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Your dollars go a lot further in some states than others. The Tax Foundation released the latest iteration of its map showing the relative value of $100 in every state compared with the national average using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In more expensive states like California, you can afford […]
MILAN — Italian firefighters working through the night, sometimes digging by hand, freed a 7-month-old baby Tuesday and then his two older brothers from the rubble of their home that collapsed when a 4.0-magnitude quake struck the resort island of Ischia during the height of tourist season. At least two […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A leader of a New Mexico military-style Christian sect is facing dozens of child sexual abuse charges in a case that authorities say is connected to widespread abuse by the religious commune. Peter Green of the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps in the remote community of Fence […]
Police in Denmark are carrying out DNA tests on a headless torso found in waters near to an area where a Swedish journalist disappeared, investigators said Tuesday. Jens Moller Jensen of the Copenhagen Police said in a YouTube video (in Danish) that the arms and legs of the torso had […]
Physicists throw new light on the interaction between the planet Mars and supersonic particles in the solar wind.
A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international research team.
Mechanical loading is required for creating cartilage that is then turned to bone; however, little is known about cartilage development in the absence of gravity. Now, bioengineers have determined that microgravity may inhibit cartilage formation. Findings reveal that fracture healing for astronauts in space, as well as patients on bed […]