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Does hand sanitizer kill bacteria and viruses?
From CNN.com blogger, Dick:
“Hand sanitizer has been recommended but the bottles say, “Effective against bacteria,” with no mention of viruses. What gives?”
Answer:
That is a good question. There are not a lot of data actually on how effective those sanitizers are against viruses. There have been some studies done over the years and the conclusion is washing your hands with soap and water is still probably the best idea. If you are having a busy day and it is hard to get to a sink, then carrying a bottle of hand sanitizer would be a good idea.
Radio host Savage demands UK remove his name from banned list
NEW YORK (CNN) — American radio talk show host Michael Savage wants an apology from Britain’s home secretary and wants his name removed from a list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom, he told CNN’s “American Morning.”
“I’ve heard from British attorneys who are salivating to set the record straight and win quite a large settlement should she not remove my name from the list,” Savage said in an interview broadcast Thursday.
He was referring to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, whose office recently excluded 22 people, including Savage, from entering the country because the government feels they have been “stirring up hatred.”
Savage — who is on the list under his real name, Michael Alan Weiner — is cited by the British government for “seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.”
He has made controversial statements against homosexuality, illegal immigrants from Mexico, and Islam. Savage said “borders, language, and culture is the real message of the Savage Nation,” his radio talk show.
Pakistan's president accused of murder by niece
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The Obama administration is depending on Pakistan’s President Zardari to keep the Taliban from tightening its grip on Pakistan. Now Zardari is being accused of murder by his own niece, Fatima Bhutto. She claims Zardari orchestrated the death of her father, Murtaza Bhutto, and she is fighting to reveal the truth. Fatima Bhutto is also the niece of slain Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Bhutto spoke to Kiran Chetry about her allegations via phone from Karachi, Pakistan on CNN’s “American Morning” Thursday.
Kiran Chetry: You say Pakistani President Zardari conspired to kill your father. He was indicted for this, but in October of 2007 all of those charges were dropped by then President Pervez Musharraf. You still believe that your uncle did this. Why?
Fatima Bhutto: Well when you look at the evidence, my father was an elected member of parliament and he was known for speaking out against Asif Ali Zardari and his wife Benazir Bhutto’s immense corruption, which at the time was rumored to be somewhere in the realm of 2 to 3 billion dollars stolen from the state. And the trial was proceeding - the trial that Asif Zardari has tried continually to circumvent by not appearing before the judge, by doing this deal with the dictator General Musharraf, which cleared his name. In the middle of the proceeding… and it’s not just my father's case. At the time that this deal was made with General Pervez Musharraf, Asif Zardari was standing trial in four murder cases dealing with the deaths of 11 people, including a high-court judge, including known bureaucrats, and a philanthropist. This is a man with a record. His wife’s government at the time was known actually for empowering the state agencies and security agencies and the police force to attack dissidents, to attack opposition members. And they killed them in what we know here as police encounter killings and extra-judicial murders.
Erectile dysfunction ads too hot for TV?
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From CNN's Bob Ruff
You’ve all seen them. Those ubiquitous TV ads where a simple little pill transforms a man suffering from erectile dysfunction, or ED, into a virile tiger who puts a smile on the face of his now beaming wife.
Well, Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) has seen them too, and you’d be hard pressed to see a smile on his face when he talks about the ads.
“A number of people,” he says, “have come up, including colleagues, and said I’m fed up. I don’t want my three or four-year old grandkid asking me what erectile dysfunction is all about. And I don’t blame them.”
Enter H.R. 2175. That’s a bill that Rep. Moran introduced last month that would prohibit any ED ads from airing on broadcast radio and TV between 6AM and 10PM. The bill advises the Federal Communications Commission to treat these ads as “indecent” and instruct stations to restrict their broadcast to late night and overnight hours.
So, could it be adios to all of those “Viva Viagra” commercials that play on network television on weekends and during the evening? Could the same be said for the Cialis couple sitting in outdoor tubs looking out at the sunset? And could Levitra also be shunned to the overnight hours?
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