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A new study has discovered that tattoo inks could be linked to cancer or organ failure. An analysis of 54 inks commonly used in tattoo parlors across America has uncovered that a staggering 45 of them contained unlisted additives, including chemicals known to pose alarming health risks. Multiple inks contained 2-phenoxyethanol, which can cause toxic effects in high doses. Researchers involved in the study found the most common additive to be polyethylene glycol, which is a compound that can cause acute renal failure. The study was led by Jonn Swierk from the Department of Chemistry at Binghamton University, and was...

Monica Lewinsky and her company Alt Ending Productions agreed on a producing deal Monday with 20th Television. The activist, editor, and television personality inked the agreement ahead of the latest installment of FX’s American Crime Story anthology series detailing former President Clinton’s impeachment in 1998. The 47-year-old is serving as a producer for the series as it focuses on the scandal. Actress Beanie Feldstein is starring as the former White House intern. Other cast members include Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Margo Martindale as Lucianne Goldberg, and Billy Eichner as...

carrier+ (AP) - NEW DELHI, March 12 (Kyodo)—India and Russia on Friday signed a deal to buy Mig-29 fighters and the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, Indian officials said. The two countries inked the contract during a meeting in New Delhi between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the two countries also signed five pacts to promote cooperation in space technology, nuclear reactors and fertilizer production. Under the deal, India will buy 29 Mig-29 fighters and the Soviet-built aircraft carrier. Russia will deliver the carrier to India by the end of 2012. Russia...

REVIEW BY CARL SAVICH EIGHT BAILED OUT By Major James M. Inks, U.S.A.F. Edited by Lawrence Klingman. Illustrations by S/Sgt. Morton D. Rosenfeld and M/Sgt. John H Schuffert. NY: W.W. Norton and Company, 1954. Reprint: NY: Popular Library, 1963. On July 28, 1944, eight members of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber bailed out over German-occupied Yugoslavia after the plane sustained damaged following a bombing mission on the Ploesti oil installations in Romania. The American crew landed by parachute behind enemy lines in German-occupied Montenegro where they were rescued by Serbian Chetnik guerrillas, who hid the downed airmen from German troops....