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  • August 2008

    • Moisturizers Increase Skin Cancer in Mice

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Aug 15, 08 12:34 PM CDT

      Moisturizers Increase Skin Cancer in Mice

      (Newser) - Moisturizers used by millions around the world each day may increase skin cancer in mice, the Daily Mail reports. But many more tests are needed before researchers can draw conclusions about humans. In mouse experiments, animals primed to develop skin cancer were exposed to UV light. The moisturized mice developed non-melanoma cancers at a faster rate than the others, as well as twice as many tumors. More »

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      cancer  • cancer research  • skin cancer  • Rutgers  • cosmetics  • carcinogens

  • December 2007

    • Contrite Imus Returns to Air

      Associated Press  |  Dec 3, 07 8:28 AM CST

      Contrite Imus Returns to Air

      (Newser) - Don Imus was broadcasting again this morning, eight months after being fired for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team you-know-whats. His new cast sports two black comedians, and while Imus promised not to joke about racism, other than that “not much has changed,” he said. “Dick Cheney is still a war criminal, Hillary Clinton is still Satan, and I'm back on the radio.”  The guest roster included Imus vets John McCain and Chris Dodd. More »

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      Don Imus  • Rutgers

  • August 2007

    • Kickoff Brings High Hopes, Big Hype at Rutgers

      Associated Press  |  Aug 30, 07 10:45 AM CDT

      Kickoff Brings High Hopes, Big Hype at Rutgers

      (Newser) - Expectations are outpacing tickets sales as Rutgers, coming off perhaps its best season, kicks off its 2007 college football season tonight by hosting Buffalo. The Scarlet Knights enter the season as a ranked team—they're 16th—for the first time ever after going 11-2 and barely missing a major bowl. They even boast a Heisman Trophy candidate in junior halfback Ray Rice. More »

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      NCAA football  • Buffalo Bills  • Rutgers  • Heisman Trophy

    • College Athletes Scrape for Cash for Low-Profile Sports

      New York Times  |  Aug 24, 07 5:34 AM CDT

      College Athletes Scrape for Cash for Low-Profile Sports

      (Newser) - Football and basketball squads are big money makers for colleges, but less popular spectator sports have trouble just staying afloat. How much trouble? Penn State's fencing team clears trash at the football stadium after games to earn funds for the team,  reports the New York Times . Star athletes at many other colleges also do menial tasks to raise money. More »

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      NCAA  • college  • soccer  • Utah  • athlete  • swimming  • Rutgers  • college sports  • Penn State  • lacrosse  • fencing

    • Imus Gets $20M, Maybe a Comeback

      Associated Press  |  Aug 14, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Imus Gets $20M, Maybe a Comeback

      (Newser) - Shock Jock Don Imus may be returning to the airwaves, after a short vacation precipitated by a bit too much shock. Imus is reportedly in talks with WABC in what looks like a an embryonic attempt to launch a comeback, only four months after CBS fired him for calling the Rutgers womens basketball team "nappy-headed hos." More »

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      CBS  • radio  • Don Imus  • Al Sharpton  • Rutgers  • WABC

  • April 2007

    • Fired Imus Meets Players

      CNN  |  Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT

      Fired Imus Meets Players

      (Newser) - Don Imus sat down with the Rutgers women’s basketball team last night, hours after he became a former radio star for calling them “nappy-headed hos.”  The meeting, which included their coaches and parents, took place at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, whose proprietor, Jon Corzine, was en route when he was seriously injured in a car crash. More »

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      CBS  • racism  • radio  • New Jersey  • Don Imus  • Rutgers

    • Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

      Associated Press  |  Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT

      Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

      (Newser) - Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer struck back at Don Imus in a press conference today, calling his comments " deplorable, despicable and unconscionable"—but confirming that her players will meet with the foul-mouthed radio host. Stringer says her players are "valedictorians, future doctors, musical prodigies," not the' "nappy-headed hos" Imus so artfully called them last week. More »

    • Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT

      Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

      (Newser) - Five days after characterizing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's," renegade radio personality  Don Imus received a two-week suspension from NBC News and CBS Radio, along with a mandate that he must change the tone of his show, the Times reported. Imus made a contrite appearance on "Keepin It Real," the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show. More »

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      media  • NBC  • CBS  • radio  • Don Imus  • Jesse Jackson  • Al Sharpton  • women's college basketball  • Rutgers

    • Imus, Sharpton Square Off

      Associated Press  |  Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT

      Imus, Sharpton Square Off

      (Newser) -  Two of the loudest personalities on the FM dial will publicly brawl today when right-leaning mock jock Don Imus visits Al Sharpton’s syndicated show, days after characterizing the black-leaning Rutgers basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” The always-vociferous Sharpton wants Imus fired, and Imus—no shrinking violet himself—will likely fight back. More »

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      media  • sports  • radio  • Don Imus  • Al Sharpton  • Rutgers

    • Imus in Hot Water Again

      Washington Post  |  Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT

      Imus in Hot Water Again

      (Newser) - Earlier this week during his syndicated show simulcast on MSNBC and CBS radio station WFAN Don Imus called the Rutgers Women's basketball team "nappy headed hoes," initiating a firestorm of criticism.  The politically incorrect shock jock now admits that his remarks were "inappropriate, thoughtless and stupid." More »

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      CBS  • entertainment  • radio  • Don Imus  • MSNBC  • Rutgers

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