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    Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won't be able to tell you, at least not right away _ if at all. And if you shop around and find centers that can quote a price, the amounts could vary astronomically, a study found.

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    As the young United States spiraled toward its worst domestic crisis -- the Civil War -- its men of letters were fighting for their position on the world cultural stage. This battle, thankfully with no expense of human life, was unequivocally successful.

  • NASA's older Mars rover notches another milestone

    Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive.

  • An artist's rendering shows Opportunity exploring the surface of Mars. The rover parachuted to the planet's southern hemisphere Jan. 24, 2004, and is still producing well past its expected life span. The snazzier Curiousity landed elsewhere on the planet five months ago. (NASA via Associated Press)

    NASA rover Opportunity begins 10th year exploring Mars

    Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it is easy to forget that it’s still alive.

  • **FILE** Washington Redskins running back Tim Hightower warms up during the team's NFL football training camp practice at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., on July 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Former Redskins learn all ACL injuries are different

    As doctors expect Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III to rehabilitate his surgically repaired right knee ligaments and meniscus in time for the 2013 season, teammate Tim Hightower is proof that timetables are nothing more than frameworks established by precedents.

  • Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III returns to the huddle after hurting his right knee as he fell awkwardly while throwing an incomplete pass during the first quarter of their NFL wild card playoff football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Landover, Md.., on Jan. 6, 2013. (Associated Press/The Virginian-Pilot)

    RG3 watch focuses on future with knee surgery complete

    The eight-month countdown to the start of the 2013 Washington Redskins' regular season began in earnest Wednesday when quarterback Robert Griffin III emerged from surgery. Renowned orthopedist James Andrews reconstructed the anterior cruciate ligament and repaired the lateral collateral ligament in Griffin's right knee. Now Griffin is rehabilitating against the clock.

  • Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortions

    Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concludes. The findings were eagerly anticipated and come as a bitterly contested Obama administration policy is poised to offer similar coverage.

  • Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortions

    Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded Thursday. The findings were eagerly anticipated and come as a bitterly contested Obama administration policy is poised to offer similar coverage.

  • NFL awarding $1.5 million in medical grants

    NFL Charities is awarding more than $1.5 million in grants for sports-related medical research at 15 organizations, with nearly two-thirds of the money going to study concussion prevention and treatment.

  • D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    D.C. Mayor Gray's open government shut behind closed doors

    The director of a newly created city agency with control over the District's 30-million-square-foot real estate portfolio met privately last week with politically connected lawyers, lobbyists and developers despite D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's open-government policies and an ethics pledge he imposed on city officials to ensure transparency.

  • 10,000 germ species live in and on healthy people

    They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut _ enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.

  • 10,000 germ species live in and on healthy people

    They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut _ enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.

  • 1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

    One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.

  • A customer walks out of the Riverside Travel Center in Hilton, Ga., late Friday night after purchasing a lottery ticket for the Mega Millions Lottery, which reached an estimated jackpot of $645 million for Friday night's drawing. (AP Photo/Jay Hare, The Eagle)

    Mega Millions winners are rich, but not THAT rich

    Congratulations, Mega Millions winners! You've just won the biggest lottery in history! Move over Bill Gates and Warren Buffett! Not so fast, Richie Rich.

  • Options for cervical cancer check depend on age

    Forget one-size-fits-all advice: Guidelines out Wednesday give women choices for cervical cancer testing that depend on their age.

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