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'Magic' Drink That Claims to Reduce Hangovers Sparks Warnings

A “magic” drink that makers claim can reduce drunkenness and ease hangovers launches in France Friday, prompting skepticism and alarm among experts and health and safety campaigners. The makers of Outox, a sparkling canned drink, claim it is a “revolutionary” product that “greatly speeds up” the breakdown of alcohol in …

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Cockroaches May Help Protect Against 'Superbugs'

Before you break out the Raid Cockroach Killer – think of this. A cockroach’s tiny brain may help in the development of new antibiotics, which could curb the spread of deadly drug-resistant bacteria, according to U.K. researchers. In lab tests, scientists from the University of Nottingham showed that tissues from …

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Possible Saddam-Al Qaeda Link Seen in U.N. Oil-for-Food Program

LUGANO, Switzerland – Did Saddam Hussein use any of his ill-gotten billions filched from the United Nations Oil-for-Food program to help fund Al Qaeda? Investigations have shown that the former Iraqi dictator grafted and smuggled more than $10 billion from the program that for seven years prior to Saddam’s overthrow …

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