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A new study found that older men can carry more random genetic mutations that can increase the risk for autism or schizophrenia in a child. The study, led by Augustine Kong at deCODE Genetics in Iceland found that a father’s age at conception can be responsible for 97 percent of the new, or de novo […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama sees the presidential contest as a clutch moment in his favorite sport — the fourth quarter of a taut basketball game. Fundraising with the help of current and former National Basketball Association stars, Obama told a small group of donors gathered Wednesday night at Alice Tully Hall in […]
DENVER (AP) — Mitt Romney said in an interview Thursday that his plan to provide universal health insurance in Massachusetts was superior to the one it inspired, President Obama's much-debated national health care law. "My health care plan I put in place in my state has everyone insured, but we didn't go out and raise […]
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials reported Wednesday three times the usual number of West Nile cases for this time of year and one expert called it "one of the largest" outbreaks since the virus appeared in this country in 1999. So far, 1,118 illnesses have been reported, about half of them in Texas, according […]
SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Police say marijuana growing operations in southern Indiana are easy to spot from the air because of the drought. An airplane pilot guided troopers on the ground through browning forests and corn fields Tuesday to uncover grow sites in Clark, Scott and Harrison counties. The troopers cut down more than 100 […]
According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), here are the top 10 stolen cars last year. 1. 1994 Honda Accord 2. 1998 Honda Civic 3. 2006 Ford pickup (full size) 4. 1991 Toyota Camry 5. 2000 Dodge Caravan 6. 1994 Acura Integra 7. 1999 Chevrolet pickup (full size) 8. 2004 Dodge pickup (full size) […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama is mocking Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri for his remarks about a woman's body being able to avoid pregnancy during what Akin called a "legitimate rape." Obama tells a group of donors in New York that the Republican congressman from Missouri "somehow missed science class" even though […]
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama chose a naval station in the electoral battleground of Florida to announce Wednesday that 2,000 businesses around the country have hired or trained more than 125,000 military veterans and spouses in the past year, exceeding a White House goal of 100,000 by the end of […]
According to two new studies, blacks receive less quality sleep than whites. The studies presented at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies found that whites get more and better rest over any other racial group. Blacks were found to sleep shorter and experience restless sleep. One of the studies conducted in Chicago found that whites average […]
What may have begun as a romantic, kinky evening for a Florida couple landed both of them in jail. Tina Michelle Norris, 39, and her boyfriend James Albert Barfield, 56 hosted a swingers party at their home on Sunday night. According to police reports, Norris became upset when she found her boyfriend in bed with […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan found themselves dragged into a debate Wednesday over hot-button social issues and answering for differences between their personal positions on abortion, just days before a national convention aimed at showing a unified Republican party. The discussion lingered while President Barack Obama and Romney tangled from […]
DENVER (AP) — Meet the newest campaign issue for House Democrats: Todd Akin. From Colorado to New Hampshire to Illinois, Democrats already are using the incendiary comments about rape made by the Missouri congressman and Republican Senate candidate as a political bludgeon. In interviews, news releases and tweets, they've blasted Akin for saying victims of […]
