BOSTON – It’s tied by its name and air date to Super Bowl Sunday, but the Catholic “Faith Bowl” being broadcast nationwide has no link to football, unless you count talk about the saints. The third annual Faith Bowl will run just before and after the Indianapolis Colts and New …
Read More »Can an Anti-Inflammatory Drug Fight Type 2 Diabetes?
What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key. In the quest to prove it, a major study is under way testing whether an anti-inflammatory drug — an old, cheap cousin of aspirin — …
Read More »UPDATE: Walgreens to Hold Off Selling Genetic Test Kits
The largest U.S. drugstore chain, Walgreen Co., said Wednesday it will hold off selling what was poised to be the first over-the-counter genetic test, after the Food and Drug Administration said the kit has not been proven effective. Pathway Genomics announced Tuesday that its saliva swab would be on Walgreen’s …
Read More »Sen. McCain Uncut and 'On the Record' on Border Security, U.S. Snubbing in China, BP and More
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” June 7, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, Senator John McCain uncut and “On the Record.” (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) VAN SUSTEREN: Sir, nice to see you, sir. …
Read More »Glenn Beck's Crash Course: Radicals Surrounding the President
This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” September 7, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ANITA DUNN, WHITE HOUSE …
Read More »FDA Bars Over Counter Morning-After Pill
WASHINGTON – Women’s groups are accusing the Bush administration of putting politics before science in rejecting over-the-counter sales ofmorning-after birth control (search), even though regulators left open the possibility they will reconsider. The Food and Drug Administration (search)cited concern about young teenagers’ use of the pills in rejecting the move …
Read More »1 Dead, 28 Injured in New York City Chinatown Apartment Blaze
NEW YORK – A fire ripped through a six-story apartment building in Chinatown early Tuesday, killing one person, injuring 28 others and forcing three people to leap out of windows to safety. Four building residents were seriously injured in the blaze, including some who jumped from windows on the fifth …
Read More »Many Africans Hesitant to Pope's Visit After Condom Statements
LUANDA, Angola – In Africa, some Roman Catholic priests have children and nuns counsel patients to use condoms against the scourge of AIDS. The faithful consult medicine men even though the church condemns that as witchcraft. As Pope Benedict XVI makes his first pilgrimage this week to the continent that …
Read More »'Heidi Fleiss of Houston' and Husband Arrested for Allegedly Running High-Priced Call Girl Ring
Police in Houston arrested a married couple accused of operating one of the city’s largest prostitution rings with a clientele of 1,500 professional athletes, doctors and lawyers. Deborah L. Turbiville, 33, and her husband, 31-year-old Charles Fletcher Turbiville, were arrested on March 10. They face aggravated promotion of prostitution charges. …
Read More »Police Identify Two of 13 Bodies Found in New Mexico Desert
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police on Wednesday identified the remains of two women among 13 bodies unearthed during a desert excavation outside Albuquerque. Police used dental and medical records to confirm the identities of Cinnamon Elks, 31, and Julie Nieto, 23, both Albuquerque women who disappeared in 2004. Two other women …
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