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Are you vaccinated against hepatitis?

HealthAug 4, 2011

Sixty-two-year-old Bae cannot forget the day he had his hepatitis C cured. In 2009, after six months of painful medication, he was declared free from the disease that had haunted him for decades. “I had always felt tired, lethargic and hopeless. People suspected that I had a liver disorder but for a
HIV epidemic emerging in Middle East

HealthAug 4, 2011

The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday."This systematic review and data synthesis indicate that HIV epidemics appear to be emerging among MSM (men who have sex with men) in
Marvel: New Ultimate Spider-Man boasts big changes

BooksAug 4, 2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Peter Parker is dead and gone, but Spider-Man’s still slinging webs and fighting crime.A half-black, half-Latino teenager named Miles Morales, as unveiled by Marvel Comics (Yonhap News)And it’s not just a new teenager climbing Manhattan buildings, it’s an entirely new crime
Humans failing themselves: U.S. poet

PeopleAug 3, 2011

HONOLULU (AP) ― Humans aren’t being true to themselves and are cutting back on their own chances for survival by failing to take care of other life and the planet, the U.S. poet laureate said Tuesday.W.S. Merwin told scientists and others working to protect Hawaii’s natural resources at a meeting in
International figures to discuss power of popular culture

CultureAug 3, 2011

World-class cultural figures like Peter Florence, founder and director of the Hay Festival, will be visiting Seoul next month to participate in the Culture Communication Forum 2011. Following the success of the C20 event last year in which the Corea Image Communication Institute invited cultural lea
Demi Moore adds her style stamp to Ann Taylor ads

FashionAug 3, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― As a young teenager, before the fame, kids, paparazzi and front-row seats at fashion shows, Demi Moore regularly passed an Ann Taylor store at a local mall, taking note of the clothes.In the years since, she’s been a red-carpet rebel, jeans-wearing mom, bikini globetrotter and Ver
Gyms take the work out of workout

HealthAug 3, 2011

BALTIMORE ― Go ahead and bang a drum, hang from the curtains and spin that hula hoop. Gym instructors say it’s good for you, even if you don’t realize it.The unconventional workouts are part of a movement to keep the masses focused on their fitness by disguising exercise as playtime, like spinach in
U.S. parents find kids slower to leave home

PeopleAug 3, 2011

Economy forces ‘boomerang kids’ to return home as adultsWALNUT CREEK, California ― A word to parents: You may want to hold off on converting those empty bedrooms into offices and exercise spaces.High unemployment and changing social norms are guiding young ― and not-so-young ― adults to move back ho
Parents look for best ways to raise bilingual kids

CultureAug 3, 2011

MIAMI (AP) -- One-year-old Alice Di Giovanni asks for “banane,” not banana, when she's in the mood for one. She'll bid you farewell with a “ciao.” And if she wants more, she says “mas.”The Miami toddler is one of an increasing number of Americans living in homes where a language other than English i
Ewha Medical Center keeps Suh as chief; Kim to head Mokdong unit

PeopleAug 2, 2011

Ewha Womans University reappointed Suh Hyun-suk, 62, as president of its medical center, and also named Kim Kwang-ho, 41, director of its stomach cancer center, as president of its Mokdong Hospital Monday. Suh was reelected to head the medical center for the third consecutive term since 2007, the ho
Onnuri Church founder Ha dies

CultureAug 2, 2011

One of Korea’s most influential Christian leaders died at Severance Hospital in Seoul on Tuesday morning. Onnuri Church founder Rev. Ha Yong-jo was 65.Ha collapsed on Monday due to a cerebral hemorrhaging and underwent surgery but did not regain consciousness. A visitor pays respects to Rev. H
Internet archivist seeks every book written

BooksAug 2, 2011

RICHMOND (AP) ― Tucked away in a small warehouse on a dead-end street, an Internet pioneer is building a bunker to protect an endangered species: the printed word.Brewster Kahle, 50, founded the nonprofit Internet Archive in 1996 to save a copy of every Web page ever posted. Now the MIT-trained comp
Lopez talks about split from Marc Anthony

PeopleAug 2, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Jennifer Lopez tells Vanity Fair magazine that she still believes in love despite her split from her husband of seven years, Marc Anthony.The singer and actress gave the publication her first interview since announcing her divorce earlier this month.Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez
Cameron’s trip: No service, no tip, at Tuscan caf

PeopleAug 2, 2011

ROME (AP) ― A barmaid has made a name for herself, but no tip, after telling British Prime David Cameron he could carry his own cappuccino during his Tuscan holiday breakfast.Francesca Ariani was alone and swamped with customers on Sunday when Cameron came up to the bar’s counter and ordered two cap
Gwangju expats exhibit kids’ drawings

Expat LivingAug 2, 2011

Gwangju expats Andrea Hildebrand and Trevor Homeniuk are putting on an exhibition of postcards about the environment drawn by school students at Gwangju International Center from Aug. 6-20.The two have been running the Environmental Awareness Education Program in Gwangju since May 2010, to teach ele