New advice didn’t change breast screening rates
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women in their 40s didn't cut back on mammograms during 2010, … Continue reading
Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gay youth members
[Updated at 6:55 p.m. CT] DALLAS – The Boy Scouts of America, one of the country’s largest and oldest youth … Continue reading
Wheelchair lift out of Wis. promises more access
An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair lift that could help make … Continue reading
New York sheriffs voice opposition to strict gun law, seek to join lawsuit
County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York’s tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague … Continue reading
Search this: Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View
Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world’s largest tortoises … Continue reading
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Northern California
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of … Continue reading
Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East off Kamchatka
LONDON (Reuters) – A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia’a Far East in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, … Continue reading
S.Africa’s Tongaat full-year earnings up 15 percent
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Tongaat Hulett reported a 15 percent rise in full-year earnings on Friday as sugar production … Continue reading