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Oil price tops $99 in Asia
Heating fuel demand is expected to rise as the northern hemisphere winter kicks in next month, while energy appetite from emerging markets such as China and India shows no sign of slowing, dealers said. Katie Dean, a senior economist with Australia's ANZ bank in Melbourne, said 100-dollar oil would have a major psychological impact. "The psychological impact is very significant... we are going to have to get used to oil being at elevated levels," Dean told AFP. Crude prices topped 50 dollars in 2004 amid tensions caused by the Iraq war. They climbed above 70 dollars in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf of Mexico, damaging major offshore oil installations. Despite pressure from the United States, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) opted not to raise production following a rare summit in Riyadh this month.
Clinton Campaign Stung By Third-Place Finish
The rumblings of Clinton's defeat could be sensed in the past few days as a sense of momentum and swelling crowds fueled the numerous campaign events staged by Obama and Edwards as they feverishly crisscrossed the state. A few hours before the caucusing began Thursday night, Bill and Hillary Clinton were seen striding through the Hotel Fort Des Moines with a look of consternation on their faces. The caucuses marked the culmination of a dispiriting week for the Clintons as a series of polls presaged a possible Obama victory — so long as a projected massive turnout of young and first-time caucus-goers materialized. And so it did with an estimated 212,000 Democrats showing up to caucus, almost twice as many as in 2004. The groundswell of Democrats responding to Obama's and Edwards' call for "hope" and "change," respectively, flooded and stalled the vaunted, fine-tuned Clinton electoral machine.
His spirit, her soul
Amy Winehouse dominates the Grammys, winning five awards and performing via satellite from London. In a major shocker, Winehouse lost album of the year, to Herbie Hancock's "River: The Joni Letters."
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Red Blood Cell Nuclei Insight Reported
U.S. researchers have completed the first mechanistic study of how a red blood cell loses its nucleus, shedding light on mammalian evolution. Unlike the rest of the human body's cells, red blood cells lack nuclei and scientists have struggled to understand the mechanism by which maturing red blood cells eject their nuclei. Now, researchers led by Harvey Lodish at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have modeled the complete process in vitro in mice. .
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