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BP spreads blame in Deepwater incident
In a long-awaited report, BP said on Wednesday that a series of failures involving multiple companies caused the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion which killed 11 workers, injured 17 and led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
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BP says series of failures caused Gulf oil spill
BP Plc said a series of complex events, rather than a single mistake or failure, led to the Gulf of Mexico tragedy.
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New mobile app launched to warn users of high radiation levels
A new software application from Tawkon, an Israeli start-up firm, can read mobile phone?s radiation and alert the users when it reaches high levels
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US judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds
A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
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Teenagers can fight depression using Internet, says study
Interactive online mental health resources, along with traditional counseling, can help improve the mental health of teenagers, according to a study conducted by Dr Suvena Sethi of the University of Sydney and his colleagues.
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EU cracks whip on budget offenders
The move, aimed to preserve the future of the euro common currency and maintain the viability of the monetary union, will now put a lid on "irresponsible spending" by member countries who played against the rule and inflated their national budget deficit, thus raising the specter of euro's collapse.
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Bristol-Myers buying hepatitis C drug developer for $885 mln
Bristol-Myers Squibb said the purchase of ZymoGenetics will give it full ownership of a promising investigational biologic the two companies were developing together.
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Decoding Brain Signals Could Let 'Locked In' Patients Speak
University of Utah scientists have found a way to decode words from brain signals in an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts.
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PepsiCo releases water report; renews conservation pledge
PepsiCo Inc. on Tuesday released its first water report which gave details on the company's efforts to conserve and recycle water and provide increased access to clean water globally.
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Japan puts cost of suicides, depression at $32 billion in 2009
In a move to raise awareness among its public to prolonged social malady in the country, the government of Japan on Wednesday released data on the cost of suicides and other depression-related cases to the economy, putting it around 2.7 trillion yen ($32 billion) in 2009.
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