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Treatment with the diabetes drug Actos, known technically as pioglitazone, seems to reduce brain shrinkage and may have other beneficial effects in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers report. If confirmed, this drug or one in the same class might be useful as add-on treatment for people with MS, Dr. …

A Welsh artist has been given a $33,043 U.K. National Lottery grant – to look at girls’ behinds. Sue Williams was given the cash to “explore cultural attitudes towards female buttocks.” She will create plaster cast molds of women’s behinds to try to understand their place in contemporary culture. Mrs. …

CONCORD, N.H. – A new analysis by a Dartmouth College professor concludes that the infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake. Oswald, who was shot to death days after being charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, claimed …

Is America losing power in the world? That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” There was some good news today with unemployment dropping a little bit. But generally speaking, the economy remains weak and the dollar is in big trouble all around the world. As we reported …

WASHINGTON – Police evacuated the massive Capitol Visitor Center near the end of visiting hours Monday after finding an unattended bag at its entrance. An investigation found nothing hazardous. A suspicious package was reported about 3:30 p.m. EDT, Capitol Police said in a news release. Fire trucks and other emergency …

BEIJING – China is sticking to its planned launch of a controversial Internet censoring software in about one week, an official newspaper said Tuesday, despite Washington’s concerns over the move’s possible impact on trade and access to information. The China Daily said the plan to require the Web-filtering Green Dam …

ROCKFORD, Ill. – There was high water along the northern Illinois rail line where a freight train derailed, setting off a fiery explosion and killing one person, federal authorities said Sunday. It’s unclear what the exact water levels were during Friday’s crash and what role if any water played in …

A mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas was the latest in a series of violence incidents at the military post in the past two years. In September 2008, a 21-year-old Fort Hood soldier shot to death his lieutenant during a confrontation at his off-base apartment before turning the …

PORTLAND, Oregon – The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold …

MIAMI – A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight. An arrest reports says 31-year-old Claudia De La Rosa was charged Thursday with making a false report of planting a bomb. Miami International Airport officials received a …