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ExxonMobil begins its defense in gas additive case
ExxonMobil begins its defense in gas additive case
Lawyers for ExxonMobil have begun presenting their defense against the state of New Hampshire's claims that the oil giant should pay hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive MTBE. Jurors returned Monday following a weeklong break after spendin

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FDA panel rejects Depomed menopause treatment
FDA panel rejects Depomed menopause treatment
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted against a Depomed drug to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. The FDA panel voted 12-2 that the risks of the company's drug Sefelsa outweighed its benefits when used by menopausal women. Depomed and other dr

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Thailand's prime minister vows to end ivory trade
Thailand's prime minister vows to end ivory trade
Facing the possibility of sanctions, Thailand's prime minister vowed for the first time to work toward ending her country's trade in ivory. But she gave no timeline for implementing a domestic ban, and conservationists warned that the unprecedented slaughter of elephants in Africa would continue un

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Obama Names New Energy Secretary, EPA Director
Obama Names New Energy Secretary, EPA Director
President Barack Obama nominated MIT scientist Ernest Moniz as his nominee for energy secretary Monday. Moniz will work with EPA nominee Gina McCarthy, whom Obama calls a "straight-shooter." (March 4)

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China sets its 5th manned space mission for summer
China sets its 5th manned space mission for summer
China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between June and August, the country's manned space program said in it

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Owner: Dog may have been poisoned at Westminster
Owner: Dog may have been poisoned at Westminster
A dog owner says she thinks there's a chance her prized pet was deliberately poisoned while competing at the Westminster Kennel Club show, causing it to die several days later. "It is in the realm of possibility," Lynette Blue told The Associated Press on Thursday. Blue co-owns a 3-year-old Samoyed

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Syrians find makeshift homes in ancient structures
Syrians find makeshift homes in ancient structures
Like countless other Syrians fleeing their country's civil war, Sami was eager to escape the bombs and artillery shells falling on his village. But instead of taking his family to another country, he simply brought them underground. For the past seven months, the family has lived in a chamber cut i

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Huge study: 5 mental disorders share genetic links
Huge study: 5 mental disorders share genetic links
The largest genetic study of mental illnesses to date finds five major disorders may not look much alike but they share some gene-based risks. The surprising discovery comes in the quest to unravel what causes psychiatric disorders and how to better diagnose and treat them. The disorders — autism

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Lions, bears removed from gangster's property
Lions, bears removed from gangster's property
A man known as Nutzu the Pawnbroker has been indicted for leading a fearsome criminal gang, but the public seems to be more interested in his pets: four lions and two bears. Ion Balint — his real name — had long been known to have an affinity for wild beasts in his h

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WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident
WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident
Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable. In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage

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BP probe of Gulf spill didn't explore cost cuts
BP probe of Gulf spill didn't explore cost cuts
An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn't explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role in causing the disaster because investigators didn't have access to its partners' employees and records, a BP executive testified Thursday at a trial d

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