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Weight-loss surgery shown to be a lifesaver, too

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically ...
Senior sex friskier than you think, study says

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds many older people are surprisingly frisky -- willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchil...
Builder sees spike in buyer back outs

Daily Herald Staff
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- Toll Brothers, the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit plunged nearly 85 percent as the housing downturn and ...
Bush claims exception

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A House committee chairman led the criticism Wednesday about the Bush administration's claim that a White House office involved in a dispute over missing e...
Midwest flooding shifts to Ohio

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - FINDLAY, Ohio -- Firefighters and a volunteer armada navigated boats through streets awash in waist-deep water Wednesday, plucking neighbors and pets from porches as flo...
Nature turns against organic farms

By Colin Fly Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Richard de Wilde estimates he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars this week when a foot of rain inundated his organic beef and vegetable farm in southwest...
More China-made toys with lead recalled

Daily Herald Staff
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Excessive amounts of lead paint on toys and other children's products led the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a recall of more than 300,000 ...
2 Afghan soldiers killed

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants wearing Afghan army uniforms attacked a remote NATO base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two Afghan soldiers and wou...
Mortgage industry slices 25,000 jobs

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- At the North Carolina offices of mortgage lender HomeBanc Corp., Archie Clark is the only employee left. But in a few days, he'll be gone, too. "It's ...
Mine boss defends rescue actions

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Lashing out at criticism he was abandoning six trapped coal miners, the mine chief promised Wednesday to keep searching through the weekend and punch...

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