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VIDEO: Florida teenager survives shark attack
Florida teen describes shark attack as "pretty cool."

May 7, 2013 1 Photo
Gosnell Trial Jurors Asked About Fox News Documentary
Jurors on Monday began their second week of deliberations in the capital-murder trial of abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, but not before inquiries about which programs they watched — or didn't watch — over the weekend.

May 6, 2013
Boston bomb suspect's pal released pending trial
A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) has been released from federal custody while he awaits trial for allegedly lying to federal investigators probing the April 15 bombings.

May 6, 2013
Study sets off immigration bill squabble
A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the study as flawed and political.

May 6, 2013
Bashful? Buy the little blue pill online
Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill.

May 6, 2013
FDA wants cancer warnings on tanning beds
Indoor tanning beds would come with new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight under a proposal unveiled Monday by the Food and Drug Administration.

May 6, 2013
Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales
The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes.

May 6, 2013
Mississippi prepares new push on education improvement
It’s early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson’s class are working equations at the board.

May 6, 2013
Suicides now outnumber deaths from car crashes
The number of suicide deaths in the U.S. has climbed past the number of motor vehicle deaths in recent years, due mostly to an increase in suicide among middle-aged Americans.

May 3, 2013
Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states
School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems.

May 2, 2013
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