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Monday, February 07, 2011

Leaks, Embargoes, and Hard News

Embargoes are an important news phenomenon, and they are important to public relations professionals as well.  It’s not often that you actually read about embargoes in the news media, but in the recent New York Times Sunday Magazine, Bill Keller executive editor of the New York Times, discusses how and why his newspaper deals with embargoes.

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Posted by Roger Johnson on 02/07 at 11:36 AM
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Students Discover, Alert Facebook to Threat Allowing Access to Private Data, Phishing

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A Facebook security vulnerability discovered by a pair of doctoral students that allowed malicious websites to uncover a visitor’s real name, access private data and post bogus content on their behalf has been repaired, Facebook confirmed.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 02/03 at 01:36 PM
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Egyptian Turmoil Escalates

Well into the second week of protests in Egypt, and after President Hosni Mubarak has vowed not to run for re-election, violence erupts in the streets as pro-government factions attempt to rout the demonstrators.  Reports indicate these brute squads are targeting journalists in an attempt to bury coverage of the formerly peaceful revolution.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 02/03 at 11:08 AM
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Egyptian Protests, Experts and Sources

With protests and demonstrations in Egypt continuing for over a week, Â鶹´«Ã½ has the following experts and sources available for the media to interview.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 02/01 at 03:08 PM
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Hot Flashes Maybe Body’s Natural Protection against Breast Cancer

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Women who have experienced hot flushes and other symptoms of menopause may have a 50 percent lower risk of developing the most common forms of breast cancer than postmenopausal women who have never had such symptoms, according to a recent study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 01/28 at 12:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

NASA’s Hubble Finds Most Distant Galaxy Candidate Ever Seen in Universe

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Astronomers have pushed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is likely to be the most distant object ever seen in the universe.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 01/26 at 02:14 PM
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Human Evolution Linked to Throwing Skills

Human evolution is undeniably linked to the development of speech, social networks, and the use of tools.  New research describes how these complex mental processes mean our survival as a species had a lot to do with our ability to throw objects long distances.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 01/24 at 02:31 PM
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Economic Insecurity & Stress in a Capitalist Society Contribute to Epidemic Obesity Problems

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American University researchers unveil new theory behind the 30 year explosion in obesity.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 01/21 at 11:37 AM
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Monday, January 17, 2011

New Reason to Not Light Up: Smoking Causes Genetic Damage within Minutes After Inhaling

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As if the known associated risks weren’t already enough to avoid smoking; 18 different types of cancer, 3,000 deaths daily around the world, millions of chemicals with each inhale.  Now scientists have determined that cigarette smoke causes harmful changes to human DNA within minutes, resulting in mutations known to cause cancer.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 01/17 at 05:03 PM
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Researchers Discover Antimatter in Thunderstorms

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A research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville announced that the GBM telescope has detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth by energetic processes similar to those found in particle accelerators.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 01/17 at 12:19 PM
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