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Despite alarming cancer rates globally, with worst impact in low- and middle-income countries, one is forced to ponder if we really believe in 'cancer prevention is better than cure'. Cancer treatment is challenging and ...

Putin insists Sochi is ready for Winter Games despite hang-ups, criticism     

Arsenal inherited from Gaddafi completely destroyed, 10 years after the slain leader signed the chemical weapons pact.

It took almost a year, but a civilians oversight board has finally decided that the eight Los Angeles Police Department officers who shot over 100 rounds at two innocent women were not acting in accordance with departmen...

What if New York tried to get the Winter Olympics? It would probably take more hubris than the city can muster, but the exercise provides some telling measures of scale.     

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Investigation ordered into report Colombian army cyber unit spied on govt peace negotiators     

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A network of Rhode Island anti-tobacco organizations and state health officials Wednesday praised the decision of Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark to phase out tobacco sales at its more than 7,600 d...

Judge sentenced him to 10 years in probation

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Energy plans to reveal details of possible alternative routes for the Northern Pass electrical transmission project before it releases a draft environmental study on the propo...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island authorities say they've arrested 13 people in an alleged gambling operation that accepted about $130,000 worth of illegal sports bets in the past few months alone.     

Head of Ky. Creation Museum debates Bill Nye the 'Science Guy' on evolution, earth's origin     

An 18-year-old Marblehead man has been charged with raping three 13- and 14-year-old girls. Matthew Labrie was ordered held on $50,000 bail after not-guilty pleas were entered on his behalf Monday to charges of statutory...

The family of a Salvadoran fisherman who says he survived at least 13 months at sea in an open boat had thought he was dead after losing touch with him eight years ago and are calling his astonishing story of survival a ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers decided long ago they were never going to mime a live performance. The band made an exception for the NFL, it turns out.

WASHINGTON -- ObamaCare's regulations will lead millions of workers to cut back their hours, according to a nonpartisan congressional estimate that rankled the White House. By 2021, the equivalent of...

(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley said it would pay $1.25 billion to the U.S. regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to settle a lawsuit related to the sale of mortgage-backed securities.

Alaskans will vote on legalizing marijuana after a ballot initiative reached the necessary number of signatures, officials announced Tuesday. The Alaska Division of Elections posted totals to its website, showing that 31...

Appeals court declines to halt execution for Texas woman convicted in man's torture slaying     

Dr. Jennifer Caudle looks at how our daily ritual -- cup of coffee with a bagel or donut or yogurt -- is putting way too much sugar into the average American body.

10 Things to Know for Wednesday     

It's like they're back in the U.S.S.R. -- athletes and fans staying in Sochi for the Winter Olympics say hotels are so shabby and bare-bones, they could pass for shanties...