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2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas

SPLENDORA, Texas — Two children who were found living in a stench-filled abandoned school bus near Houston, its windows blocked and the lot around it covered in trash, are in the custody of Texas child welfare workers, officials said Thursday.

A postal worker discovered the children, ages 11 and 5, ...

FAA forecast: High air fares most of this decade

WASHINGTON — Air fares are likely to stay high throughout this decade, as passenger travel grows but airline capacity shrinks, according to a government forecast issued Thursday.

In its annual economic analysis, the Federal Aviation Administration said travelers won't get much relief until airlines start getting more competition, which is ...

U.S.: More work needed to stop youth tobacco use

RICHMOND, Va. — More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday.

Almost one in five high school-aged teens smokes, down from earlier decades, but ...

FDA mulls widely used drugs being available sans prescriptions

Some of the most widely used prescription drugs, including those to treat cholesterol and high blood pressure, could be freely available over the counter under a new proposal being weighed by government regulators.

Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday they are considering waiving prescription requirements for certain drugs used ...

Carolinas plot border do-over with dueling surveys

Judy Helms considers herself a South Carolinian. For years, the state of South Carolina agreed. But a new survey of the North Carolina-South Carolina border, taking advantage of the latest mapping technology, may soon turn Ms. Helms into a Tarheel.

"I felt like I was stepped on," she said, recalling ...

Vatican overrules Cleveland bishop, reverses closing of 13 parishes

The Vatican has taken the unusual step of overruling the closing of 13 parishes by the Cleveland Diocese, a rare case of Rome reversing a U.S. bishop on the shutdown of churches, a lawyer who fought the cutbacks said Wednesday.

The office known as the Congregation for the Clergy ruled ...

Gene-based cancer research suffers setback, scientists say

BOSTON — Scientists are reporting what could be very bad news for efforts to customize cancer treatment based on each person's genes.

They have discovered big differences from place to place in the same tumor as to which genes are active or mutated. They also found differences in the ...

American Scene: Racial tensions erupt into high school brawl

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Racial tensions erupt into high school brawl

CARSON | Dozens of students battled one another at a high school Wednesday in a racially motivated brawl between black and Hispanic students that left two injured and three under arrest, authorities said.

At least 30 students traded punches and kicks in ...

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