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Sep 17 2009
Doctors in the United States have performed a vision-restoring operation that used the 60-year-old patient’s tooth. A rare condition that destroys cells on the eye’s surface left Sharron ‘Kay’ Thornton blind for nearly a...
Sep 16 2009
The United States fears recent weapons purchases by Venezuela could fuel an arms race in South America, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.
Sep 16 2009
The House of Representatives on Tuesday formally admonished Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting “you lie” during President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress last week.
Sep 14 2009
Both governments face domestic pressure to take a tougher stand against the other on economic issues. But the trade frictions are increasing political tensions between the two nations even as they try to work together to revive the global economy and...
Sep 5 2009
After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent the virus from multiplying in the body and producing severe disease. They do not have...
Sep 3 2009
It is a popular joke among American soldiers. “What takes one night to get into, one year to get out of and is not a marriage?” The answer: Iraq. Over the next 364 days the US military command in Baghdad will attempt one of the most complicated...
Aug 28 2009
Phillip Craig Garrido was already known as an oddball who said he could channel the voice of God through a makeshift box, but on Thursday the eccentricity took on an aura of horror.
Aug 26 2009
Edward M. Kennedy, one of the most powerful and influential senators in American history and one of three brothers whose political triumphs and personal tragedies captivated the nation for decades, died at 77.
Aug 24 2009
José Marcolini, a farmer here, has a permit from the Brazilian government to raze 12,500 acres of rain forest this year to create highly profitable new soy fields. But he says he is struggling with his conscience. A Brazilian environmental group is...
Aug 22 2009
Four American soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of an 19-year-old soldier who committed suicide after being in Iraq for 10 days, the U.S. military told NBC News Friday.