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Americans ‘bombarded’ with cancer causes

Although as many as two-thirds of cancer cases are caused by lifestyle choices like smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise, the panel said many …
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Twenty three dead after tornado, storm in southwestern China

The official Xinhua News Agency says more than 150 were injured and some houses collapsed after the storm early Thursday morning in the city of …
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New York car bomb suspect believed to act alone in U.S.

They said they have yet to find a wider link to extremist groups. Two new surveillance videos emerged of the bomb suspect, Faisal Shahzad. Police …
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Japan reactor reopens after 1995 accident

After getting a final government go-ahead, workers began Thursday removing control rods from the plutonium-fired reactor in the northern fishing …
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Is there really a cyberwar? Term might be misused

However, some security analysts said at a conference this week that "cyberwarfare" is such a broadly used term that it might be hurting efforts by …
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Obama: Begin work this year on immigration reform

Obama’s comments at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the White House reaffirmed his long-held support for immigration reform. He went a step further …
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New York shuts bridge after truck found abandoned

New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said a worker on the bridge that connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the …
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Update: Northern Chile hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake

The epicenter of the quake was 16 miles (26 km) west of Tacna in Peru at a depth of 6.8 miles (11 km), and 35 miles (55 km) northwest of the …
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Wal-Mart widow tops world’s richest mothers list

The list compiled by Forbes.com reveals the 70 women around the globe who will celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday as billionaires. Christy Walton, the …
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Little movement in U.S. oil spill over 72 hours

The spill could eventually impact the Southwest Pass, the main vessel entrance to the Mississippi River, the NOAA official said.
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BP executive says oil leak could flow at 60,000 barrels per day

"If the existing BOP (blow-out preventer) and all the equipment were removed, it could get up to that rate," Doug Suttles, a BP executive said when …
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Cuba says its sugar harvest is worst in 105 years

A report in the Communist Party newspaper Granma said the harvest fell short of expectations by 850,000 tons, though it did not specify what the …
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Late president’s twin trails in Polish poll

Poland scheduled presidential elections on June 20 after the president was killed in an April 10 plane crash in Russia. His five-year term would have …
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Bad night’s sleep can hamper body’s insulin use

Researchers said their findings suggest it may be no coincidence that while sleep duration has shortened in western societies in the past decade …
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Factbox: New York bomb suspect: educated and well-heeled

Here are some facts about him: * Shahzad was born in June 1979 to a family hailing from Pabbi, northwest of the Pakistani capital Islamabad. He …
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Pakistan native admits to Times Square bomb plot

FaisalShahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen who recently spent five months in Pakistan, was arrested on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction …
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Eurocontrol: 300 Europe flights to be cut over ash

"The situation is not expected to improve in this area during the day," the agency said in a statement. "The whole of Ireland, west Scotland and …
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New York car bomb suspect cooperates, but motive mystery

Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old son of a retired official in Pakistan’s air force, was charged Tuesday with trying to blow up a crude gasoline and …
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