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“The study was designed to show a better 4-hour survival in the group treated with mechanical chest compressions, and this was not achieved,” said lead investigator Sten Rubertsson, MD, PhD, professor and specialist consultant at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital. “But we now have the scientific support to allow us to use mechanical chest compressions and defibrillate during ongoing …

Newmark Knight Frank Cornish & Carey Commercial (NKFC&CC) Capital Markets announced it is offering for sale the Pinterest headquarters building at 808 Brannan Street in San Francisco on behalf of Flynn Properties. The listing represents a unique opportunity for an investor to acquire a high-profile, creative office building in San Francisco’s tech-centric South of Market neighborhood. The marketing effort follows …

Derrick Chaulk and Jeremy Ball of Norris Arm North can be credited with saving a shark that washed up on a beach in Norris Arm North this past Saturday, Nov. 16. Ball discovered the shark, which the men think from their own research is a Greenland shark. Chaulk went to see what he thought was a beached whale from a …

Prime Minister Stephen Harper ducked questions Friday over a “culture” in his own office that led his staff to try to alter an independent audit earlier this year into Sen. Mike Duffy’s housing expenses. Instead, Harper stuck to a line he has used throughout the growing Senate expense scandal — putting the blame on just Duffy and his former chief …

Giant is investigating its supply chain after a customer said she found a black widow spider in a bag of grapes. A customer alerted the grocer on Thursday that she found the insect among the fruit purchased at the Dillsburg store, company spokesman Chris Brand said in a statement. “I saw the spider come up,” she said. “I quickly dropped …

The tablet market doesn’t look very different than it did a year ago from the perspective of who’s doing well and who’s not. Perhaps the most exciting developments came towards the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 from the usual big guys: Google released the Nexus 10 and updated the Nexus 7, Apple launched a smaller and cheaper iPad …

Funnyman Howie Mandel has sold his custom-built Malibu home for $7 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. A patient seller, Mandel put the Cape Cod-inspired traditional-style house on the market in late 2011 at $7.25 million and then raised the price early this year to $7.75 million. The main house and guest house sit on more than an acre with …

The Sachs Media Group have teamed up with photo restoration and manipulation company Phojoe to create speculative portraits of what rock and roll’s greatest musicians might look like if they were still alive today. The gallery, which is described as “a heartfelt tribute to the memory of beloved artists who helped shape generations of music fans, in order to keep …

It could be an advantage to look similar to a Hollywood star. Well, it has been for a man who looks similar to George Clooney. The man was offered £5,000 by a businessman to sleep with his wife on her birthday. The deal was offered by the businessman because his wife is crazy for the Hollywood star. The tempting offer …

The ‘Scandal’ actress camouflaged her growing baby bump for her appearance on ‘Ellen,’ but though she kept her pregnancy under wraps, she did open up about motherhood! Find out what she had to say! Kerry Washington disguised her growing baby bump in a for her Nov. 14 appearance on Ellen. The actress sported a flowing silky shift dress that kept …

Earlier this month, we featured an upcoming license plate frame that uses bright flashes of light to prevent traffic enforcement photographs. In the article, we mentioned that the concept could potentially be used by the rich and famous to avoid the constant gaze of paparazzi cameras. Turns out the rich and famous are already one step ahead of us. Eclipse, …