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That friend who stays thin despite eating anything and everything is not just annoying. She might also wreck your diet, new research suggests. Researchers found that when they had college students watch a movie and snack with either a skinny or overweight companion, the students typically followed the thin friend’s …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – A spacewalk by two astronauts is still on for Thursday evening even though a large piece of space junk is headed their way. Part of an old European rocket is expected to pass within two miles of space shuttle Discovery and the international space station late …

WICHITA, Kan. – On a balmy Sunday morning, Scott Roeder got up from a pew at Reformation Lutheran Church at the start of services and walked to the foyer, where two ushers were chatting around a table. Wordlessly, he pressed the barrel of a .22-caliber handgun to the forehead of …

GENEVA – Airlines suffered the worst-ever fall in passenger demand in 2009, hampering their chances of early recovery and making another year of heavy losses all the more likely, an industry group said Wednesday. Passenger demand dropped 3.5 percent last year, with companies struggling to fill more than three quarters …

POMONA, Calif. – Two men have been charged with killing a 6-year-old boy who was shot as he played in the driveway of his Azusa home. Los Angeles County prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday against 21-year-old Richard Gomez, of Azusa, and Mathew Loza, 20, of West Covina. If convicted, they …

CASPER, Wyo. – A 27-year-old Marine from Twentynine Palms, Calif. whom prosecutors say arranged a brutal rape using Craigslist has been charged with five felonies in Wyoming. Jebidiah James Stipe made his initial appearance in Wyoming’s Natrona County Circuit Court Tuesday. He’s charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault …

SYDNEY – A conservation group’s boat had its bow sheared off and was in danger of sinking as it took on water Wednesday after it was struck by a Japanese whaling ship in the frigid waters of Antarctica, the group said. The boat’s six crew members were safely transferred to …

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq – American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion ofFallujah (search), where up to 5,000 Islamic militants,Saddam Hussein (search)loyalists and common criminals are hunkered down, U.S. officers said Friday. U.S. planners believe many of Fallujah’s 300,000 residents have already fled the city, …

You ever think maybe these health care reform fears are overblown and that these companies announcing all these warnings are overdoing it? What’s got me rethinking this is Commerce Secretary Gary Locke pointing out in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal that the companies are missing the forest for the trees; that …

Major breweries like Coors, Miller and Budweiser produce mass people-pleasers that fit tastes at most bars and parties. While there is nothing wrong with that, it’s special to find a microbrew that fits your specific taste, like an indie band you discovered first. With the craft beer explosion in the …