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Hot Flash Spray Could Throw Kids Into Puberty

2 hours 7 min ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that exposure to Evamist, a spray used to control hot flashes during menopause, may be associated with early puberty and early breast development in young children. The FDA reports that there were eight children between the ages of three and five who experienced premature puberty, nipple swelling, breast development and breast enlargement after "unintended exposure" to Evamist. According to an FDA spokesperson, "unintended exposure" likely means casual contact, such as hugging.



Food and Drug Administration - Menopause - Breast - Hot flash - Puberty
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Aide: Pitino Never Mentioned Seeking Abortion

2 hours 11 min ago
Aide: Pitino suggested pregnant woman get medical help out of town, didn't mention abortion



Abortion - Pregnancy - Rick Pitino - Health - Reproductive Health
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Judge Will Bar Link to Anna Nicole Smith Death

2 hours 13 min ago
LA judge in upcoming trial bars evidence linked to overdose of Anna Nicole Smith



Anna Nicole Smith - Anna Nicole - Law - Television - Arts
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Docs Install Windpipes Made From Stem Cells

2 hours 28 min ago
Two patients get new windpipes grown from donor tissue and their own stem cells.



Stem cell - Biotechnology - Biology - Health - Stem Cell Research
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Billy the Kid Pardon? NM Governor Mulling It

2 hours 37 min ago
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw.



Billy the Kid - New Mexico - Bill Richardson - United States - Pat Garrett
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Is It Time to Scrap the BP Brand?

2 hours 42 min ago
Keep BP sunflower or bring back Amoco torch? Some gas-station owners think rebranding needed



Amoco - BP - Business - United States - Gas and Oil
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Kerry Says He Mishandled Furor Over Yacht

2 hours 49 min ago
Kerry says he mishandled furor over yacht docked in RI and always intended to pay Mass. taxes



John Kerry - Massachusetts - Rhode Island - United States - Boston Globe
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WATCH: Lives of Note

3 hours 3 min ago
Recalling Daniel Schorr, Kenny Guinn and Denise Jefferson.



Kenny Guinn - United States - Denise Jefferson - Nevada - Arts
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WATCH: Cruel Joke: Pilot Fakes Fainting Spell

3 hours 4 min ago
A passenger screams after the pilot pretends to faint while flying his plane.



Aviation - Recreation - Business - Arts - Aircraft Rental and Instruction
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Man Gets Jail for Hurling on Phillies Fan

3 hours 23 min ago
A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to up to three months in jail for intentionally vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands at a Philadelphia Phillies game.



Philadelphia Phillies - New Jersey - sport - United States - Baseball
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Obama 'Scheming' on Immigrant Amnesty? Memo Draws Republican Fire

3 hours 30 min ago
Critics of President Obama's immigration policy have pounced on an internal government memo they say shows the administration is trying to circumvent Congress on immigration reform and avoid deporting some illegal immigrants.



Illegal immigration - United States Congress - United States - Immigration - Immigration reform
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50 Years for Crimes They Didn't Commit

3 hours 31 min ago
Michael Anthony Green is expected to be released today on bond after spending 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Late last week, another Texas inmate, Allen Wayne Porter, was also released after prosecutors determined he had been wrongfully convicted of a crime for which he had already served 19 years in prison. Credit is being given to the Post Conviction Review Section, a group of lawyers assembled by Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos.



Texas - District attorney - Prison - Harris County Texas - United States
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Kelley and Jim Cannon: Fairy Tale Life to Murder

4 hours 7 min ago
When successful businessman and attorney Jim Cannon's lifeless body was found naked and stuffed in a closet of his West Nashville home in late June 2008, authorities soon would zero in on his estranged wife, Kelley Cannon. A story of love, privilege, drug addiction and death.



Drug addiction - Death - Nashville Tennessee - Businessperson - Jim Cannon
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Wild Man: Rep. Weiner Loses It on the Hill

4 hours 17 min ago
Rep. Weiner, D-NY, gave one of the most animated diatribes seen and heard on Capitol Hill in recent years.



Anthony Weiner - United States - Capitol Hill - Republican - Health care
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July: Deadliest Afghan Month for U.S. Troops

4 hours 29 min ago
3 US troops die, bringing July toll to at least 63 for US in Afghanistan.



Afghanistan - War in Afghanistan - Asia - United States armed forces - Taliban
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Desperate Search for a Kidney Leads to YouTube

4 hours 33 min ago
John Nakata is in need of a kidney donor. Rather than wait for his name to come up on a national list, he and his family have turned to YouTube, where they have made a video describing his illness and his dire need for a kidney.



Kidney - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary Disorders - YouTube
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Chelsea Clinton's Fantasy Wedding: 1 Day Away

4 hours 36 min ago
The hotly anticipated wedding of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton to her long time boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky is Saturday in Rhinebeck, New York. Find out the details on the wedding event, guest list, chef, flowers and fireworks for her big day!



Chelsea Clinton - New York City - New York - United States - Weddings
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