OCEANSIDE, California – Federal authorities say a 25-foot boat packed with suspected illegal immigrants has been intercepted off the coast of Southern California. The Coast Guard says 23 people were taken into custody after the wooden boat was spotted about 1:40 a.m. local time Friday, about 6.5 miles off the …
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A sex offender suspected in the disappearance of Chelsea King served only five years in prison for molesting a girl a decade ago after prosecutors rejected a psychiatrist’s advice to seek a stiffer punishment, court documents state. Prosecutors said in 2000 that John Albert Gardner III’s lack of significant prior …
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WASHINGTON – Try after try to make vaginal creams that could repel the AIDS virus have failed. Now researchers are testing if a drug used to treat HIV infection finally might give women a tool to prevent it — by infusing the medicine into vaginal gels and contraceptive-style rings. Even …
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Children who eat three or more burgers a week may be at a higher risk of asthma and wheezing, but a healthy diet rich in fruit and fish seems to stave off the risk, according to a large international study. Researchers from Germany, Spain and Britain who studied data on …
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The fate of a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug may become clearer on Wednesday when U.S. advisers vote on whether the widely used pill carries too much heart risk to stay on the market. The high-stakes decision by a panel of outside experts is designed to help the Food and Drug …
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge poured cold water Saturday on calls for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing over China’s crackdown in Tibet, saying it would only penalize athletes. “We believe that the boycott doesn’t solve anything,” Rogge told reporters on this Caribbean …
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Spain said Tuesday it is prepared to accept detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Reuters reported. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos promised during a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Spain would attempt to take transfers on a case by case basis. “She asked me for help with the …
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CAIRO – At least two crew members drowned and 14 others remained missing when a cargo ship under the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis sank in bad weather Monday in the Red Sea, an Egyptian official said. Maj. Gen. Mamdouh Deraz, head of the Egyptian Red Sea Port Authority, …
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Real news from the virtual world: — LIVE AND KICKING: Sony and Nintendo have made big strides over the last year in downloadable games for the PlayStation 3 (Sony) and the Wii (Nintendo). But Microsoft’s Xbox Live service got there first — and it still holds a comfortable lead, both …
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DHARMSALA, India – China has overseen a “brutal crackdown” in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year, part of decades of Chinese oppression that have driven Tibetan culture to the verge of extinction, the Dalai Lama said Tuesday. The Tibetan spiritual leader made the comments in a speech …
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