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U.S. Navy's new $13B aircraft carrier can't fight

10 years 2 months ago
The $13-billion USS Gerald R. Ford is already two years behind schedule, and the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier is facing more delays after the Pentagon's top weapons tester concluded the ship is still not ready for combat despite expectations it would be delivered to the fleet this September.

Boy, 12, others die in heat wave

10 years 2 months ago
Six heat-related deaths have been reported as dangerously high temperatures continue to scorch portions of the Eastern U.S. -- where heat advisories remain in effect into Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Can Clinton break through?

10 years 2 months ago
Hillary Clinton's challenge this week is reintroducing herself to a country that has known her for decades and getting through to the millions of Americans who are convinced that they already know everything there is to know about the former secretary of state and first lady.

Crowds protest killing of boy, 10

10 years 2 months ago
Bangladesh police arrested a manager of a textile mill Monday in connection with the brutal killing of a 10-year-old boy as hundreds of people took to the streets in a suburb of Dhaka to protest the slaying.

How can parents forget a child in a car?

10 years 2 months ago
I have been studying the brain and memory since 1980, but I was baffled when a news reporter asked me in 2004 how parents can forget that their children are in the car with them. It seemed incomprehensible that parents could leave a child in a car and then go about their daily activities, as their child dies of hyperthermia in a car that reaches scorching temperatures.

Medical marijuana has potential as Alzheimer's treatment, study says

10 years 2 months ago
Could medical marijuana treat Alzheimer's patients? One recent study found THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, stimulates the removal of toxic plaque in the brain, a common feature of the disease. Furthermore, the researchers discovered it blocks inflammation, which damages neurons in the brain.
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