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July 19, 2012

Gradual exposure may cure egg allergies

After two years, 75 percent of allergic kids who were given small doses could tolerate eggs, a study finds.
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July 19, 2012

Foreclosure crisis hits older Americans hard

Minority owners are at most risk; 16 percent of all older homeowners have mortgages 'underwater,' AARP says.
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July 19, 2012

Moves to cut radiation risk begin at Japan’s nuke plant

TOKYO – A giant crane removed two fuel rods from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, starting the long and delicate process to reduce the risk of more radiation escaping into the environment. All of the 1,535 rods in a spent-fuel pool next to reactor No. 4 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan […]
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July 19, 2012

States get tough on use of public benefit programs

From booze to tattoos, restrictions on use of EBT cards and other programs are on the upswing.
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July 19, 2012

Zimmerman says he ‘prays daily’ for parents of Trayvon Martin

SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman says he prays daily for the parents of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the teenager’s shooting death. Fox News host Sean Hannity interviewed Zimmerman Wednesday, and the segment is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. In an excerpt provided early to affiliates, Zimmerman said about […]

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July 19, 2012

Justice Scalia: ‘No falling out with Chief Justice Roberts’

'There are clashes on legal questions, but not personally,' he says in a television interview.
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July 19, 2012

‘Baywatch’ icon is still a hot item – as a cutout

BOSTON – Actor David Hasselhoff flashes a dreamy smile and displays a lean tank top-clad torso in a giant new photo cutout that his fans apparently can’t leave alone. About 550 of the cutouts, which are part of a Cumberland Farms advertising campaign, were pilfered from outside the convenience stores in recent weeks. Only about […]
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July 19, 2012

Nation/World Dispatches

LOS ANGELES Study: Surgery not always best prostate cancer option Most patients diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer will live just as long if they simply watch their cancers rather than have them surgically removed, according to the results of a landmark clinical trial that could upend the medical approach to a disease that affects 1 […]
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July 19, 2012

Undefined ‘middle class’ expanding

With no firm standard at hand, the middle class is becoming whatever a politician wants it to be.
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July 19, 2012

Families of Americans killed by drones file suit

It is a direct challenge to a decision to kill Americans in counter terrorism strikes without open due process.