An expert medical panel is planning to recommend healthy men forgo a common test that screens for prostate cancer. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is set to release a report next week saying the so-called PSA test is unhelpful, but not because it fails to identify people with the cancer. In fact, the test, […]
U.S. Panel: No PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Panel: No PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
An expert medical panel is planning to recommend healthy men forego a common test that screens for prostate cancer. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the so-called PSA test is unhelpful, but not because it fails to identify people with the cancer. In fact, the test, which measures the level of the prostate-specific antigen […]
Tropical Storm Jova Forms in Pacific
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. weather forecasters say a new tropical storm has formed over the Pacific. Tropical Storm Jova is the 10th Pacific storm of the season. The National Hurricane Center says the storm was centered about 800 kilometers southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico and could grow into a hurricane by Saturday. There are currently no watches or warnings […]
Australian PM Optimistic About Economy
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the country’s economy has recovered after the global crisis two years ago and that it will continue to grow. Speaking Thursday at the Future Jobs Forum in the capital Canberra, Ms. Gillard said the employment has grown five percent mainly due to expansion in mining and construction industries. She […]
NATO Readies Afghan Exit as Invasion’s 10th Anniversary Looms
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
NATO says its plans to hand over security responsibility to the Afghan government remain on track as hundreds protested in Kabul calling for the immediate withdrawal of international forces ahead of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday he believes the transition process will “not be derailed.” The […]
Sarkozy Urges Turkey to Recognize Armenian Genocide
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is urging Turkey to “revisit its history” and recognize the deaths of Armenians nearly 100 years ago as genocide. Mr. Sarkozy said during a visit to Armenia Thursday that the genocide of Armenians is a historical reality recognized by France. He calls collective denial worse than that by individuals. The French […]
12 Punished in China Subway Crash
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Chinese investigators say human error caused a subway train crash last month in Shanghai and 12 people have been punished in connection with the wreck. News reports from China say the government dismissed the chief dispatcher at the Shanghai Metro Line 10, on which the accident occurred. Eleven other managers and workers of the operation […]
Oil Price Increases
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded Thursday in New York: Crude oil prices increased $2.91 to end at $82.59 a barrel. Coffee futures rose nearly 7 cents to close at $2.34 a pound. Copper prices jumped more than 14 cents to close at $3.24 a pound. Cocoa futures increased $38 to settle […]
World Stock Indexes Move Higher
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
World stock markets rose sharply on Thursday. In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.7 percent to end at 11,123. The S&P 500 soared 1.8 percent to close at 1,165, while the NASDAQ gained 1.9 percent to finish at 2,507. European stocks made strong gains. London’s Financial Times index ended up 3.7 […]
Hundreds of Anti-Wall Street Activists Protest in Washington
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of activists have rallied in Washington to protest corporate greed and economic inequality, joining a movement than began in New York last month and has spread to several major U.S. cities. The activists gathered Thursday in Washington’s Freedom Plaza and marched to the White House, expressing a variety of demands, including economic reforms and […]
