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Fort Hood officer: Family not surprised at woman's heroics
11/6/2009 10:14 PM
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. -- The stepmother of the police officer who shot an Army psychiatrist suspected of the Fort Hood killing spree said Friday the woman's heroics are not surprising.
Wanda Barbour told The Star-News of Wilmington she knew Sgt. Kim ...
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11/3/2009 8:45 PM
A new study suggests that men may be able to lower their risk of getting the most aggressive form of prostate cancer by keeping their cholesterol in a healthy range.
Men whose cholesterol was under 200 had less than half the risk of developing high ...
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11/3/2009 8:45 PM
ATLANTA -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.
About 1 in 8 U.S. births are prematur ...
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11/3/2009 8:41 PM
DICKINSON, N.D. -- Three missing North Dakota college softball players were found dead Tuesday in a Jeep pulled from a pond, and police said they believed the women were in the vehicle when they made two desperate calls to friends for help.
Police ...
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11/3/2009 12:38 AM
For about $100 a month, you could have the long, thick, dark eyelashes that you've always wanted.
But Latisse, a drug that can treat the medical condition "inadequate eyelashes," also has a few unpleasant side effects. It may grow excessive hair in ...
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11/3/2009 12:37 AM
If you're ready to take control of your health, start by washing your hands for 15 to 20 seconds, about as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. Doing this simple act, while avoiding certain behaviors - smoking, excessive drinking and eati ...
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11/3/2009 12:34 AM
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- Police arrested a convicted kidnapper early Monday in the fatal shooting of four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show."
Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged ...
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11/3/2009 12:34 AM
NEW YORK -- The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.
First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pub ...
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11/1/2009 5:26 PM
CLEVELAND -- Six badly decomposed bodies found at the home of a convicted rapist facing a new rape allegation were females and all were homicide victims, the coroner's office said Sunday.
Powell Caesar, a spokesman for Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank ...
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11/1/2009 5:26 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said Sunday amid pressure from lawmakers to settle on a war strategy despite muddled politics and concerns of cor ...
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11/1/2009 12:32 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Vaccinating more children might help slow the evolution of the constantly changing flu virus, government scientists reported Thursday.
Influenza is a mighty mutator. Sometimes it makes big changes that result in never-before-see ...
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11/1/2009 12:32 AM
LOS ANGELES -- It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health prob ...
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