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Behavioral Therapy Improves Symptoms in Children With OCD

Ut World April 25, 2014 0

A family-based cognitive behavioral therapy markedly improves symptoms in children as young as five years old with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a new study. The behavioral treatment, which involved parents heavily and is already known to work for older kids and teens, left Continue Reading

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Apple’s Share Buybacks Till End of 2015

Ut World April 24, 2014 0

Apple Inc has approved another $30 billion in share buybacks till the end of 2015 and authorized a rarely seen seven-for-one stock split, addressing calls to share more of its cash hoard while broadening the stock’s appeal to individual investors. The company also approved a roughly 8 percent increase in its quarterly dividend to $3.29 […]Continue Reading

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19th Century Sunken Ship Found in San Fransisco

Ut World April 24, 2014 0

The wreckage of a passenger steamship that sank in the 19th century after a collision in the San Francisco Bay has been found near the Golden Gate Bridge, officials said on Wednesday. The steamship City of Chester was discovered by researchers using sonar in waters about 216 feet deep. It was encased in mud. “The […]Continue Reading

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Talk Show Host Stephen Colbert Visits the “Late Show”

Ut World April 23, 2014 0

Stephen Colbert dropped in on David Letterman’s late night CBS talk show, the “Late Show” on Tuesday, to get a glimpse of the rigors of the high-profile job he will take over in 2015. “He just stopped by to sign the lease,” Letterman said of his successor in his opening monologue. Continuing the passing-of-the-torch theme, […]Continue Reading

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California Teen Stows Away

Ut World April 23, 2014 0

A teenage boy who stowed away on a flight from California to Hawaii in the frozen, oxygen-deprived wheel well of a passenger jet was resting in hospital on Tuesday, two days after his death-defying jaunt over the Pacific, a Hawaii official said. The teenager, whose name has not been released, is “resting comfortably” at a […]Continue Reading

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More Hollywood Executives Caught in Lawsuit

Ut World April 22, 2014 0

A man who has sued “X-Men” filmmaker Bryan Singer claiming he had raped him as a teenager named three more Hollywood executives in lawsuits filed on Monday, alleging sexual abuse and rape and seeking damages exceeding $10 million. Michael Egan, 31, who was an aspiring teen actor in Los Angeles, said television executives Garth Ancier […]Continue Reading

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Revamp for Business

Ut World April 22, 2014 0

Swiss drugmaker Novartis is transforming its business by exchanging certain assets with GlaxoSmithKline and divesting its animal health business to Eli Lilly in deals worth billions of dollars. The revamp, announced on Tuesday, is the result of a keenly awaited strategic review at the company. Chief Executive Joe Jimenez said the changes would focus the […]Continue Reading

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Fire service week observed in Cochin airport

Ut World April 22, 2014 0

Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Service (ARFF), the fire and rescue arm of Cochin International Airport Limited( CIAL), observed the National Fire Service Week 2014 with the theme ‘Fire Prevention is the best insurance’. Every Year 14th to 20th  April is observed as Fire Service Week in India with which  CIAL ARFF has joined by […]Continue Reading

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More Faith Being Spread in Hollywood This Year?

Ut World April 21, 2014 0

The movie “Heaven is for Real,” which depicts the story of a young boy who claims to have visited heaven during a near death experience, is the fourth faith-based film this year to stir movie-going audiences with impressive box office numbers. Made for $12 million, the film, which stars Greg Kinnear, collected $21.5 million over […]Continue Reading

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Suspected Al Qaeda Militants Killed in Air Strike

Ut World April 21, 2014 0

Air strikes in southern Yemen killed about 30 suspected al Qaeda members on Sunday, local tribal sources said, in the second day of strikes against militant targets in the country. On Saturday an air strike killed 10 al Qaeda militants and three civilians in central Yemen, a country that neighbours top oil exporter Saudi Arabia […]Continue Reading