Stormy weekend for Plains, Midwest, South and Northeast

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:08:28 GMT
Torrential rain could lead to dangerous flooding in the south-central and northeastern USA this weekend, according to The Weather Channel.

Republicans finding it tough to 'defund' health law

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:53:18 GMT
House Republicans have vowed to "defund" the health care law so it can't be implemented.

Success on both sides sows fear of Libya civil war

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:01:37 GMT
Moammar Gadhafi loyalists swept into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli on Saturday, tightening security around the regime-held capital. ...

FDA cracks down on untested cold medicines

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:14:43 GMT
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will remove roughly 500 unapproved cold and allergy medications from the market as part of ...

Study: Third of cancer patients on opioids suffer cognitive problems

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT
About a third of cancer patients taking opioid painkillers experience cognitive problems such as confusion, disorientation and forgetfulness, ...

Docs: Early treatment combats allergies best

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:00 GMT
Get the antihistamine tablets, nasal sprays, inhalers and eye drops ready.

Kids' ear infections decline by nearly 30%

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:13:58 GMT
Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a ...

Pope: Jews not to blame for Jesus' death

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:34:14 GMT
Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ, tackling one of the most controversial ...

U.S. Catholics win rare victories on church closures

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:18:02 GMT
Roman Catholics in eastern Pennsylvania have scored a rare victory at the Vatican.

Young athlete faces uneasy balance of faith, sports

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:03:49 GMT
When 7-year-old Amalya Knapp took the beam at the New Jersey state gymnastics finals last month, her excellent performance symbolized a far more ...

Harvard to let ROTC back on campus

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:02:58 GMT
Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus this week, 41 years after banishing it amid dissent ...

Catholic college yanks courses by gay priest

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:22:12 GMT
Chestnut Hill College, a Roman Catholic institution in Philadelphia, last week told a gay priest who had been a popular adjunct there for several ...

Elite universities surrender to early admissions

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:34:17 GMT
On Thursday, both Harvard and Princeton announced that they were restoring early admissions options. The decisions coming just a few months ...

Study offers warning about next potential mass extinction

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:54:24 GMT
The Earth has undergone mass extinctions, during which more than 75% of existing species disappear, exactly five times in the past 540 million ...

Space robot's debut being moved up after clamor

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:35:27 GMT
The 220-mile-high (354-kilometer-high) unveiling of R2, the first humanoid robot in space, is being moved up at the urging of the president of ...

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