Even on this side of the Atlantic, we have noticed: Burris, standing at the governor’s side, said he’s eager to get to work in Washington “to face a convergence of parallel crises.”  One’s…

REDMOND, Washington, December 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - Sentencing marks the culmination of a global investigation and demonstrates concrete action by the Chinese government to protect intellectual…

Well, it's now a merry Christmas for everyone except Nicholas Cage. The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) announced Monday that as of Christmas Eve, 2008, they've completed the destruction of…

TOKYO and INDIANAPOLIS, December 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (TSE: 4568) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (…

WIESBADEN, Germany, December 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - President and COO of Panasonic Europe Passed Away on 26 December Panasonic Europe is deeply saddened and distressed about the bereavement of its…

HAIFA, Israel, December 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) (the Company), Israel's largest oil refiner, announced today that on December 30, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., the Annual…

New computer visualization technology developed by the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in…

An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia…

Antibiotics may be overprescribed in kids because of concern by helicopter parents and worries about malpractice lawsuits, but in at least one instance they are saving a lot of lives - as a…

EVANSTON, Illinois, December 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid daily headlines of civil war, suicide attacks, ethnic violence and social unrest emerges some welcome positive news. The Rotary Foundation of…