New Supplement Promises 'Ninja Like' Mental Focus

For people looking for a dose of mental edge, a purported brain enhancer called citicoline is popping up in beverages and dietary supplements.

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Revolutionary Surgery Tool Both Cuts and Seals

A toddler is recovering tonight after surgery to remove part of a tumor on her back. The new tool used in the surgery was invented here in the valley, in the garage of an Ahwatukee doctor.

We’re used to surgeons using a scalpel, but this new tool replaces the scalpel in very delicate surgeries.

The doctor who invented it lives in Ahwatukee and used to work at Phoenix Children's Hospital. This surgery was the first time the new device has been used in Arizona.

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Starbucks in SoCal to Offer Booze | FOX 11 News

Los Angeles - Southern California Starbucks customers will soon be able to buy something a little stronger than coffee. A handful of Southland Starbucks locations will begin offering wine and beer by the end of the year, the coffee giant announced today.

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Study confirms groundbreaking advance in stem cells - Yahoo! News

The first use of embryonic stem cells in humans eased a degenerative form of blindness in two volunteers and showed no signs of any adverse effects, according to a study published by The Lancet on Monday.

Publication in the peer-reviewed journal marks an important step for embryonic stem cells, which were hailed as a miracle cure after they were discovered in 1998 but then ran into technical and political hurdles.

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Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday.

While embryonic stem cells were first isolated more than a decade ago, most of the research has been done in lab animals. The new results come from the first tests in humans for a vision problem. Researchers caution the work is still very preliminary.

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Warrant needed for GPS tracking, high court says - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare defeat for law enforcement, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Monday to bar police from installing GPS technology to track suspects without first getting a judge's approval. The justices made clear it wouldn't be their final word on increasingly advanced high-tech surveillance of Americans.

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Strongest solar storm since 2005 hitting Earth - Yahoo! News

The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years with more to come from the fast-moving eruption.

The solar flare occurred at about 11 p.m. EST Sunday and will hit Earth with three different effects at three different times. The biggest issue is radiation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.

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Colorful new snake species discovered - Technology & science - Science - OurAmazingPlanet - msnbc.com

A new type of snake, a species of bush viper, was discovered in southern Tanzania during a recent biological survey. The snake's exact location is being kept secret to protect the visually striking black-and-yellow snake from illegal pet collectors.

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Huppenthal issues order penalizing TUSD for ethnic studies - Home

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Late Friday morning Arizona education boss John Huppenthal issued his decision on the fate of the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson Unified School District.  As expected, Huppenthal accepted an administrative judge's ruling.  He slapped TUSD with a 10% funding cut, and made it retroactive to August of 2011.

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Workplaces ban not only smoking, but smokers

More job-seekers are facing an added requirement: no smoking -- at work or anytime.

As bans on smoking sweep the USA, an increasing number of employers -- primarily hospitals -- are also imposing bans on smokers. They won't hire applicants whose urine tests positive for nicotine use, whether cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or even patches.

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