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DENVER (AP) — The Rocky Mountain News will say goodbye to Colorado on Friday, and the boss promises the last edition will be a doozy. "It's going to be spectacular," John Temple said with a smile Thursday, hours after owner E.W. Scripps Co. announced it would close the newspaper because of mounting losses. "It's very rare that you get to play the music at your own funeral, so you want to make sure you do it well," said Temple, the newspaper's editor, publisher and president. "I want to play something that you can listen to for years to come," he said. Managing Editor Deb Goken said the last edition will include a 52-page special section on the newspaper's history with "Goodbye Colorado" as the headline. The regular newspaper will be inside the wraparound commemorative edition. Goken said the press run would be 350,000. The newspaper's normal weekday circulation is around 210,000. Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Rocky Mountain News...

Oscars Really Wanted That Jennifer Aniston/ Angelina Jolie Fight Buzz up!Like this story? Then buzz it up February 23rd, 2009 at 11:00 by Stuart Heritage The Oscars, while ostensibly about giving little statues to humourless men, were only really about one thing. That’s right - Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie. Last night’s Oscars marked the first time that Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie had come within punching distance of one another for years. They didn’t fight, but at least the Oscars producers tried their hardest. As Jennifer Aniston walked on stage, they instantly cut to a close-up of Angelina Jolie’s face. Then they told her that Jennifer thinks her Mum’s a slag before chanting the word ’scrap’ until Hugh Jackman got excited and passed out. We heard. Forget all the hoo-ha about Slumdog Millionaire and Sean Penn and Hugh Jackman, because there was only one way to watch the Oscars popular this year - a full-on, hair-pulling, eye-gouging, vaguely-lesbian catfight between Je...

Verizon Wireless today unveiled a new slim slider phone designed for them by Samsung. It is called the Samsung Sway and you’ll find it pricing around $70 after rebate and contract. The Samsung Sway offers your typical array of media and lifestyle features to make it more than just a mobile. It includes being a MP3 player which can be loaded with music via a USB cable, a 2.0-megapixel digital camera with video recording and digital zoom and Bluetooth support. Other features of the Sway include expandable memory up to 8GB via microSD, a bilingual user interface, a weight of only 3.56 ounces and chat time of up to 270 minutes. It will be available later this month. As we know Nokia is the number one selling phone maker and the No.2 spot had been taken up by Motorola, however Samsung has now taken it away from them. It is because of phones like the upcoming Samsung Sway SCH-u650, which has helped the Korean electronics giant reach this success. The new Samsung Sway SCH-u650 will be availab...

KITT is back! But like almost everyone else on TV these days, the star of the revived "Knight Rider" has had a little work done. He's still KITT, but that now stands for Knight Industries Three Thousand. And instead of the classic Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, he's now a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR with nanotechnology and the ability to take on the temporary appearance of other cars. Though KITT may be the most recognizable name and grill from TV's recent past, he's not alone. They may not ever grab the cover of Rolling Stone or TV Guide, but these TV star cars have charisma to spare. The new KITT is one cranky back-seat driver. The reboot of the kitschy ’80s action show “Knight Rider” (premiering Wednesday night at 8 on WHDH, Ch. 7) comes with some solid CGI work, a few pretty people and an annoying spin on the retooled vehicle. The new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) is one cool car, and in this age of big-screen “Transformers,” it better be. KITT is ca...

New York to observe seventh anniversary of 9/11 attacks Seven years after the Sep 11 terrorist strikes, New Yorkers Thursday will remember the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people with the destruction of the World Trade Center's twin towers. The city will observe the anniversary with renewed calls for vigilance against the constant threats of new terrorist attacks. Names of the dead will be read yet again. The presidential nominees of both US major parties, Republican senator John McCain and his rival, Democratic senator Barack Obama, plan to attend ceremonies at Ground Zero, site of the destroyed towers. Both candidates have agreed to call off their election rhetoric and suspend campaign television ads on that day out of respect for the dead from the 9/11 attacks, which targeted New York and Washington. McCain and Obama issued a joint statement this week: "All of us came together on 9/11 - not as Democrats or Republicans but as Americans. We were united as one American...

Amantadine and Huntington's disease Medication and Treatment for Huntington's disease Susceptibility to Oseltamivir and Amantadine of Human Influenza Viruses Circulating in Portugal Background: Since 2002, increasing incidence of amantadine resistance has been detected worldwide. In a minor extent, emergence of oseltamivir-resistant strains has been identified during 2007/2008 winter season. This study aims to contribute to global surveillance on antiviral resistance and to risk assessment of drug use with continuous liberation of national data. Its main objective is to evaluate influenza virus susceptibility to oseltamivir and amantadine during 2004/2005-2007/2008, in Portugal. Methods: Susceptibility to oseltamivir was evaluated by fluorescence assay in 233 strains from 2004/2005-2007/2008. NA and HA1 gene sequencing was performed in statistical outliers and in 30% of susceptible strains, identified by fluorescence. Resistance to amantadine was evaluated by pyrosequencing in ...