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Baltimore history buffs raise Edgar Allan Poe tradition from the dead
The Maryland Historical Society is resurrecting the tradition of the “Poe Toaster,” a shadowy figure who would sneak to Edgar Allan Poe’s gravesite for a mysterious tribute.
India's drug stores plan protest against e-pharmacies
(Corrects Oct. 9 story to say 1mg gets up to 60 mln hits a year on website, not a month, after company clarified) By Aditya Kalra and Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – As many as 850,000 small chemist shops in India will shut for a day next week to protest against a burgeoning online pharmacy industry that is attracting big money backers. Healthcare provider Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd plans
Here's the Terrible Habit Killing 30 Percent of This Country's Young Men
With more than 1.3 billion residents, China enjoys a reputation as the world’s most populous nation. There are currently 300 million smokers in China, and an astounding 1 million people die every year from the effects of cancer. When I lived in Guangzhou, about an hour north of Hong Kong, in the mid 1990s, a friend purchased four cartons of Marlboro cigarettes as a present for her father at Chinese
India risks backsliding on success against HIV-U.N. envoy
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – New HIV infections in India could rise for the first time in more than a decade because states are mismanaging a prevention program by delaying payments to health workers, the United Nations envoy for AIDS in Asia and the Pacific said. India’s efforts to fight HIV have for years centered around community-based programs run for people at high risk of contracting the virus,
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations
SACRAMENTO, Calif./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state’s first comprehensive regulations of medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled a wild west of disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns about the ease of obtaining the drug. The package of three laws, viewed by some as a possible framework for the eventual legalization of recreational marijuana in the most
Rohingya trafficking victims endure stress of limbo, stranded in Thailand
By Alisa Tang RATTAPHUM, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The strapping 23-year-old Rohingya Muslim was matter of fact as he described being forced onto a boat in Myanmar for a tortuous two-month-long journey, beaten and kicked by traffickers as he watched scores die of starvation and thirst along the way. On many evenings in this compound of cement buildings that has become home to 66 male Rohingya trafficking victims from
Cobblers unbeaten in six games
Northampton Town extended their unbeaten run in Sky Bet League 2 to six games with a 2-1 victory over Hartlepool United.
Sunday at the tennis
Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal have enjoyed a record-breaking rivalry at the summit of their sport and will play for the 45th time at the China Open final.
Where to Go for Thanksgiving 2015
Why spend another Thanksgiving watching football on the sofa in a tryptophan-induced food coma when you could be out exploring the world? Whether you want to experience the holiday in a different way or laze on a warm beach and forget about it altogether, late November can be a great time to get out of town and try something new. From warm Caribbean islands to wintry European wonderlands, we’ve rounded