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With a few notable exceptions, the treatment of anyone whose cancer has spread throughout the body has been more about prolonging lives by a few months than about curing the underlying disease. But the amazing progress in the treatment of advanced cases of testicular cancer - made famous by seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong - has doctors wondering if maybe they have overlooked one of the body's most basic weapons in the fight against disease: heat...
...month mark as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, looked as focused as a patient parent listening to a child. Tom Carper, a Senator from Delaware, took note of Bernanke's attentiveness. One departed Cabinet secretary, Carper said, used to appear before Congress and "sit there with papers spread all around him and read this and that." Not Bernanke. "You listen to everyone," Carper said in amazement. And so Carper couldn't help bringing up the obvious question: "What do you actually think about when we give our opening statements...
Every available table was spoken for at St. Louis Coffee Oasis on Friday morning at 10:30. Word had spread that this 14-table coffee shop in the city's Central West End neighborhood still had free wireless Internet. After Wednesday night's windstorm that pummeled the city, damaged Busch Stadium and left 500,000 without power, the Internet is as coveted as ice or flashlights...
...Security Council session, Japan, the resolution's primary sponsor, and the U.S. managed to get the votes of China and Russia on a measure that diplomats say could take a big bite out of North Korea's ability to perfect its long-range missiles and spread that technology to other dangerous states. They swayed the two typically reluctant players by dropping objectionable references to Chapter Seven of the U.N. Charter, which authorizes punishments for threats to "international peace and security" ranging from economic sanctions to military force...
...this sounds like a surefire recipe for commercial success, it is. Since the first Seasons 52 opened in 2003 on Orlando's popular "eat street," Sand Lake Road, the chain has spread to four more Florida locations, and the first two outside of the state are scheduled to open in Atlanta this year. Prices are reasonable (all mains are under $23), service is chirpy and each branch is smart casual in style, complete with cocktail bar and resident pianist. For leisure travelers who want a contemporary taste of the U.S. without the supersized portions or the artery-clogging fats, Seasons...