
AP - Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the first time, a major study offers clear evidence that it does. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:18:00 GMT
Reuters - Three members of Congress have received threatening mail containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless and law enforcement officials on Wednesday warned that more may be coming. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:19:04 GMT
Reuters - Home resales rose to a 1-1/2-year high in January, pushing the supply of properties on the market to the lowest level in almost seven years in a hopeful sign for the housing sector. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:27:00 GMT
Reuters - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:26:11 GMT
AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:01:47 GMT
AP - Tiger Woods had to go the distance to get to the second round of the Match Play Championship. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:18:05 GMT
Reuters - Japan is in final talks for an agreement with Washington to cut the volume of its crude oil imports from Iran by over 20 percent per year to win waivers from U.S. sanctions, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:02:12 GMT
AP - Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:02:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - When Xavier Alvarez stood up and introduced himself at a local water district meeting in July 2007, he had no idea he was about to commit a federal crime. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:28:00 GMT
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