Thursday, October 20, 2005

'Intelligent Design' scorned


'Intelligent Design' scorned
NEWS.com.au - 1 hour ago By Darrin Barnett. AUSTRALIA'S scientific community has fired its first broadside in a looming war over a controversial theory of evolution known as intelligent design. The theory proposes that evolution alone

Parents' group rates Fox shows as worst for family viewing
Newsday - 22 hours ago NEW YORK -- Four Fox network programs, led by the comedies "The War at Home," "The Family Guy" and "American Dad," topped a parents group's annual listing of the worst prime-time shows for family viewing.

`Stunning' advance for cancer drug
San Jose Mercury News - 6 hours ago By Steve Johnson. New studies of a drug from Genentech given to women with a common form of early breast cancer shows it can cut in half their risk that cancer will return, a major advance called ``stunning'' by experts.

Reactions vary among NY Iraqis
Newsday - 4 hours ago BY BART JONES. Albert Nassim got up early enough yesterday to watch Saddam Hussein declare his innocence and scuffle with court guards in Baghdad. The Great Neck resident said it was worth setting his alarm

Study: New Diabetes Pill Deemed Dangerous
ABC News - 41 minutes ago By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer. CHICAGO Oct 20, 2005 A new diabetes pill that appeared headed for federal approval can double the risk for deaths, heart attacks and strokes, according to a study released

The spreading bird-flu menace reaches Europe
Economist - 32 minutes ago European countries are taking emergency measures to contain the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu which has already led to the deaths of millions of birds and 60 people in Asia after confirmation of its arrival in Romania and Turkey, and possibly