Australia reclaim Ashes in Perth

Monday, December 18, 2006 Australia has reclaimed The Ashes after defeating England in the third 2006-07 Ashes Test match in Perth, Western Australia. The win gives Australia an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Australia lost The Ashes for the first time since 1987 in the 2005 Ashes series, when England won the series […]

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Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism

Thursday, March 9, 2017 In a study that appeared on Monday in Biological Psychiatry, scientists from the Universities of California and North Carolina, with several other universities in the United States and Canada, report a strong correlation between abnormal distribution of cerebrospinal fluid in infants and later development of autistic symptoms. “The more extra-axial CSF […]

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Canadian PM cabinet shuffle results

Thursday, January 4, 2007 Canadian PM Stephen Harper has shuffled his cabinet today. The major change with this shuffle is Rona Ambrose, Minister of Environment, being replaced by Treasury Board President John Baird. When a reporter asked her earlier if she would be replaced she replied, “Yes — very excited.” Ambrose is the new intergovernmental […]

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‘Naked Guy’ Andrew Martinez dies

Sunday, May 21, 2006 Andrew Martinez, a former student at the University of California at Berkeley who was better known as “The Naked Guy” in the early 1990s, committed suicide on Thursday. He was 33. Guards at the Santa Clara County Jail reportedly found Martinez unconscious in a jail cell, with a plastic bag cinched […]

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