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  • Earlier puberty seen in boys, just like in girls

    When it comes to the birds and the bees, some parents may want to have that talk with their boys a little sooner than they expected.


  • Virginia Tech's Michael Holmes (20) reacts to his fourth quarter running touchdown that gave them the lead 17-13 against Cincinnati during their NCAA College football game, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in Landover, Md. Cincinnati defeated Virginia Tech 27-24. (AP Photo/Richard A. Lipski)

    College football: D.C. area Week 6 preview

    Previewing Saturday's college football action.


  • Animals suspected in spread of new virus

    Britain's Health Protection Agency has published an early genetic sequence of the new respiratory virus related to SARS that shows it is most closely linked to bat viruses, and scientists say camels, sheep or goats might end up being implicated too.


  • Love bringing Jordan along for the ride once again

    Back when they were at North Carolina, Davis Love III and Buzz Peterson would bring Peterson's roommate along whenever they'd go play golf.


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Notre Dame football will maintain its independent status and its TV agreement with NBC. All other Notre Dame sports will depart the Big East Conference for the ACC at a date to be determined.

    ACC brings Notre Dame into fold

    In his first year as athletic director at Notre Dame four years ago, Jack Swarbrick visited Chapel Hill, N.C., for the first time. Walking through the University of North Carolina campus before a Tar Heels football game against the Fighting Irish, Swarbrick vividly remembers the satisfaction he felt in being warmly welcomed.


  • Doctors use eggs to reverse egg allergies in kids

    First peanuts, now eggs. Doctors have reversed allergies in some children and teens by giving them tiny daily doses of problem foods, gradually training their immune systems to accept them.


  • John Edwards, second from left, speaks outside a federal courthouse as his daughter Cate Edwards, left, and parents Wallace Edwards, second from right, and Bobbie Edwards, right, look on after the jury's verdict in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

    Edwards not guilty on 1 count, mistrial declared on others

    John Edwards' campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial Thursday when jurors acquitted him on one charge and deadlocked on the other five, unable to decide whether he used money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president and his wife was dying of cancer.


  • ** FILE ** In this April 12, 2012, file photo, former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. John Edwards arrives outside federal court in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

    Jury begins deliberations in John Edwards case

    A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.


  • Andrew Young and his wife Cheri (background) are the star witnesses in the ongoing campaign corruption trial of former Sen. John Edwards. (Associated Press)

    Wife of Edwards aide breaks down on witness stand

    The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards testified Monday the former presidential candidate told her over the phone that it was legal to take money from a wealthy donor to take care of Edwards' mistress.


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