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California SC to hear legal challenges against gay marriage ban

GayLetting the voter-approved ban on gay marriage stand, California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear several legal challenges against the ban. Though an earlier decision by the same court in May had opened marriage to same-sex couples in the state, gay couples are legally no allowed to resume marrying before it rules anew.

FDA Panel Warns about Rising Antipsychotic Use in Kids

Antipsychotic DrugsFDA advisory committee yesterday called on the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and other U. S. health agencies to study the long-term effects of prescribing powerful antipsychotic drugs to children. The committee said antipsychotics are increasingly prescribed to children, often for unapproved uses, such as treating attention deficit disorders or ADHD.

Banning Fast Food Advertising could Reduce Children’s Obesity

Banning Fast Food Advertising could Reduce Children’s ObesityAccording to a report published today from economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research, banning fast food advertisements on television could reduce the number of overweight children in the United States by as much as 18%. However the team of researchers from Lehigh University, Georgia State University and City University of New York Graduate Center questioned the practicality of such an approach, which has been put into effect only by Sweden, Norway and Finland till now.

ZTE Signs $194.73 Million RMB CDMA Contract With China Telecom

ZTE Signs $194.73 Million RMB CDMA Contract With China TelecomZTE Corporation, the leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has signed up a 1.33 billion ($194.73 million) RMB deal with China Telecom Corporation Limited for the initial phase of a CDMA network construction project starting this year, which will cover both wireless and service networks.

Soha Reminds Me Of Her Mother, Says Rahul

Soha Ali Khan & Sharmila TagoreAce Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi was stunned by the mysterious resemblance between Chitrangda Singh and former multi-talented actress Smita Patil.

This time, Rahul Bose said that Soha Ali reminds him of her mother, Sharmila Tagore.

Rahul said, “Soha is a great actress like her mom Sharmila ji. I guess the acting genes have been transmitted very well. There are so many daughters in Bollywood who are not even a patch on their mothers' acting or beauty. But Soha Ali Khan is a great actress and I guess she just needs the right film.”

US FDA Opens its Office in China

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its first overseas office on Wednesday in China, with others planned around the globe to control quality of food imported in to the country. David Acheson, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods said, "We are currently importing about 15% of the food we eat in the United States, and it is increasing every year. It's much easier if we can build the collaboration at a local level rather than trying to do it from 8,000 miles away."

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