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US AIDS epidemic fresh in risk-taking youth

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:55 PM PST

AIDS is alive and well in a new generation of teenagers and young adults, most of them young men, who are having risky sex, often fueled by drugs or alcohol, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

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Judge orders tobacco firms to say they lied

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:58 PM PST

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day.

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Four men sue over 'gay conversion therapy'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:17 PM PST

Four young men who say they underwent therapy that sought to "convert" them from gay to straight are suing a New Jersey provider known as JONAH, alleging fraud.

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Military women sue over 'combat exclusion' rule

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:48 PM PST

A group of female pilots, Marines and soldiers announce the filing of a lawsuit challenging the military's policy of excluding women from many combat positions.

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:48 PM PST

The CSI behind exhuming Arafat: Tissue, hair and soil

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST

Investigators who exhumed the body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Tuesday will be testing samples of tissue, possibly bone, and hair, a forensic specialist says. But they'll be up against the clock in trying to detect the radioactive substance, polonium, that many Palestinians suspect may have been used to poison him.Investigators who exhumed the body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Tuesday will be testing samples of tissue, possibly bone, and hair, a forensic specialist says. But they'll be up against the clock in trying to detect the radioactive substance, polonium, that many Palestinians suspect may have been used to poison him.




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Roller coaster ruins won't stay as 'tourist attraction'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

A crumpled roller coaster partially submerged in the ocean off of New Jersey's boardwalk won't remain as a "tourist attraction," as the town's mayor has suggested.A crumpled roller coaster partially submerged in the ocean off of New Jersey's boardwalk won't remain as a "tourist attraction," as the town's mayor has suggested.




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Jeb Bush's record in education reform gets 2nd look

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:42 AM PST

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush soared to rock star status in the education world on the strength of a chart. A simple graph, it tracked fourth-grade reading scores. In 1998, when Bush was elected governor, Florida kids scored far below the national average.Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush soared to rock star status in the education world on the strength of a chart. A simple graph, it tracked fourth-grade reading scores. In 1998, when Bush was elected governor, Florida kids scored far below the national average.




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Powerball fever spikes as jackpot hits $500 million

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:21 AM PST

The steady stream of commuters, transit workers, and veteran gamblers who stopped by a Grand Central Terminal kiosk Tuesday had one thought in common: To win the estimated $500 million Powerball jackpot, the largest in the game's history.The steady stream of commuters, transit workers, and veteran gamblers who stopped by a Grand Central Terminal kiosk Tuesday had one thought in common: To win the estimated $500 million Powerball jackpot, the largest in the game's history.




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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:21 AM PST

Silicon Valley's dirty little secret: age bias

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:17 AM PST

In Silicon Valley, the start-up ethos extols fresh ideas and young programmers willing to toil through the night. To many, it looks like simple age discrimination - and it's affecting people who wouldn't fit any normal definition of old. In Silicon Valley, the start-up ethos extols fresh ideas and young programmers willing to toil through the night. To many, it looks like simple age discrimination - and it's affecting people who wouldn't fit any normal definition of old.




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Former player's union leader Marvin Miller dies at 95

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:45 AM PST



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GOP senators not satisfied with Rice on Benghazi

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:04 AM PST

Republican senators emerged from their meeting Tuesday with United Nations envoy Susan Rice saying they were more disturbed than before about the misleading explanation she gave after the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, when Rice said in TV interviews that the violence was due to an anti-Islamic video that was circulated on YouTube.Republican senators emerged from their meeting Tuesday with United Nations envoy Susan Rice saying they were more disturbed than before about the misleading explanation she gave after the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, when Rice said in TV interviews that the violence was due to an anti-Islamic video that was circulated on YouTube.




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Business spending plans gauge rebounds

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:43 AM PST

A gauge of planned U.S. business spending increased by the most in five months in October, but a fourth straight month of declines in shipments underscored the damage that fears of tighter fiscal policy next year are inflicting on the economy.

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Obama ups efforts to sell his fiscal cliff solution

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST

First Read: The president takes his proposals on the road but getting enough votes in the House remains his biggest challenge.First Read: The president takes his proposals on the road but getting enough votes in the House remains his biggest challenge.




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Grapefruit may turn more drugs deadly

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:24 AM PST

If you kick-start your day with a glass of grapefruit juice, be careful. Canadian scientists say the number of common prescription drugs that can interact badly with the tart citrus is climbing, with the potential for dangerous, even deadly, results.If you kick-start your day with a glass of grapefruit juice, be careful. Canadian scientists say the number of common prescription drugs that can interact badly with the tart citrus is climbing, with the potential for dangerous, even deadly, results.




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Chinese paper falls for Onion 'sexiest man' spoof

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:01 AM PST




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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:01 AM PST

Buffett: Raising taxes on rich won't chill economy

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:06 AM PST

Raising taxes on the rich won't dampen economic growth and would "raise the morale of the middle class," billionaire investor Warren Buffett told the TODAY show Tuesday.Raising taxes on the rich won't dampen economic growth and would "raise the morale of the middle class," billionaire investor Warren Buffett told the TODAY show Tuesday.




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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:06 AM PST