RAPID CITY, South Dakota (AP) — An Old West gun battle re-enactor in South Dakota who wounded three onlookers when he fired live rounds instead of blanks faces up to 20 years in prison after a plea deal.
Paul Doering of Summerset pleaded guilty to a newly leveled charge of tampering Thursday in federal court in Rapid City. In exchange, prosecutors dropped the original charge of being a …
Switzerland defender Philippe Senderos is joining Fulham from Arsenal on a three-year contract.
The 25-year-old center back moved to Arsenal from Swiss side Servette in 2003, but struggled to win a regular starting place and joined Everton on loan for the second half of …
Fact: Women are prescribed significantly more medications and take more over-the-counter medications than men. Some medications are life-saving treatments for women and girls with serious or chronic health conditions. But some medications may not be necessary or may be inappropriate, and may cause more harm than good.
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Women's health is big business: Women are often the target audience for prescription drug advertisements now common on TV, in magazines, newspapers and on the Internet. Prescription drugs have an important place in the health of Canadian women. But drug ads often overstate health benefits and rarely highlight potential health …
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Bhutto supporters clash with police as Pakistani political crisis deepens
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ …
North Korea ordered a sharp cut in the number of South Koreans permitted to stay in a joint industrial complex in its border city of Kaesong amid worsening relations between the two Koreas, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Monday.
The North demanded that the number of South Koreans allowed to stay without restriction in the sprawling factory park be limited to 880 _ a fifth of the 4,200 people with permits to travel to or stay in the enclave.
The drastic cutback at the complex _ the last remaining reconciliation project left between the two countries _ is one of a series of measures the communist nation is taking in anger over Seoul's hard-line stance …
Like so many other significant discoveries, Olestra came aboutby accident.
A Procter & Gamble researcher, exploring how the body absorbsfat, was trying to come up with a product with increased fat contentto nourish premature infants. Instead, he found something that didquite the opposite.
Olestra is a sucrose polyster that can mimic virtually anyedible fat, with one big difference - it passes straight through thebody's digestive system, leaving behind no calories or cholesterol.Indeed, it is believed, it takes some of the body's cholesterol withit.
In short, a dieter's dream.
"From a product development point of view, I'm not amazed bymany …
NEW YORK - There's a role for artists and other famous faces to play when it comes to global issues, Shakira said during her visit to the Clinton Global Initiative conference, a meeting that has its share of well-known attendees.
But boldface names are not enough for former President Bill Clinton, who started the initiative in 2005. He wants everyone to be involved. So CGI is expanding to college campuses, Clinton told The Associated Press on Thursday.
"My objective here is ... to try, in effect, to make this a habit of citizenship, to make this something that everybody does," he said.
CGI brings together attendees to discuss global issues and asks them to take …
