Health / Disease

Prominent Legion of Christ priest admits he fathered child

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Legion of Christ religious order has been hit by a second scandal in a week with the admission that its most well-known priest had fathered a child.

The Rev. Thomas Williams, an American television commentator, author and moral theologian at the legion's Rome university, ...

Deputies: Fla. mom killed her 4 kids, then herself

PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said.

Thirty-three-year-old Tonya Thomas fatally shot her four children, ...

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

WASHINGTON — Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center calculated that April's average temperature of 57.9 degrees (14.4 degrees Celsius) was nearly 1.2 degrees (0.7 degrees Celsius) above the 20th ...

Dutch Royal Family Member Calls For Compulsory Birth Control For The “Unfit”

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Jurriaan Maessen | Queen Beatrix's son-in-law has called for birth control for people with drug addiction, psychiatric patients and others deemed unfit to reproduce.

Strauss-Kahn countersues N.Y. hotel maid for $1 million

NEW YORK (AP) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn is suing the hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually assaulting her, saying she seriously damaged his reputation with what he calls a bogus allegation.

The former International Monetary Fund leader and French presidential hopeful struck back at maid Nafissatou Diallo's lawsuit against him ...

Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.

The company Mark Zuckerberg ...

Blood drive set for flesh-eating bacteria survivor

CARROLLTON, Ga. — A blood drive is being held at University of West Georgia for a student fighting a flesh-eating bacteria that threatens her life.

Aimee Copeland's left leg has been amputated, and her parents say she will likely lose her fingers as well after the infection spread rapidly through ...

How will JPMorgan's $2B loss affect banking rules?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul of financial rules, many of those changes have yet to be finalized.

JPMorgan's misstep gives advocates of stronger regulation an opening to ...

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