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CHICAGO — New lung-cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.

The advice applies only to those aged 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits, according to ...

NEW YORK — It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon.

But according to the 1940 census, the trailblazing athlete didn't even exist.

There's no record ...

CBS Local Chicago | As per the usual routine, police claim the violence was allegedly instigated by protesters.

JEFFERSON CITY — The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000.

The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in ...

MAINE

WATERVILLE — A handful of protesters briefly interrupted a Maine college graduation speech by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair calling for world unity.

Mr. Blair addressed more than 400 Colby College graduates and their guests Sunday morning at the school's 191st commencement in Waterville.

Police say the protesters ...

The feds retaliate against an advisory board for doing its job.

A modest cybersecurity bill deserves support.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorses Gov. Scott Walker in the June 5 recall election.

Over the next five years, more than one million military service members will return from active duty.

Are Russians still supposed to act grateful that we no longer live under Brezhnev or Stalin?

I knew some of those graduates, and through them I was linked to an even more distant American past.

A financial transaction tax and a more efficient fight against tax evasion could channel additional funds into national treasuries.

Reuters | Mexican investigators hold retired Mexican Army General and retired Lieutenant Colonel in Mexico City pending investigation into cartel connections.

VOA News | Taiwanese President begins second term pledging deeper relations with China.

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

As grateful as I am for President Obama's profound, nonsensical meditations on the meaning of "hope," I am even more grateful that The One has come to make the world fair, and to tell us what fairness really means.

Mr. Obama has spent a lot of his time lately ...

Surveying our relationship with food, "The Omnivorous Mind" explores why crispness appeals to palates around the world, and where our food cravings come from. Leo Coleman reviews.

NBC | Rubio states Obama is "a very different person" than the person who ran in 2008.

Democracy Now | Surveillance video from a 2009 cop stomp beating of Chad Holley does not land the officers in jail.

Richard E. Ralston | Care for the individual must be subordinated to supervision by a multitude of administrators.

Radley Balko | Police officer told her the dog had alerted to the presence of narcotics on the bills.