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In S. Korea, a grisly solution to livestock outbreak

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:19 PM PST

In a bid to quickly curb the spread of hoof-and-mouth disease, the government has had pigs and other livestock, sometimes still alive, buried in mass graves. For some farmers, it's like losing their children.

In this farming town an hour outside Seoul, the stalls sit eerily empty of animals, helter-skelter hoof marks in the mud the only reminder of once-thriving operations.

Study: Blacks more likely to be imprisoned for drug crimes

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:44 PM PST

African-Americans nearly 5 times more likely than whites to get prison sentence for low-level violations, Illinois study says

Blacks in Illinois were nearly five times more likely to be sentenced to prison for low-level drug crimes than whites, according to a state study released Monday.

Prosecutor picked for Cook County tax appeals board

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:15 PM PST

Bolingbrook police officer dies after car crash

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:54 PM PST

Fla. judge rules health care reform unconstitutional

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:27 PM PST

By Tom Brown

Quinn signs civil unions bill

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:12 PM PST

Study shows brisk walking improved memory in elderly

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:17 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A section of the brain involved in memory grew in size in older people who regularly took brisk walks for a year, researchers reported Monday.

Fla. judge strikes down Obama health care overhaul

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:08 PM PST

A federal judge in Florida says the Obama administration's health overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with 26 states that had sued to block it.

White homeowners got twice as many loan modifications

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:19 AM PST

Report: Boeing got billions in illegal subsidies

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST

Quinn to sign civil unions bill

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:16 PM PST

Firth, Portman win SAG prizes

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:07 AM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This Academy Awards season seems all over but the coronation.

U.S. hostility widespread in Egyptian protests

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:18 AM PST

Egyptian protesters resent the US, yet seek its support

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:18 AM PST

CAIRO (AP) — One of the insults flung at President Hosni Mubarak by Egyptian protesters seeking his ouster: "Mubarak, you coward! You American collaborator!"

Report: Computer worm could cause Iran nuke disaster

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:43 PM PST

VIENNA (AP) — The control systems of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant have been penetrated by a computer worm unleashed last year, according to a foreign intelligence report that warns of a possible Chernobyl-like disaster once the site becomes fully operational.

Take a ride in my boat, baby (The Newsroom)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:24 AM PST

The Newsroom - Sure, Q makes all kinds of nifty gadgets and cars for James Bond, but has he ever given James Bond a yacht? More specifically, a billion-dollar SUPER yacht? Don't think so. Mega-yachts are all the rage among the mega-rich, but …

Daley to meet with airlines on O'Hare expansion

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:12 AM PST

LIFE slideshow: In praise of Ham the Astrochimp (The Newsroom)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:40 AM PST

The Newsroom - LIFE.com presents rare and previous unpublished photographs taken before, during, and after Ham's wild ride.

Android becomes No. 1 smartphone platform

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:19 AM PST

Candidate wants apology from Braun

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:39 AM PST

Chicago mayoral candidate Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins said she'd like an apology but doesn't expect to get one from opponent Carol Moseley Braun after the ex-U.S. senator accused her of using crack.