Living
2012 Summer Camp Guide
Online Summer Camp guide to activities from learning the art of magic to martial arts and everything in between.
Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks
A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease could hardly believe it when she was able to speak Sunday for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital more than three weeks ago, her father said Monday.
Living
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HEALTH
Study: Getting a smoker's lung is better than none
Patients who need new lungs are better off getting donated organs from smokers than none at all, even though they probably won't live as long as those who get a lung transplant from a nonsmoker, a new study says.
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HEALTH
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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HEALTH
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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HEALTH
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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RELIGION
Pope 'hurt' by arrest of butler in case of stolen documents
Pope Benedict XVI has been left "hurt" by the arrest last week of his butler on charges of stealing papal documents, the pontiff's spokesman said Monday.
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HEALTH
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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HEALTH
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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HEALTH
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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HEALTH
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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GREEN LIVING
Fights brewing over massive coal-export plans for the Northwest
SEATTLE - With the Northwest poised to become the country's leading coal-export region, fights are emerging on several fronts.


