‘Up All Night’ takes a page from ‘Happy Days’

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – “Up All Night” is switching from a single camera to multicam format, making a transition formerly made by the classic sitcom “Happy Days.”The series, which stars Christina Applegate and Will Arnett as harried new parents and Maya Rudolph as Applegate‘s self-absorbed boss, will shut down for...

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Singapore firm starts new Alzheimer’s drug trials

affiliate marketing LONDON (Reuters) – TauRx Therapeutics, a privately held biotech company based in Singapore, has launched two late-stage clinical studies testing a new kind of experimental drug against Alzheimer’s.Its LMTX drug aims to attack the memory-robbing disease by blocking the build-up of a protein called tau that forms twisted...

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Consumer spending rises, but saving slows

affiliate marketing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Consumer spending rose solidly in September as households stepped up purchases on automobiles and a range of other goods, but the increase came at the expense of savings.The Commerce Department said on Monday consumer spending rose 0.8 percent, the largest increase since February, after an unrevised...

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More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans

affiliate marketing BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain’s most popular football teams, Barcelona‘s 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening roar. Tens of thousands of Catalans in the city at the heart of their separatist movement chanted in unison: “Independence!”More than ever,...

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Ahead of the Bell: Windows Phone event

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Coming on the heels of its launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet, Microsoft has scheduled an event in San Francisco to kick off its new software for mobile phones.On Friday, Microsoft started selling the Windows 8 operating system for desktops, laptops and tablet computers. Machines with...

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European fashion buyers look to Nigeria

affiliate marketing LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A model struts the runway wearing a flowing newspaper print gown in this African megacity where international high-end fashion buyers are looking beyond the country’s bleak headlines to uncover the next new thing.There have been steady efforts to turn Lagos, a city with a fearsome reputation,...

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Women hoist kettlebells for strength and shapeliness

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kettlebells, classically a training tool of Russian strongmen, has become a go-to group fitness workout for women in pursuit of strong and sexy bodies, according to fitness experts.Lorna Kleidman, a world champion in kettlebell competition, said a modern kettlebell workout effectively combines...

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Paul Ceglia’s Quest to Own Half of Facebook Ends in an Arrest for Fraud

affiliate marketing Oh how the tables have turned: The feds have arrested Paul Ceglia, the man who sued Facebook for 50 percent stake in the social network, charging him with attempting to defraud Mark Zuckerberg. Ceglia‘s assertion that Zuck had promised him half of his company lost total credibility about a year ago when the social...

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Reports: UK police arrest Gary Glitter

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.Police would not directly identify the suspect arrested Sunday, but...

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Facebook More Irresistible Than Sex?

affiliate marketing Reported by Dr. Julielynn Wong:You may want to ask your date to turn off his or her phone. A new study suggests Facebook and email trump sex in terms of sheer irresistibility. affiliate marketing The German study used smartphone-based surveys to probe the daily...

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