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Many iPhone Owners Admit: iClumsy

09/20/2012 at 12:05 pm

Regional Express(NEW YORK) -- Apple fans are looking forward to this Friday when the company releases its all new iPhone 5, but if past iPhone use is any indication, many of those folks will damage their device within 12 months.

A survey conducted by SquareTrade, a technology protection plan provider, finds 30 percent of current iPhone users have damaged their device in the last 12 months. read more ≫


Cigarette Tax Burdens Low-Income, Doesn’t Deter Smoking

09/20/2012 at 9:53 am

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Higher cigarette taxes may be financially hurting low-income smokers rather than making them more likely to quit, according to a new survey by researchers at RTI International.

The survey, which looked at more than 13,000 people living in New York state, found that lower-income smokers in the state spent nearly a quarter of their household income on cigarettes compared with an average 2 percent spent by wealthier New York smokers. read more ≫


Yoko Ono to Present Jailed Russian Band with John Lennon-Inspired Peace Grant on Friday

09/20/2012 at 9:00 am

ImaginePeace.comLast month, Paul McCartney issued a message of support to members of the Russian band ***** Riot, who were ******** earlier this year and then sentenced to prison terms because of an unauthorized protest performance they staged at an empty Moscow church.  Now, John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, will honor the feminist punk-rock group with a LennonOno Grant for Peace, which is given out to selected activists every two years.  Ono will bestow ***** Riot with the award this Friday in New York City, "in the h read more ≫


Man Wins $7 Million in Popcorn Lung Lawsuit

09/20/2012 at 8:47 am

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Wayne Watson’s love of popcorn almost turned deadly after he developed respiratory problems in 2007 known as “popcorn lung.”

Watson, a Denver native, says he ate about two bags of popcorn everyday for 10 years, and developed the rare disease possibly from inhaling the artificial butter smell of the microwave popcorn. On Wednesday, Watson won a $7.2 million verdict against Gilster-Mary Lee Corp., The Kroger Co. and Dillon Companies Inc., for his illness. read more ≫


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