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Coffee Drinking Linked To Reduced Risk Of A Liver Disease
ROCHESTER, Minn. (UPI) — Regular coffee drinking is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis, an autoimmune liver disease, U.S. researchers say. Study author Dr. Craig Lammert, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, said PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in inflammation and subsequent fibrosis that can lead to cirrhosis […]
Carol Burnett Wins Mark Twain Prize For Humor
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – The 16th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will be presented to television icon Carol Burnett at a ceremony in Washington this fall. Burnett, 80, is to collect the award during a star-studded tribute Oct. 20. The event is to air on PBS stations nationwide Oct. 30. “From her television program […]
Man Survives Fall Onto Broadway Theater Marquee
NEW YORK, (UPI) – Emergency responders in New York said a man fell out a window at a Broadway theater and landed on the facility’s marquee. Fire officials said the man, whose name wasn’t released, was at the Lyceum Theater to see “The Nance” starring Nathan Lane and fell out a window around 2:50 p.m. […]
Toy Helicopter Triggers School Fire Sprinkler
MIDLOTHIAN, Va., (UPI) – Officials at a Virginia high school said students were soaked when a toy helicopter collided with a fire sprinkler. Brenda Mayo, principal of Cosby High School in Midlothian, said the fire sprinkler in a classroom was triggered when it was struck Thursday morning by a toy helicopter, WTVR-TV, Richmond, Va., reported […]
Headstones Used To Ward Off Vagrants Bear Real Names
HOUSTON, (UPI) – A Houston property owner said he did not know the phony headstones he installed to ward off vagrants bore the names and information of real people. The property owner, who asked not to be named, said he installed the headstones on his grassy lot of land near the highway about a year […]
Canadian Singer Apologizes For U.S. Anthem Botch
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, (UPI) – A Canadian jazz singer apologized for botching the U.S. national anthem at the Memorial Cup junior ice hockey game in Saskatchewan. Alexis Normand said she had been asked the day before the Saturday game to learn the Star-Spangled Banner to perform at the Western Hockey League game between Nova Scotia’s Halifax […]
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin: ‘We Will Get Through This’
MOORE, Okla., (UPI) – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said Tuesday the amount of destruction from Monday’s tornado is unfathomable but “we will get through this.” At least 24 people were killed when the EF4 twister carved a 22-mile path from Newcastle through Moore in central Oklahoma. At some places the path was 2 miles wide. […]
U.S. Appeals Court Says No To Release Of Bin Laden Death Photos
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – An appellate court Tuesday ruled the U.S. government properly classified more than 50 post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden and they can remain secret. The organization Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking 52 images of bin Laden taken after he was killed by U.S. Navy SEALS and […]
Rand Paul Calls For Independent Probe Of IRS Controversy
CONCORD, N.H., (UPI) – An independent group must look into the IRS targeting of right-wing political groups, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has told a group of GOP donors in New Hampshire. Commenting at a party fundraiser, Paul, R-Ky., said an Inspector General’s report “makes it sound as if there was some sort of policy directive,” […]
Daughters Sue Nelson Mandela Over Control Of Assets
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, (UPI) – Nelson Mandela is being sued by his daughters for the right to control his money and artwork, legal documents indicate. Makaziwe and Zenani Mandela are fighting a 2004 court order that gave Nelson Mandela the right to instruct his then lawyer, Ismail Ayob, to stop managing his financial affairs. Ayob […]
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