http://www.allenews.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:09:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new set of rules will be put in place in July 1 by the Federal Reserve that will restrict banks from charging their customers overdraft fees or similar fees without getting permission first. Bank of America, however, offered a rather different twist for its depositors to abide the new rules: ... http://www.allenews.com/business/1687 LG Electronis Inc is the third largest maker of mobile phones in the world but it has been trailing behind other big players when it comes to smartphones. But the South Korean company launched Wednesday (Korea time) a new smartphone that uses the Android operating system of Google showing the market ... http://www.allenews.com/tech-science/1685 The number of people signing up for Disney’s program of giving a day for volunteer work in exchange for a free one-day admission to a Disney park has reached 1 million on Tuesday. The “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program is rewarding people who do volunteer work certified by ... http://www.allenews.com/travel/1683 A group of researchers released findings on Tuesday that confirmed the positive effect of papaya leaf extract and its tea on cancer. Nam Dang, a researcher from the University of Florida, along with his colleagues in Japan studied the cancer-fighting properties of papaya against tumors in the breast, lung, liver, pancreas ... http://www.allenews.com/health/1681 The family of Farrah Fawcett was reportedly saddened by the exclusion of the actress in the In Memoriam segment of the Oscars, but the executive director of the Academy said Tuesday because Fawcett was better known for her work on television. Bruce Davis, executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture ... http://www.allenews.com/entertainment/1679 The US Treasury Department decided to ease sanction on Cuba, Iran and Sudan to allow their citizens to access online services such as email, social networking and instant messaging. The department lifted a ban on exports of software and Internet services so that Cuban, Iranian and Sudanese people can “exercise their ... http://www.allenews.com/business/1677 Sex.com, considered to be one of the most bankable domain names on the Internet right now, will be placed in auction next week. In 2006, the domain name was reportedly sold for $14 million. A lending firm in New Jersey backed that purchase. However, according to legal notices, DOM Partners LLC ... http://www.allenews.com/internet/1674 A group of animal rights activists is now calling to boycott Alaska as a tourist spot after a decision that would remove buffer zones for wolf trapping in the vicinity of Denali National Park was handed down last week. Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals, said that the Alaska Board ... http://www.allenews.com/travel/1672 It was a long and arduous debate as to how the dinosaurs that once ruled Earth have disappeared from the face of the planet all of a sudden some 65 million years ago. After studying the evidence accumulated for 20 years, a group of 41 scientists confirmed that it was indeed ... http://www.allenews.com/tech-science/1669 In an effort to have better treatments for AIDS, a group of researchers conducted a study that has just proven that the virus responsible for the disease can avoid drugs by hiding in the bone marrow and can later emerge to cause the illness. However, this is only the first step ... http://www.allenews.com/health/1666