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Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 4:22PM

An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.

Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 2:42PM

Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.

2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 1:42PM

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 11:52AM

Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 11:12AM

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.

Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 10:47AM

A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.

US companies challenging contraception mandate

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 10:37AM

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of contraception.

Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 10:27AM

Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say.

Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 9:52AM

The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 7:32AM

International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 7:27AM

Reading, writing, arithmetic - and PE?

Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 12:52AM

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 9:12PM

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Teen birth rates decline in most US states

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 9:12PM

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 4:47PM

Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

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