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McCain labels UB study wasteful

In times when science can advance the nation, and job creation is embraced, Senator John McCain bashed stimulus projects across America. A project conducted by the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions made McCain's list of the 100 Most Wasteful Stimulus Projects.


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School of Public Health earns national accreditation

In its efforts to carry out the mission of public health – to help prevent and treat health problems that shorten lives and sap the quality of life – UB's School of Public Health and Health Professions has come closer to its goal through a recent national accreditation.


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Accepting peace

Taking a break from the climate debate in Copenhagen, the President of the United States made a slight detour in Oslo, Norway to pick up the Nobel Prize. The award has been given out since 1901 in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and perhaps the best known, peace.


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A matter of life and death

Finally, the fantastic Brazilian comic twins get their own Vertigo series, and they do not disappoint. Brothers Fabio Moon (Casanova) and Gabriel Ba's (Umbrella Academy: Dallas) Daytripper is a fine addition to their ever unwinding and beautiful library.


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The dangers of energy drinks

The popularity of energy drinks is rapidly increasing, along with concerns among school officials, doctors and researchers about the safety of these beverages.


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Winter days

The holiday season is important this year. Regardless of which holiday Americans celebrate, the winter holidays hold special meaning. With the passage of time, the holiday lights get brighter, the shopping gets crazier, and the holiday music gets more familiar – if that can even happen.


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The future of smoking

With the world set to enter the second decade of the new millennium, everything around us is getting smaller and more futuristic by the second.


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Woods wants mulligan

While Tiger Woods was stacking up endorsements and major championship victories, he was also stroking holes-in-one that weren't on the golf course.


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Cannon ready to unload

Sophomore 165-pounder John-Martin Cannon had a rough start to his career as a Buffalo wrestler. But with the help of a caring role model and a promising offseason, this Cannon is locked, loaded and ready to fire on his Mid-American Conference foes.


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