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Researchers have identified the genetic "switch" that triggers the flowering process in plants as they respond to warmer temperatures.

There is a mixed political and business reaction in Northern Ireland to the chancellor's budget.

A soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan while working alongside an Afghan security force patrol, the Ministry of Defence says.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the death penalty is possible if a U.S. military court finds an Army staff sergeant guilty of gunning down Afghan children and family members. But it isn't likely....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States says it's suspending efforts to recover remains of thousands of fallen service members in North Korea....

Mitt Romney wins the sought-after endorsement of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, one day after a convincing win in the Illinois state primary.

HARVEY, La. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he supports a House Republican budget proposal, but adds that the spending cuts included in it should be accelerated....

HARVEY, La. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he supports a House Republican budget proposal, but adds that the spending cuts included in it should be accelerated....

HARVEY, La. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he supports a House Republican budget proposal, but adds that the spending cuts included in it should be accelerated....

HARVEY, La. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he supports a House Republican budget proposal, but adds that the spending cuts included in it should be accelerated....

HARVEY, La. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he supports a House Republican budget proposal, but adds that the spending cuts included in it should be accelerated....

The US warns Syria to comply with a UN-backed peace plan, as government tanks reportedly shell suburbs of Damascus

A chef has created an intricate 2ft-high sculpture of an angel out of lard.

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New Orleans head coach Sean Payton must sit out the 2012 season, while the club will lose two high draft picks and be fined $500,000 for having "bounty" payments.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday laid out new standards for criminal plea bargains, saying defense lawyers must do a competent job advising and informing their clients of prosecutors' offers of less prison time for convictions and guilty pleas....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wooing a nation of increasingly angry motorists, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are all plunging into gas-pump politics, seeking the upper hand as energy becomes a driving issue in the election campaign....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Mountaineer Lincoln Hall, who was rescued a day after being given up for dead near the summit of Everest in 2006, died Wednesday of cancer in Australia. He was 56....