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A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset of AD.
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Government investigators have issued a report refuting conspiracy theories that a skyscraper next to the twin towers was brought down by explosives. The report says...
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Hormel Foods Corp. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 9 percent as higher meat, fuel and other costs outweighed price increases and hurt margins.
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President Bush has expressed solidarity with Pakistan, which has been wracked by political turmoil and suicide bombings that killed dozens of people.
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The widow of slain state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney will fill his spot at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week, the governor said...
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Shares of troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stabilized Thursday in late morning trading, reversing three days of double-digit declines.
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Oil prices shot up $6 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to...
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A West Texas grand jury is meeting again to consider possible charges against members of a polygamist group.
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Stocks fell Thursday as another rise in oil prices fanned inflation concerns and as investors grew more anxious about the financial sector.
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A law enforcement official says a 16-year-old student has died after a shooting in a Knoxville, Tenn. high school cafeteria.
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Police arrested a man Thursday in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found months after he left home on a bicycle.
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Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya (san-JY’-yah) has gone from “pitchy” to pitchman.
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A burglary suspect wanted in four states was holed up in a western Maryland hotel Thursday with a woman believed to be his pregnant girlfriend, and had threatened to...
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Shares of troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their freefall Thursday, as market expectations grew that the government would...
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A private business group says its measure of the economy’s health fell more than expected in July, pushed lower by declines in the stock market, drops in new...
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Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation’s largest bookseller, said Thursday that second-quarter profit fell 15 percent as it confronts sluggish consumer spending.
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Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their...
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Burger King Holdings Inc., the nation’s No. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by a rise in sales...
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If a kid’ll eat the middle of an Oreo first, does the same go for a Hydrox? A new generation of children are getting a chance to find out.
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Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody after a shooting in the cafeteria of a Knoxville, Tenn. high school.
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Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop is calling on U.S. authorities to halt mass immigration raids and says agents who refuse to participate in such raids on...
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A U.S. swimmer diagnosed with testicular cancer has put off surgery until after he’s had a chance to compete in his first and last Olympics.
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Close to two million older people in England may be denied treatment because depression is wrongly seen as a natural part of getting older, says a charity
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We all want to be happy in our life but it is rightly said that “it is simple to be happy but difficult to be simple”. Happiness is not only good for a healthy life...
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The global AIDS bill signed by President Bush on Wednesday sets a goal of treating more than the 2 million-patient target set in 2003, but how much more isn’t...
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Rember, a new trial drug, is the biggest breakthrough for treating Alzheimer patients with declining memory. The UK scientists hail this achievement as the biggest ever...
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Stressed out? Try snakes. Stomach pains? Eating a live frog will clear that up. For some, the drug cabinet isn’t the only place they go to for relief.
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The federal government was not negligent in two 2006 immigration detainee deaths, but officials can do a better job overseeing detainees’ medical treatment, an...
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An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system...
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Key findings of an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Pentagon’s detainee policies:_The office of Pentagon general counsel William...
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Military lawyers warned against the harsh detainee interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2002, contending in separate memos weeks...
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Military lawyers warned against the harsh detainee interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2002, contending in separate memos weeks...
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Top lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding more information from the Homeland Security Department about medical treatment provided to illegal...
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Doctors say they have successfully implanted a pacemaker in former Polish President Lech Walesa.They hope the device will keep him from needing a heart transplant.The...
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Nobel laureate and former Polish President Lech Walesa was treated for a clogged coronary artery and will have a heart pacemaker implanted Friday, doctors said.Walesa...
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Nobel laureate and former Polish President Lech Walesa had a stent placed in his heart to open a partially blocked artery.Doctors at the Methodist DeBakey Heart and...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Polish president Lech Walesa was undergoing tests for heart failure and being evaluated as a potential heart transplant recipient,...
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A drug made by Genentech received federal approval on Friday to treat breast cancer, a decision that could represent a major shift in standards for assessing the...
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A decision expected Friday on federal approval for Genentech’s Avastin cancer drug could have ramifications for all companies developing cancer...
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The recent discovery of the second largest doctors group in the U.S. on the therapeutic effects of marijuana for AIDS and cancer patients will certainly create a debate...
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