VARIANT CJD - the human form of mad cow disease - may never disappear from the UK due to the risks from blood transfusions and surgical equipment, a leading expert in the disease has warned.

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Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from an abortion rights advocacy group to set up text message alerts for subscribers who signed up for the information, but a company spokesman said on Thursday it was reviewing its text messaging policy.

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Verizon Wireless will allow an abortion rights group to set up a text message alert system for its subscribers, after initially refusing the request based on what the company called an outdated policy against unwanted messages, a spokesman said on Thursday.

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Serenic Corporation , a leading publisher of financial management and business operations software for nonprofit organizations and government agencies, announced today that it has released Version 5.0 of Serenic Navigator.

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THE potentially devastating livestock virus bluetongue could reach Scotland by next year, farmers warned yesterday.

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The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. Verizon has asked a federal court to overturn open-access rules that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is imposing on the winner of valuable wireless airwaves to be auctioned this winter.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - Dr. Hikmet Akin, president of RPT Uranium Corp. is pleased to announce that the company has signed a contract to drill a minimum of 2,250 metres on its Richards Lake uranium property near the northern edge of the Athabasca basin in Saskatchewan.

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