The teen pregnancy rate is up for the first time since 1991, while the percentage of teens who smoke has hit a 10-year low, according to a report released Friday by the National Institutes of Health. Between 2005 and 2006, the number of teenage girls between the ages 15 to …
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FORT WRIGHT, Ky. – Police in northern Kentucky arrested a woman who officers say traded sex for gasoline. Police in Fort Wright set up a prostitution sting and said one of the suspects they arrested engaged in sex for a $100 gasoline card and other gifts. Angela Eversole, 34, of …
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LONDON – The United States in the next month will announce plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years, a British newspaper said on Thursday. “The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a U.S. …
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LONDON – Fewer people are dying of AIDS, more patients are on HIV medication and the global AIDS epidemic is stable after peaking in the late 1990s. But the United Nations AIDS agency warned in its yearly report Tuesday that governments will need to continue setting aside millions of dollars …
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Following is a timeline of events surrounding the NBA betting scandal. 2003-2007: Referee Tim Donaghy places bets with friends, including Jack Concannon, on 30-40 of his own games each season for four NBA seasons, beginning in 2003. Dec. 12, 2006: Donaghy meets with James Battista and Thomas Martino at a …
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BEIJING – North Korea agreed to disable its main reactor by the end of October and allow international inspections to verify its nuclear disarmament in a deal reached Saturday at the end of six-nation talks. In exchange, the United States, China, and three other countries would complete promised deliveries of …
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WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush said Tuesday that a rigorous effort should be made to fully carry out a fragile 2005 peace agreement in Sudan that ended a 21-year civil war between the ethnic African south and the Arab-dominated government in the capital Khartoum. In a statement marking the …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush on Saturday tied his fresh push for Mideast peace to the fight against terrorism and U.S. efforts to counter Iran’s quest for greater influence in the region. “As we saw on September the 11th, 2001, dangers that arise on the other side of the world can …
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WALHALLA, S.C. – Three Clemson University students were charged with alcohol-related misdemeanors after a freshmen died of alcohol poisoning during an off-campus fraternity party, a prosecutor announced Wednesday. Prosecutor Chrissy Adams the students’ activities did not directly lead to the death of Benjamin Garrison Sprague. The students, all members of …
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HELENA, Mont. – Rescue crews searched Monday through the remnants of a deadly avalanche, unsure if more backcountry skiers were caught up in the slide near Whitefish Mountain Resort in northwestern Montana. Sunday’s avalanche tore down trees and left snow 20 to 25 feet deep. Two backcountry skiers were killed, …
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