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News Corp. board approves company split $500-million stock buyback

News Corp. says its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies.News Corp. also said Friday that the target date for the split is June 28. The company holding its TV and movie properties will be 21st Century Fox. The new News Corp., a smaller entity, will be focused on newspapers and publishing. Both will be publicly ...
Bowling Blog Loschetter leads in Milwaukee Weber tied for 11th

Chris Loschetter of Avon, Ohio, averaged 250 over 10 games of qualifying Thursday at AMF West to lead the field of 24 players who advanced to ...
How tweet it is Federer gets around to Twitter

Yes, tennis fans, Roger Federer is finally on Twitter.The owner of a record 17 Grand Slam titles says Friday he waited to join the social media site until after seeing how other athletes used it.Speaking at the French Open, which begins Sunday, Federer says: "At the end of the day, it's got to be something I needed to feel comfortable with."He accrued more than 150,000 followers ...
Bernie Bytes Lefthanders waiting for Cards in LA

* Matt Holliday had 11 homers and a .613 slugging percentage vs. LHP in 2012. This season Holliday is hitting for average (.296) and getting on base (.424) against lefthanders, but hasn't homered. His slugging pct. vs. LH is ...
Defending champ Keselowski tries to build on title

Defending series champion Brad Keselowski believes he's still the fastest in Sprint Cup, even if his results four months into the season don't bear that out.Keselowski is winless and stands seventh in points heading into the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday night. He opened the season with four straight top-four finishes and seven top 10s in the first eight ...

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Margin Call

An intense, focused dramatization of one moment at the beginning of the 2008 global financial meltdown, J.C. Chandors Margin Call arrives on the heels of numerous documentaries that have attempted to show in grand fashion how toxic assets, bad mortgages, and shady dealings brought ... ...

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Tipsheet Can Cards feast on Dodger dogs

The Dodgers GM loves to wheel and deal. He had a lengthy meeting with Mattingly and his coaching staff this week. He apparently shares some of Mattingly's concern about the team's competitive make-up, so Either isn't the only Dodger who could find himself on the trade block.All this should make for an interesting weekend in ...
Schumaker stays upbeat with Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Skip Schumaker fields a ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt during the first inning of their baseball game, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. Goldschmidt was thrown out at first on the play. (AP Photo/Mark J. ...
Today at Bellerive Langer waited a long time to break 80

Mornings don't come much prettier than the one we have today at Bellerive. As the ball goes in the air for the second round of the championship, here are some breakfast ...
Jury foreman says Arias testimony didnt help her

As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."The silent gesture toward the loved ones of Travis Alexander offered a glimpse into what was likely a tense few days inside ...
With Jackson gone Bradford vows to fill void

Rams quarterback Sam Bradford (8) passes to wide receiver Tavon Austin (11), covered by cornerback Trumaine Johnson, during practice on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Rams Park in Earth City. Photo by Huy Mach, ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

Barack Obama

The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Thistle Marble Arch Hotel

The hotel is an old building, in fact there are neon signs on an adjacent, seemingly unused warehouse which is ...

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Radioactive nanoparticles that target cancer cells developed

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body.

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.

Michael Lewis, an associate professor of oncology in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, stated that being able to target secondary tumors is vital to successfully treating patients with progressive cancers.

"Depending on the type of cancer, primary tumors usually are not the cause of death for cancer patients. If a cancer metastasizes, or spreads creating hard-to-find tumors, it often becomes fatal. Having a way to identify and shrink these secondary tumors is of utmost importance when fighting to save people with these diseases," Lewis said.

In an effort to find a way to locate and kill secondary tumors, Lewis, in collaboration with J. David Robertson, director of research at the MU Research Reactor and professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, have successfully created nanoparticles made of a radioactive form of the element lutetium. ...