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iPhone: Why Can't it be 'Made in U.S.A.' ?

If you look at the back of any iPhone, you're likely to come across the words, Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China. Indeed, from the very first generation iPhone to the latest iPhone 4S, the world's most popular smartphone have come to be made in China and not in the U.S. An analysis, based on interviews with Apple's former and current executives and employees at Apple's supply chains and manufacturing experts by The New York Times, has now revealed why the wo...
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Teardrops Could Enable Early Detection of Cancer

Teardrops Could Enable Early Detection of Cancer

University of California (UC) Irvine scientists have established the existence of a disease-fighting protein in human tears that could go a long way in early detection of cancers and other chronic diseases.
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Lara Stone's Steamy New Calvin Klein Ad Campaign [PHOTOS]

Lara Stone has resumed her role as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans. The new ad campaign will, without a doubt, work wonders for the brand's spring collection. The results are sweltering hot with Stone posing topless in numerous shots.
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Coffee and Diabetes: Four Cups of Joe Reduce Chances of the Disease

Here's how can reduce your chances of getting Type 2 diabetes: Drink four cups of joe a day. Epidemiologists noticed that people wired on coffee had a 50 percent reduction in adult-onset diabetes, but it wasn't until a Chinese group released a new study that suggested a molecular mechanism.
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Smartphone Presence Booms Among Smaller Wireless Carriers

With the searing success of Apple's iPhone line helping to spur sales of nearly 580 million smartphones in 2011, consumers are lining up to buy them. Meanwhile, the mobile industry is dying to serve them, lured by prospects of subscriber growth and terabytes of new revenue.
Etta James

Etta James Dead: ‘At Last’ Singer Dies from Cancer, Best Songs Before Death [VIDEOS]

Etta James, legendary blues singer with classics like At Last, Something's Got a Hold on Me and The Wallflower, is dead at age 73 after a battle with terminal cancer leading up to her death. James died at a California hospital Friday, as confirmed by her longtime friend and manger Lupe De Leon, who said she died from the complications of Leukemia, which she was diagnosed with in 2010, with her husband, Artis Mills, and sons by her side. Here are some of her best songs ...
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Intel announces management changes

JAN 20 - Intel Corp announced a string of top-level management changes on Friday, including the elevation of 20-year company veteran Brian Krzanich to Chief Operating Officer.
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Wall St edged lower on GE, Google results

U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday after GE and Google results fell short of expectations, while investors awaited a resolution in the latest round of Greek debt talks.
Some people believe tanning can supply the body with vitamin D, which is made in the skin in response to UV-B light exposure. But the lights used in indoor tanning machines are UV-A, which is known to induce cancer-causing DNA damage.

U.S. Indoor Tanning Tax Having Mixed Effects

Although a 2010 federal excise tax was meant to deter customers from using indoor tanning salons, only a minority of the businesses taking part in a new survey reported a drop in clients and most said their customers did not seem to care.
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Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak is a 'Big Fan of Android Phones'

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had once sworn to fight Google's Android with his last dying breath and every penny Apple had in the bank as the creative tech genius believed the rival has committed a grand theft of the iPhone's operating system. However, another Steve in Apple, and ironically, a co-founder of the tech giant, feels Apple has a lot to learn from Android phones.

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