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Experts: Station's royal hoax call may be illegal
The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face ...
Duchess of Cambridge cancels premiere visit
The former Kate Middleton has cancelled a planned appearance at the U.K. premiere of "The Hobbit" due to acute morning sickness. Palace officials said ...
APNewsBreak: Sotomayor book offers personal look
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early ...
FAA: 3 killed in medical helicopter crash in Ill.
Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in northern Illinois, killing all three people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration reports ...
Hugo Chavez's heir tears up over cancer battle
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's cancer relapse and his sudden announcement that he will undergo a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba have thrown ...
Australian DJs apologize for royal hoax call
They say they expected a hang-up and a few laughs. Instead, the Australian DJs behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant ...
Amgen buying deCODE Genetics for $415 million
Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people's genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human ...
FDA expands approval of J&J prostate cancer drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer pill Zytiga for men with an earlier stage of the ...
Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law
Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with ...
Black women battle obesity with dialogue, action
Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after a bad breakup.
Chavez faces new cancer battle, surgery in Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was heading back to Cuba on Sunday for a third cancer surgery after naming his vice president as his choice to lead ...
Breathers beware: Particulate fouls icy Fairbanks
Stanford University Medical Center doctors gave Alex Lee a parting gift at the end of his heart operations earlier this year: surgeon's masks.
Australian radio chair: Station reviewing policy
The reverberations from the death of a nurse who accepted a hoax phone call about the ill Duchess of Cambridge spread through two countries Sunday, ...
Venezuela's Chavez says cancer back, plans surgery
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Saturday night that his cancer has returned and that he will undergo another surgery in Cuba. Chavez, who ...
USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches
The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids' meals.
Washington could become pot source for neighbors
Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go ...
Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax
It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince ...
Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov't group
Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed ...
UK hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a ...
Lupus forces singer Toni Braxton into LA hospital
Singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Los Angeles. The R&B performer says in a Tweet on Friday that she's been hospitalized because of "minor ...
Twins have simultaneous and free hip replacements
To make the high school cheerleading team 40 years ago, twins Deborah and Sandra Fanelli performed an acrobatic move called "the flying splits." The ...
Doctor gets 20 years in Miss. cancer center fraud
A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi ...
Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived back home early Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba, but his failure to attend a regional ...
Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies
Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours. Businesses in Washington ...
Drug makers' settlements get high court review
The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products ...