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Vending machine dispenses emergency contraception
Vending machine offerings at a Pennsylvania university are expanding beyond the world of junk food and into the world of contraception.
Rutgers student's suicide shouldn't define him, brother says
Almost 15 months since Tyler Clementi committed suicide, his older brother James wants people to know that "he's much more than the way that he died."
Penalties levied in Indiana stage collapse that killed 7
The Indiana Department of Labor on Wednesday announced penalties totaling $80,800 following a worker-safety investigation into a stage collapse last summer that fatally injured seven people and injured dozens of others before a scheduled concert at the Indiana State Fair.
Loss of innocence befalls Los Angeles families at Miramonte School
Sergio Blanco faced the most painstaking moment of parenthood the past week when he had to ask his two of his young sons whether they were sexually molested at Miramonte Elementary School.
'Cyber cannibals' spreading fear in China
Do you ever get the feeling you are being watched? Closed circuit cameras recording your movements, strange noises on the phone line, phone calls that suddenly stop, emails being monitored, and private computer files and Facebook being hacked into. Oh yes, secrecy is no secret in China. Privacy is anything but private.
'No negotiations' on Falklands, Britain vows
Britain on Wednesday dismissed a complaint from Argentina about the "militarization of the South Atlantic" as tensions rise regarding the Falkland Islands, over which the two countries fought a war 30 years ago.
Powell boys' grandfather: How could son-in-law do that?
Three days after his young grandsons died in a fire police said was set by their father, Chuck Cox on Wednesday still was coming to grips with what happened.
Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdown
Four consecutive days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives.
Iranian Parliament summons Ahmadinejad for questioning
Iranian lawmakers have summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions before Parliament about his management of economic policies and key government ministers.
Russia says drillers reach long-buried Antarctic lake
Russian scientists briefly pierced the two-mile-thick veil over a freshwater lake hidden beneath Antarctica's ice sheet for millions of years, polar researchers announced Wednesday.
Q&A: The Maldives - Trouble in paradise
The island nation of the Maldives -- which markets itself as one of the world's top luxury destinations -- faces uncertainty as the nation's president resigns amid the threat of violence and a rising tide of Islamic rhetoric.
Safety checks ordered for all Airbus A380 airplanes
All Airbus A380 airplanes must be checked for cracks in the wings, the European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Wednesday.
Washington state legislature votes to approve same-sex marriage
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington State voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, putting Washington on the path toward becoming the seventh state in the nation to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples.
Falkland Islands: Penguins, tea and tensions
They call it an airbridge, but it feels more like a flight to another planet.
University of Florida suspends fraternity for 'serious physical hazing incident'
The University of Florida has temporarily suspended its chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity after learning about a hazing incident involving fraternity members, a university spokeswoman said.
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