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In the wake of the recent crash of an Air France plane into the Atlantic ocean during a flight from Brazil to Paris on June 1st, which killed almost250 people, it is interesting to note that a few days earlier, on May 29, a Continental Express pilot reported a “missile or rocket” flying near his airplane. The manner in which the Air France plane disintegrated, scattering debris throughout the ocean, is similar to what would have happened had there beenan explosion. However, it is also true that the plane wasflying in violent weather. If it was instantaneouslydestroyed by athunderstorm, it would be the first such disaster to strikea third-generation jetliner.
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As GM goes under and more and more companies consider bankruptcy to deal with sky-high debt and an economy in recession, the question is: will this help the companies?

Researcher Erik Lie thinks these moves might provide only limited help for many. He thinks that companies that enter bankruptcy and then emerge too soon with too much debt, may do poorly when compared to similar companies that manage to survive.
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The ultimate misery: you’re overweight AND you can’t get to sleep at night. It turns out these two problems may be related.

If you’ve ever been sleep deprived, you know the feeling that your brain is full of wool. A new study provides scientific evidence for that woolly feeling

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Is that the way it really happens? – Researchers compared real homicide data to what we see on TV shows such as CSI. They wanted to find out if these shows presented real public health information and if they portrayed what really happens when a homicide is committed. The results were mixed.

When researchers at the Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual US homicide data, they discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders because previous studies have indicated television influences individual health behaviors and public health perceptions.
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