Universal flu vaccine tests start

A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.

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Rosetta set for asteroid fly-by

The Rosetta spacecraft is “on course” to fly-by asteroid Steins at a distance of just 800km and take pictures.

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Autism and Vaccines: Why Bad Logic Trumps Science (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The link between childhood autism and vaccines has, once again, beenrefuted. A large study by Columbia’s Mailman School of Public HealthCenter for Infection and Immunity found no link between measles, mumpsand rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism cases. For many in the medicalcommunity, the issue is now closed.

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Executive leaves hedge fund Citadel (Reuters)

Reuters - A Citadel Investment Group LLC executive who ran an unprofitable credit investment group for the large hedge fund company has resigned, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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Comcast Challenges FCC’s Authority To Order Neutrality (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

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Rogen shows some skin in Smith’s `Zack and Miri’ (AP)

In this image released by The Weinstein Co., Seth Rogen, left, and Elizabeth Banks are shown in a scene from 'Zack & Miri Make A Porno.' (AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Darren Michaels)AP - All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith.


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New Partial Rings Discovered Around Saturn (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA’s Cassinispacecraft has found two new, partial rings around Saturn that each accompany asmall moon, shedding light on what determines whether a partial or completering forms with the moon.

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Fashion designer Mila Schoen dies in Italy (AP)

In this file photo taken Monday, Sept. 27, 2004,   fashion designer Mila Schoen smiles prior to presenting her Spring/Summer 2005 collection, in Milan, Italy. Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday Sept. 5, 2008  at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91. Her fashion house in Milan said Schoen died in her sleep at her country home near Alessandria. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, FILES)AP - Mila Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91.


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Green news harvest: Stolen solar panels, hydrogen at home (CNET)

CNET - A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.

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Trembley to return as Orioles manager in 2009 (AP)

AP - Dave Trembley will get another chance to coax a winning season out of the Baltimore Orioles in 2009.

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