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FROMELLES, France – Hundreds of people have attended a ceremony in northern France to rebury the first of around 250 unidentified British and Australian soldiers who died in a World War I battle. Veterans Ministers Alan Griffin of Australia and Kevan Jones of Britain have joined soldiers and villagers for …

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has issued an Amber Alert for a 4-year-old boy who was reported to be abducted from a Cobb County, Ga., mobile home park Thursday morning. Christian Guevera is about 3-feet tall, weighs about 30 lbs. and has long, shaggy brown hair …

Clinics that offer to “bank” stem cells from the umbilical cords of newborns for use later in life when illness strikes are fraudsters, a top U.S. scientist said. Clinics in many countries allow parents to deposit stem cells from their neonate’s umbilical cord with a view to using the cells …

KABUL – Pakistani authorities, aided by U.S. intelligence, said Thursday they have apprehended more militant chiefs following the capture of the Afghan Taliban’s No. 2 figure — arrests that together represent the biggest blow to the militant organization since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The roundups, which could still be …

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – A 42-year-old Somersworth, N.H., man is facing charges he stalked a woman by following her via a global positioning system application in her cellular phone. Police say Michael Barnes breached his bail conditions on an earlier assault charge when he enabled the GPS function in an attempt …

What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key. In the quest to prove it, a major study is under way testing whether an anti-inflammatory drug — an old, cheap cousin of aspirin — …

The largest U.S. drugstore chain, Walgreen Co., said Wednesday it will hold off selling what was poised to be the first over-the-counter genetic test, after the Food and Drug Administration said the kit has not been proven effective. Pathway Genomics announced Tuesday that its saliva swab would be on Walgreen’s …

A scan of all the human DNA has turned up 95 genes that affect blood cholesterol, including a few affected by drugs on the market and others that might be the basis of new drugs, researchers said on Wednesday. Their findings demonstrate that regulating cholesterol levels is even more complex …

U.S. regulators are planning a push to gradually cut the amount of salt Americans consume, saying less sodium would reduce deaths from hypertension and heart disease, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The effort would eventually lead to the first legal limits on the amount of salt allowed in processed …

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday urged consumers to stop using an instant coffee product that is being marketed as a sexual aphrodisiac, saying it could dangerously lower blood pressure. In a statement, the FDA said Magic Power Coffee contains a chemical that could interact with some …