Lady Gaga leads Grammys’ fashion parade
All eyes on the red carpet at Sunday’s Grammy Awards went straight to Lady Gaga and her solar-system gown that was totally out of this world.
Beyonce sets Grammy record, wins 6 awards
Beyonce became the most decorated female on a Grammy night as she collected six trophies, but it was another diva — Taylor Swift — who nabbed the top honor, album of the year.
New source of insulin blossoming on the Prairies
Canadian researchers may be poised to change the face of diabetes treatment by ‘teaching’ bright-cloured safflower plants how to produce insulin.
Toyota tries media blitz to soothe over recall
Toyota has launched a media campaign to bolster its reputation for quality as nervous customers confront dealers across the country about faulty gas pedal systems.
Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline ready to unveil 4,000 job cuts
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce plans to axe up to 4,000 jobs this week as part of its ongoing restructuring, it was reported today.
Peyton, Brady headline NFL’s All-Decade team
Quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Tom Brady joined two-time selections Willie Roaf, Larry Allen and Warren Sapp among the 53 players announced Sunday as members of the NFL’s All-Decade team.
Kobe’s game-winner adds to Celtics’ woes
Kobe Bryant sank a go-ahead fallaway jumper with 7.3 seconds left to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 90-89 victory over Boston on Sunday and send the struggling Celtics to their sixth loss in eight games.
Obama budget plan weighs in at $3.8 trillion
President Obama’s proposed budget predicts the deficit will crest at a record-breaking $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to just below $1.3 trillion.
Smokers to face doorway ban in new public health policy
• Health secretary Andy Burnham keen to extend 2007 law• Plan to protect non-smokers and reduce UK smokers to 10%Smokers could be forced to light up away from the entrances to public buildings under government moves aimed at ensuring that no more than one in 10 Britons smoke cigarettes.The health secretary, Andy Burnham, now favours [...]
Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia
LONDON (Reuters) – Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.