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  • Survey: Teen pot use rises, alcohol use declines

    More teens are turning to pot and see it as less of a risk at the same time alcohol use among the same age group has dipped to historic lows, according to an annual national survey of drug use released Wednesday.


  • Basketball star out for season after plane crash

    An Indiana high school basketball star who suffered a serious head injury in a small plane crash that killed his father and stepmother likely won't return to the court this season, his family said Wednesday.


  • ** FILE ** Brothers John and Jim Harbaugh will battle each other when the Baltimore Ravens take on the San Francisco 49ers at the Super Bowl. (Associated Press)

    Win or lose, family ties are strong between the Harbaugh brothers

    In the past 30-plus years, John Harbaugh holds a 1-0 record against his brother, Jim, in all things competition.


  • U. Mich. rediscovers rare Chinese art collection

    Propaganda pieces produced in China four decades ago during the Cultural Revolution have been unearthed in a storage room at the University of Michigan _ a rare find in either the U.S. or its country of origin, experts said.


  • Wisconsin artist paints George Clooney

    A Wisconsin artist says he has to pinch himself after being commissioned to paint a portrait of actor George Clooney.


  • More than 1 in 10 parents skip, delay kids' shots

    By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety concerns, a national survey found.


  • In this photo from Sept. 29, 2011, Kandace O'Neill poses with her 7-month-old daughter, in Lakeville, Minn. O'Neill's views on child vaccinations are shared by many parents who don't follow federal vaccine advice. Her 5-year-old son has had no vaccinations since he turned 1 and the baby girl has received none of the recommended shots. (Associated Press)

    More than 1 in 10 parents skip, delay kids' shots

    By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety concerns, a national survey found.


  • More than 5,000 high school, college and professional football teams will salute Ronald Reagan's centennial birthday with a special coin toss this weekend. (Courtesy Warner Brothers)

    Inside the Beltway

    Many will soon flip over Ronald Reagan. Nearly 5,000 high school, college and NFL teams in all 50 states honor the 100th birthday of America's 40th president this weekend by tossing a Reagan commemorative coin to start their games.


  • '60s activist Carl Oglesby dies in NJ at age 76

    Carl Oglesby, a dynamic activist in the 1960s who headed the campus organization Students for a Democratic Society and gave an influential and frequently quoted speech denouncing the Vietnam War and those who broke his "American heart," has died at age 76.


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