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CDC: 11 biolab workers infected from 2004-10
At least 11 workers at U.S. biological laboratories were infected with dangerous pathogens from 2004 to 2010, the federal Centers for Disease Control ...
Link between pot smoking and IQ drop challenged
A new analysis is challenging a report that suggests regular marijuana smoking during the teen years can lead to a long-term drop in IQ. The analysis ...
Fla. 'python challenge' draws about 800 hunters
An armed mob set out into the Florida Everglades on Saturday to flush out a scaly invader. It sounds like the second act of a sci-fi horror flick but, ...
Hostess to sell Wonder bread to maker of Tastykake
Hostess has found a new home for its most popular breads, including the iconic Wonder bread. The bankrupt maker of Twinkies, Devil Dogs and other ...
Kimmel's pot jokes earn invite from Calif. college
Humboldt State University in California has invited Jimmy Kimmel to deliver the school's commencement address after he joked about its marijuana ...
Businessman gets 4 weeks for attempted pandering
The former chief executive of an upscale Colorado-based grocery chain accused in a child prostitution case in Phoenix was sentenced Tuesday to four ...
Utah city renames street due to sexual connotation
The Lehi City Council has renamed Morning Glory Road after a technology company planning to relocate to the street raised concerns about the name's ...
Berlin elephants feast on tasty Christmas trees
Elephants at the Berlin Zoo finally got a chance to tuck into their Christmas dinner: A feast of donated pine trees. The zoo treated its elephants and ...
Colorado gets members-only clubs for legal pot use
With reggae music pumping in the background and flashing disco-style lights, members of the recreational pot club lit up in celebration of the new ...
Column: Gun debate revives enduring American fight
On the eve of a new year, a libertarian strain pulses through America — a get-government-out-of-my-personal-life sensibility that cuts across ...
Steroids loom in major-college football
With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more ...
German scientists seek to clone perfect Xmas trees
The hunt for the perfect Christmas tree may soon become a lot easier: just pick a nice clone. That's what German scientists are now working on: They ...
Weather prevents dock inspection on Wash. coast
A dock that apparently was ripped away from Japanese waters by a tsunami and drifted for more than a year and a half has washed ashore on one of the ...
Will cigarette makers jump into pot market?
Will the Marlboro Man light up a joint soon? The states of Washington and Colorado legalized possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana in ...
Music, roses at singer Jenni Rivera's memorial
Jenni Rivera's "celestial graduation" was marked by festive music, heartfelt speeches in Spanish and English and passionate chants of "Jen-ni! ...
President's pot comments prompt call for policy
President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use.
President's pot comments prompts call for policy
Medical marijuana advocates are taking some solace from President Obama's statement that prosecuting individual users in Colorado and Washington is ...
Huge DNA code of the Christmas tree being revealed
To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a monster.
AP Interview: Mexico leader to continue drug fight
Newly elected President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will continue combatting all illegal drug production and trafficking in Mexico, including ...
Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation
Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado Monday, when the governor took a purposely low-key procedural step of declaring the ...
9 Maine students suspended over pot-laced cookies
Marijuana-laced cookies taken by a student to a Maine high school on a day ethics and values were being discussed have sickened some classmates.
Pot legalized in Colorado with gov's proclamation
Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization ...
Blighted icon: Volunteers aim to revive chestnut
Jim Hurst has doted on his trees, arranged in three "families" on a bluff high above the rushing French Broad River. He installed a drip irrigation ...
Brazil remembers famed architect with vigil, samba
The city where architect Oscar Niemeyer was born 104 years ago said goodbye Friday with a public vigil, flowers and, yes, samba. After a viewing in ...