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Plastic has received such a huge bashing in the last decade that any other product or material in its place would have disappeared from the face of the planet. But being economically viable and easy to work and handle, it only seems to spread its wings.
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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AP, New York
Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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AP, Washington
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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AP, New York
One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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AP, Revere
City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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AP, New York
Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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AP, Pittsburgh
The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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AP, Chicago
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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AP, Chicago
Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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AP, Detroit
Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A bipartisan group in Congress wants to give the Food and Drug Administration power to approve copies of costly biotech drugs.
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Biotech company Celgene Corp. on Wednesday sent a letter to doctors warning that a study of its drug to treat dangerous blood clots suggests it may increase the risk of...
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An unauthorized strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but government officials said Wednesday...
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AP, Brussels
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Biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc. says its profit leapt in the third quarter thanks to favorable comparison with a prior-year quarter weighed down by acquisition and...
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AP, Chicago
Nearly a fourth of widely used new-generation biological drugs that treat several common diseases produce serious side effects that lead to safety warnings soon after...
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AP, Wichita
Biotechnology that allows more profitable corn and soybean crops to thrive in arid fields is encroaching on traditional wheat acreage across the Great Plains, industry...
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Environmental groups appealed to the European Union on Monday to reject applications from the biotech industry to approve one newly engineered potato variety and two...
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The California Supreme Court has slashed $200 million from a judgment against Genentech Inc.The South San Francisco-based biotechnology company was ordered to pay $500...
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The former chief executive of the biotechnology company InterMune Inc. was charged in federal court Tuesday with orchestrating an illegal marketing scheme of the drug...
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The French government on Saturday suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban.The order formalized...
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Despite excitement among some scientists _ and at the White House _ about an embryo-free technique for creating human stem cells, reaction from companies that might...
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Activists trying to invade a Swiss-owned biotech seed farm clashed with guards and at least two people were shot dead, authorities and the company said Monday.One...
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It’s a great news for the children of underdeveloped countries. At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, scientists debated over...
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