AP – Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit surged 68 percent, showing that…
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CenturyTel, seeking scale, to buy Qwest for $10B+ (AP)
AP – CenturyTel Inc., the country’s fifth-largest local-phone company, plans to buy the third-largest, Qwest…
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Qwest: A scrappy little company with big ambitions (AP)
AP – Since the day it was created, Qwest Communications has been like the scrappy…
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Age dramatically delays recovery of the sense of taste
Age dramatically delays the time if takes to recover the sense of taste following a…
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UK may experience more cold winters
New research suggests the UK may experience more cold winters in future when the Sun…
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British heroin substitute may be associated with wide-ranging sight problems
Children born to mothers prescribed the heroin substitute methadone during pregnancy may be at risk…
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Solar energy: Cheaper solar concentrator with fewer photovoltaic cells
A new solar concentrator design from an electrical engineering Ph.D. student could lead to solar…
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Physics strategy tested as solution for antibiotic resistance
A biologist proposes to use a physics strategy called resonant activation to nudge dormant bacteria…
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Retracing the tracks of dinosaurs reveals ecosystem the size of a continent
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence that a warm and moderate climate allowed dinosaurs to…
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New Orleans street performer debuts at Jazz Fest (AP)
AP – For most of his 65 years, street singer Elliott Small was famous only…