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| Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:00:00 EST Slowdown towns |
| From 2003 to 2004, the median price of a home in Las Vegas rose a whopping 49 percent, to $266,400. But from the third quarter of 2004 through the same period this year, the growth rate in the median home price has flattened to a more reasonable 10.5 percent. That makes Vegas the nation's top "slowdown town"–a place where home prices are still rising but at much lower rates than in recent years. |
| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST Let the shopping begin |
| How good—or disappointing—will this year's holiday shopping season be? We'll get a better sense next week, on the day after Thanksgiving. That Friday, which is often referred to as Black Friday, is not only one of the busiest shopping days of the year, it's typically a harbinger for the rest of the Christmas retail season. |
| Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST Testicular cancer risk rises with infertility |
| Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer among young men, and it often produces no symptoms. Researchers have now identified a big one: Men who are infertile and have abnormal sperm counts are more than 20 times as likely to have testicular cancer as other men. A team of researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center reviewed the records of more than 3,800 men with infertility or abnormal counts and found that 10 had testicular tumors. |
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