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Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks
The father of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter has spoken for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital weeks ago for treatment.
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White House corn soup with summer veggies
Michelle Obama, the nation's first lady and a high-profile spokeswoman for healthy eating, has a new book on growing and preparing nutritious food. Here's an easy soup recipe from the White House chefs, included in "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America...
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Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US
Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away - the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.
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Homecoming buzz: Short-haired bees return to UK
They've been away, but now they are - hopefully -buzzing back to their rightful place in the bucolic British countryside.
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New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension
"Maxed out on the medications," is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It's dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day.
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Survivors reflect on battle with necrotizing fasciitis
It's not so much the chills, the high fever, nausea and stomach upset that many survivors remember most.
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AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability
America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.
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New veterans fight new battles after coming home
America has a new generation of veterans. More than 1.6 million troops are back from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and they are unlike any other group of veterans the nation has ever seen.
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Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history.
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Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship
Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.
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Parents hire own researchers to tackle rare, fatal disease
CHICAGO - When it comes to advocating for her 8-year-old son's serious illness, Gelse Tkalec is on a much lonelier path than those strewn with pink ribbons and yellow bracelets.


