Business
 | Inquirer.net - In this file photo, a group of Philippine businesswomen holding their US currency bills arrive at the Central Bank of the Philippines to sell their greenback as part of their campaign to boost the beleaguered local currency. |
 | Los Angeles Times - By Dean Kuipers With the explosion of artisanal spirits in California and all over the US, as well documented by my colleagues here at the LA Times, one would think we'd be drowning in organic bourbon, GMO-free this and heritage that. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - ECONOMIC GROWTH is expected to pick up as the year progresses, HSBC said in a research note yesterday. The uptick in gross domestic product (GDP) will be anchored on accelerated government spending and internal demand amid external weaknesses. |
 | Irish Times - EUROPEAN STOCK markets rallied yesterday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index extending a five-month high, amid speculation that China's slowest economic growth in more than two years will lead to easier monetary policy. |
 | Reuters Africa - SINGAPORE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - US crude oil rose above $101 a barrel on Wednesday, adding to sharp gains the previous session, supported by a weaker dollar and better-than-expected data from China, Germany and the United States. |
Health
 | msnbc.com - By Sevil Omer, msnbc.com Anna Marie Stickel never heard the train coming. The 14-year-old was listening to music on her iPod while walking along the railroad track, taking a shortcut to school after missing the morning bus. |
 | Xtra.ca - A 30-year-old Ontario man received the news Jan 9 that he is to stand trial on four counts of attempted murder for having unprotected sex without disclosing his HIV-positive status. |
 | Calgary Herald - Preventing women from learning the gender of their unborn babies before the 30th week of pregnancy may not be the best way to solve the problem of sex-selective abortions, but at least it would be a gesture that shows Canada is concerned about the ... |
 | The Open Press (press release) - Provo, UT (OPENPRESS) January 16, 2012 - In this day and age of unhealthy eating and other habits, coupled with an unclean environment and stress, failing to lose weight after months and months of trying is becoming an everyday sad story. |
 | Independent Voter Network - In a major milestone for advocates of marijuana legalization, The Journal of the American Medical Association has published the results of a study which found that casual marijuana use does not harm lung function. |
 | AFP - WARSAW - Sales of condoms and birth control in Poland shrank by 10 percent and 3.2 percent respectively over a year as of October 2011, the first such drop on record, fresh market surveys showed Tuesday. |
 | Huffington Post - On Tuesday, celebrity chef and Food Network star Paula Deen announced on the Today show that she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2008, The Huffington Post reported when the news broke. |
 | Times of India - MUMBAI: The medical drama playing out in Mumbai for the last 10 days over the emergence of the totally drug resistant strain of tuberculosis (TDR-TB) may well boil down to a battle of semantics. |
 | CBS News - Carol Daly struggles with Alzheimer's disease. Most recently, she couldn't remember how old she is. (CBS News) The federal government set a goal Tuesday of finding an effective treatment for Alzheimer's by 2025. |
 | UCSD Medical Center - Smoking is a major public health issue and quitting is the single most important thing smokers can do to improve their health. In the 2012 edition of the prestigious Annual Review of Public Health, researchers at the University of California, ... |
 | NEWS.com.au - AN expecting mum avoided New York City's peak-hour rush on a trip to see her doctor, but she didn't quite make it. Instead, she gave birth on the train, en route from New Jersey, with the aid of helpful passengers, the New York Post reported. |
 | New York Daily News - By Kerry Wills AND Tracy Connor / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The hospital cured his pneumonia, but the bill - for an eye-popping $44 million - made him sick. |
 | Mirror.co.uk - by Lachlan Mackinnon, Daily Mirror 18/01/2012 Women with PIP breast implants should “expect” to have them removed upon request, surgeons' leaders said last night. |
 | CNET - by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore January 17, 2012 11:52 AM PST My 85-year-old grandmother wouldn't do well on a bike on the open road. |
 | Scotsman - By Michael Warren THE Falkland Islands - over which Britain and Argentina fought a 1982 war - has been accused of a hostile act after it turned away a cruise ship carrying South Americans because a small number had stomach flu. |
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