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The National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday that 11 new cell lines from Dr. George Daley at Children's Hospital Boston and two lines from Ali Brivanlou at Rockefeller University in New York became the first additions to the NIH Human...

Although the reform package is headed to the House floor, it was not sent quickly or easily. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, which had already delayed the legislation's passage, staged a last-minute boycott of Wednesday's committee vote to draw...

According to "Variety" magazine, ABC's "World News Tonight" anchor Charlie Gibson will host his final newscast on Friday, December 18. A few months back, the 65 year old Gibson said that he would retire at the end of this year....

Super 88 sale A federal judge dismissed Super 88’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, siding with Gary Wong, owner of the Food-Pak Express wholesale company in Boston. Wong claimed in a lawsuit filed in state court that he had a prior...

The new vampire movie Twilight "New Moon" came in to a thunderous roar!!! The film set box office records with an opening night take in of $72.7 million dollars, a midnight record of $26.3 million dollars, and the third biggest...

Comcast Corp.'s plan to take control of entertainment giant NBC Universal -- expected to be announced this morning -- will crown Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts as Hollywood's newest mogul, even though Roberts lives and works in Philadelphia. But the...

Not surprisingly, Tiger Woods is a big trending topic on Twitter. And, even less shocking, plenty of celebs are giving their two cents. Jim Carrey is making jokes, while Jeremy Piven thinks there's nothing to see here.

Keys measured every note, every bit of between-song patter, every motion and every vocal inflection, even when she was making her voice sound tearful or imploring or driven. In a career as one of this decade’s most dependable hit makers,...