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Long recovery from mass extinction seen
CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A large group of Peruvian mummies -- entombed in cliff caves for hundreds of years -- showed signs of tuberculosis and arthritis when X-rayed, researchers report. Gerald J. Conlogue, co-director of the Bioanthropology Research Institute of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., said arthritis was common in young men and women, suggesting that both sexes performed heavy manual labor.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, May 31 (UPI) --
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has an aggressive cancer and only has a few months left to live, HDNet reported.
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LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) --
Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart for a seventh week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
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CAMBRIDGE, England, May 30 (UPI) --
A Chinese-made microprocessor used extensively by the U.S. military has a "backdoor" that allows the chip to be reprogrammed, British researchers allege.
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