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Multiple studies have found that annual flu shots may protect against heart attacks, and the earlier in the season a shot is given the greater the protection the heart gets. The American Heart Association and the Association of American Cardiologists both recommend flu shots for people who have heart disease or have a high risk of developing cardiovascular problems:
http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=643291
Multi-touch control could help speed us search-and-rescue operations by using a team of robots to scout out for people stuck in rubble or create new maps on the landscape. First responders need this type of controller to control the robots and quickly process incoming information:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/multi-touch-control-search-and-rescue-robot-swarms
Yale physicists are using lasers to cool molecules down to temperatures near absolute zero (-460 degrees F). This is a breakthrough towards using individual molecules as information bits in quantum computing:
http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7772
The FDA is holding 2 days of hearing to figure out whether or not genetically modified salmon needs to have a special label or if it can be sold as regular salmon. The salmon grows twice as fast as normal salmon because scientists modified it to produce a growth hormone all year long, where conventional salmon only produce growth hormones some of the time:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/09/Life-Science-Genetic-Engineering-FDA-considering-whether-to-label-engineered-fish/
MetroPCS launched LTE service in Vegas, with $55 providing unlimited voice, texting and LTE data access. They have the LTE-capable Samsung Craft smartphone available in Vegas to support this launch. MetroPCS says that other markets are "coming soon":
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/metropcs-launches-lte-las-vegas-promises-more-markets-soon/2010-09-21
Analyst says that 1.4 million AT&T iPhone users will switch to Verizon next year when Verizon gets the iPhone. They cite the Bloomberg report about how Verizon will get the iPhone on February 15:
http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/20/creditsuisse-att-verizon-iphone-overblown/
Police are looking to arrest a man who sexually assaulted a plastic dinosaur in a park:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20100920_Cops__Dinosaur_becomes_pervs_sex_prop.html