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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
With the late morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lea…
Pooches' paws need protection
People aren't the only ones suffering from a seemingly endless winter of bone-rattling cold, record-busting snow and ice-slick sidewalks. Pooches' paws feel th…
Keystone veto override vote falls short
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednes-day failed to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill to construct the Keystone XL pipeline, the first of many confr…
How much sugar is in that?
NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say people should eat less sugar. But that's easier said than done.
Purer poultry
NEW YORK - McDonald's said it plans to require chicken suppliers to stop using antibiotics important to human medicine within two years.
Fed struggled in 2009 over how to boost economy, papers show
WASHINGTON - As the Great Recession inflicted worsening damage on the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve struggled during 2009 to determine the best corrective steps to pursue.
Fossil jaw sheds light on human evolution
NEW YORK - A fragment of jawbone found in Ethiopia is the oldest known fossil from an evolutionary tree branch that eventually led to modern humans, scientists reported Wednesday.
A rally for rails?
WASHINGTON - In a rare burst of bipartisanship, the House moved Wednesday to boost Amtrak's popular service between Boston and Washington while giving states a greater say in the local routes they help subsidize.
U.S. lacks room to store oil; price collapse next?
She's no chicken