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  • Women more likely to have 'broken heart syndrome'

    A woman's heart breaks more easily than a man's.


  • Deep-chilling trauma patients to try to save them

    Suspended animation may not be just for sci-fi movies anymore: Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging some critically injured people into a deep chill _ cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 degrees _ in hopes of saving their lives.


  • Deep-chilling trauma patients to try to save them

    Suspended animation may not be just for sci-fi movies anymore: Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging some critically injured people into a deep chill _ cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 degrees _ in hopes of saving their lives.


  • Bloomberg editor, historian join Pulitzer board

    An award-winning historian and a managing editor for projects and investigations at Bloomberg News have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, which hands out the most well-known awards in journalism.


  • Andrew Hendricks, the only Air Force cadet at Yale University, may get strange looks but no trouble as he grabs breakfast while wearing his Reserve Officers' Training Corps uniform. "I think it's mainly that people are really curious because they don't see a lot of military influence on campus," said the sophomore from Fairfax Station, Va. (Associated Press)

    Ivy League gives salute to return of ROTC

    Yale sophomore Andrew Hendricks has become used to receiving strange looks when he crosses the Ivy League campus in his Air Force uniform.


  • Obama hails 12 for science, technology, innovation

    President Barack Obama said the 12 people he recognized Friday for achievement in science, technology and innovation should make others feel embarrassed about their old science projects.


  • Good old Joe

    PRUDEN: Unhappy times at the White House

    Good old Joe, always good for a laugh. However, that's not President Obama or the White House wise men holding their sides and rolling on the floor. Joe is endearing enough in the way of crazy uncles, but when the attic door is left unlatched, someone has to be dispatched to find old Joe and pay for the damage.


  • Bioethicist challenges Bachmann on vaccine claim

    A prominent bioethicist has offered $10,000 to charity if Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann can prove her claim that a vaccination caused mental retardation.


  • Parents seek answers for son's concussion, suicide

    Austin Trenum's bed remains half-made, the way a typical teenager would leave it. On a shelf is his scarred black helmet, the one he was wearing when he tackled the quarterback near the sidelines during Brentsville High's game against Handley some 11 months ago. Austin's mouthpiece remains tucked neatly in the face mask, ready to be taken out for the next play.


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