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Two ex-Nazi camp guards charged over hundreds of Holocaust deaths.

German prosecutors investigating Nazi-era crimes said on Wednesday they had charged two former SS officers in their 90s with complicity in hundreds of murders at the Stutthof concentration camp. The state prosecutor's office in the western city of Dortmund said the two unnamed suspects, aged 92 and 93, had participated in the Nazi killing machine in then occupied Poland, according to a statement released by the regional court in nearby Muenster. "With their actions during their time as guards at the Stutthof concentration camp, the accused are believed to have been accessories in numerous killings," the court said. The 92-year-old suspect was stationed at Stutthof between June 1944 and May 1945, while the 93-year-old accused acted as a guard between June 1942 and September 1944. Some 65,000 people died at the Stutthof former concentration camp, which Nazi Germany set up in 1939 outside what was is now the Polish city of Gdansk, before its liberation in 1945. Among...

Facts about Cancer Chemotherapy.

Summary Normally, your cells grow and die in a controlled way. Cancer cells keep growing without control. Chemotherapy is drug therapy for cancer. It works by killing the cancer cells, stopping them from spreading, or slowing their growth. However, it can also harm healthy cells, which causes side effects. You may have a lot of side effects, some, or none at all. It depends on the type and amount of chemotherapy you get and how your body reacts. Some common side effects are fatigue, nausea, vomiting, pain, and hair loss. There are ways to prevent or control some side effects. Talk with your health care provider about how to manage them. Healthy cells usually recover after chemotherapy is over, so most side effects gradually go away. Your treatment plan will depend on the cancer type, the chemotherapy drugs used, the treatment goal, and how your body responds. Chemotherapy may be given alone or with other treatments. You may get treatment every day, every week, or every mon...

U.S. Seniors Struggle More to Pay for Health Care Compared to Other Countries.

FRI, November 17, 2017 FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- It's often no fun getting old in America: A new report finds the availability of health care for U.S. seniors lags behind that of other affluent nations. Access to insurance isn't an issue, because all Americans 65 and older are covered by Medicare. But America's seniors are still sicker than the elderly in other countries -- and are more likely to go without essential care because they can't afford it, according to the Commonwealth Fund study. "Our Medicare is not as generous as comparable insurance in other countries," fund President Dr. David Blumenthal said during a media briefing on Tuesday. In other countries, government health insurance is not restricted to the elderly, but covers everyone, he said. The United States is complacent about the value and benefits associated with Medicare, even though it's a universal system, Blumenthal said. "We do know that we, as a coun...

Update: Tax bill passes House, Senate panel, but final fate unclear.

By Alan Fram and Marcy Gordon | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans rammed a $1.5 trillion overhaul of business and personal income taxes through the House Thursday, edging toward the code’s biggest rewrite in three decades and the first major legislative triumph for President Donald Trump and the GOP after 10 bumpy months of controlling government. Related Articles Three California Republicans vote against House tax plan Analysis: Senate tax plan is a boon for millionaires, few others A look at the tax bill the House is voting on today Tax plan in peril after GOP senator won’t back it Analysis: White House hints tax cuts won’t pay for themselves The mostly party-line 227-205 vote masked more ominous problems in the Senate. There, a similar package received a politically awkward verdict from nonpartisan congressional analysts showing it would eventually produce higher taxes for low- and middle-income earners but deliver deep reductions for those better off. The ...

Tesla surprise: Musk unveils world’s fastest production car along with electric semi-truck

HAWTHORNE — Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday night sprung a surprise on the world, using the launch of a new electric semi-truck to announce what he said will be the world’s fastest production car, a new Tesla Roadster. “I won’t say what the actual speed is, but it’s above 250 mph,” Musk told a crowd assembled at the company’s design studio just southwest of Los Angeles in Hawthorne. “The point of this is to give a hard-core smack down to gasoline cars.” Musk showed off a prototype of the new vehicle, a convertible which he said will go from zero to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds and from zero to 100 mph in 4.2 seconds, as well as covering a quarter mile in 8.9 seconds. “These are all world records,” Musk said. The battery pack will allow the three-motor, four-seat car to travel 620 miles on one charge, enough to drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles and back, Musk said. That will make the vehicle the first production electric car to cover 1,000 kilometers on a single charge, he s...

IBM Adds 2 New Processors to Quantum Computing Ecosystem.

IBM on Friday announced 20-qubit and 50-qubit quantum processors for its IBM Q early-access commercial systems. The 20-qubit processor -- featuring improvements in superconducting qubit design, connectivity and packaging -- has coherence times of 90 microseconds, which allows high-fidelity quantum operations, IBM said. The 50-qubit processor is an operational prototype. It expands upon the 20-qubit architecture and has similar performance metrics. IBM 50Q System IBM will offer these quantum processors as a service. Clients will have online access to the first IBM Q systems with the 20-qubit processor by the end of this year. The company declined to specify when the 50-qubit processor will be available as a service, IBM Research spokesperson Christine Vu told the E-Commerce Times. During 2018, IBM plans to improve the quality of qubits in the 20-qubit processor, as well as circuit connectivity and operation error rates. A 20-qubit processor "would enable very...

Gadget Ogling: A Waterproof Reader, a Phone That's Got Game, and Gloves That Make Paying Up Comfy.

Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that has one eye on the holiday season and another on announcements for products companies are rushing to get on shelves before Nov. 24. In our pre-Black Friday chaos this time around are a refreshed Kindle, the first smartphone from Razer, and gloves you can use to pay for things. As always, these are not reviews, and the ratings relate only to how much I'd like to try each item. They have nothing at all to do with whether they're naughty or nice. Stay Calm and Read On One of the great joys of reading is that you can do it anywhere. A relaxing bath is a prime opportunity for getting through a few chapters, but woe betide those who let their paperback slip into the tub or accidentally splash water into the most delicate part of an e-reader. And, lo! Amazon has a solution with its Kindle Oasis (pictured above). The device can survive in fresh water up to a depth of two meters for as long as an hour -- perfect f...

Okeke calls for credible poll, support for APGA’s Willie Obiano.

The deputy governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, has called on voters to re-elect Governor Willie Obiano in tomorrow’s election.Okeke made the plea during an interactive session with journalists in Awka yesterday where he also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all stakeholders to ensure the poll was free, fair and credible. He reminded INEC that all eyes were focused on the Anambra exercise. He enjoined the commission to give a good account of itself and shame people intent at rigging. He also praised the achievements of Obiano in the areas of education, health and agriculture. Okeke expressed support for zoning of the governorship, saying: “We need to continue with rotational government in Anambra. Though it may not be the best, but let us try to accommodate the process.” He said: “If farmers can grow and harvest their crops, if industries manufacture goods and sell them...