app called StorkDiet/Girl claims that it can people have a baby girl for a fee of just $9.99. Alain Hanash, who created the app, used data from a study conducted by two British universities that tracked the eating habits of 740 women who were pregnant for the first time. The study found that 56 percent of the women who followed a low-sodium, low-calcium diet had baby girls. The app, following that approach, tailors a nine-week diet for women who are hoping to get pregnant with a girl.  “It is a natural and scientific based guide that includes a specific maternal diet and conception timing program," according to the app's description. More on Yahoo Shine: 7 crazy myths for predicting your baby's gender But Dr. Gilbert Webb, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at the Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, is...

Giant crab ‘miraculously’ survives five days in refrigerator, finds new home at UK aquarium

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A giant crab hauled from its home waters off Dartmouth, England, has been named “Santa Claws” because its survival story is regarded as somewhat of a Christmas season miracle. The colossal crustacean, with hand-sized claws and a 9-inch shell, was captured by a fisherman who decided to deliver the delectable critter to a sick friend, as a get-well present. Edible crabs, also called brown crabs, are a fine gift for any seafood-loving family, but this crab was stored in a refrigerator for the next five days—and somehow survived. The family, noticing movement, could not bring itself to cook the crab, so it telephoned Bristol Aquarium, which is now the crab’s home. “Basically, they didn’t have the heart to kill him. Additionally, they decided they did not have a saucepan big enough to cook him in,” said the aquarium’s David Waines. “When she told me it had been in there for five days I couldn’t believe it was still alive. I told them to wrap it in a wet towel and bring it along to the aquar...

U.S. unemployment rate hits five-year low, eyes on the Fed

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 Nonfarm payrolls increased by 203,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.The unemployment rate dropped three tenths of a percentage point to its lowest level since November 2008 as some federal employees who were counted as jobless in October returned to work after a 16-day partial shutdown of the government.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls rising only 180,000 last month and the unemployment rate falling to 7.2 percent from 7.3 percent.Job gains for September and October were revised to show 8,000 more jobs created than previously reported, lending more strength to the report. Other details were also upbeat, with employment gains across the board, average hourly earnings rising and the workweek lengthening.In addition, the jobless rate fell even as the participation rate - the share of working-age Americans who either have a job or are looking for one - bounced back from a 35-1/2-year low touched in October.The U.S. labor market is still far...

Flights delayed as air pollution hits record in Shanghai

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled on Friday in China's commercial hub of Shanghai as record levels of air pollution shrouded the city in smog, prompting authorities to issue the highest level of health warning. The incident is especially embarrassing at a time when China seeks to build Shanghai into a global business hub on par with the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong by 2020. On Friday afternoon, the Shanghai government issued its severest health warning as the city's pollution index ranged between 23 times and 31 times the levels recommended by international health officials. In the first such advice since a new health warning system was launched in April, authorities urged residents to stay indoors and asked factories to either cut or halt production. "I don't think it's fit for people to live in this kind of environment," said Shanghai resident Fan Jianjun, 34, who wore a face mask as he walked through the opaque ai...

Adrian Peterson says he has thought about finishing his career for the Dallas Cowboys

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Adrian Peterson is an institution for the Minnesota Vikings, quickly becoming arguably the most recognizable figure in the history of the franchise. Yet, in a moment of honesty, Peterson said he has thought about the possibility of finishing his career in his home state of Texas, with the Dallas Cowboys.Minnesota fans probably don't love hearing that one. Now this probably means nothing. There's a lot of factors that would have to line up for Peterson, the reigning NFL MVP, to land with the Cowboys near the end of his career. And it's not binding that Peterson, who is from Palestine, Texas, said he has thought about playing for the team he grew up rooting for and honestly answered a question about it. And he understands the value of spending his entire career with the Vikings, judging by his quote. For now it's just idle chatter. Peterson is just 28 and it'll be a while before him playing for another team is a real possibility. But who knows, maybe at some point the...

Companies Say Goodbye to the 'Burbs

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When Motorola Mobility lined up a Silicon Valley candidate a few months ago for a VP-level role, the phone maker was hopeful he'd accept. After all, the company offered the chance to develop products at a subsidiary of Google Inc. The engineer declined. His reason: the prospect of relocating to Libertyville, Ill., about 35 miles from downtown Chicago, said Scott Sullivan, Motorola's head of human resources. Mr. Sullivan expects recruiting to get a lot easier next February when the company moves into a new space in the storied Merchandise Mart building in downtown Chicago. Motorola will join United Continental Holdings Inc., Hillshire Brands Co.—the successor to Sara Lee Corp.— and other corporate giants abandoning vast suburban campuses for urban offices nearer to the young, educated and hyper-connected workers who will lead their businesses into the digital age. Archer Daniels Midland Co. recently said it would move its headquarters from Decatur, Ill., and in the Bay Area, sta...

Touch ID on Apple’s iPhone 5s is losing accuracy over time for some users

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The shine is already wearing off of Apple’s new Touch ID technology for some iPhone 5s owners. Apple unveiled its latest flagship iPhone this past September and along with it, a new embedded fingerprint scanner brought about by the company’s 2012 acquisition of mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million. Dubbed Touch ID, the new technology places a sapphire glass-covered fingerprint scanner in the home button of Apple’s iPhone 5s and allows users to unlock the device or authenticate App Store purchases with just the touch of a finger. The new tech is among a few main selling points for the iPhone 5s, but a new report suggests some users are already having trouble with it after less than three months on the market. “Dr. Drang,” who is described by 5by5 as “a consulting engineer well known amongst nerds on the Internet,” recently wrote on his blog And now it’s all this that he’s having some issues with Touch ID on his iPhone. “I’ve been using Touch ID since I got an iPhone 5s in mid...