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AP - More than 80 years ago, Germany sold tens of thousands of bonds to American investors in an effort to recover financially from World War I. Later, Adolf Hitler used some of the money raised by those bonds to build the powerful Nazi war machine that would ravage Europe during World War II.

The USA is enjoying an unusually quiet year for wildfires, one of the least fiery of the past 10 years, according to data from the National Interagency ...

The brown bugs, each about half the size of a pencil eraser, lie in glass petri dishes - a few on their backs, legs in the air. They died within seconds of scurrying across a piece of paper containing drops of a chemical.The next step is to find out whether that same piece of paper will kill inse...


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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, threatening to reach hurricane strength, but no damage was reported to U.S. or Mexican oil facilities.

In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, lawmakers have, understandably, focused on sweeping reforms of offshore-drilling protocols. But no matter how worried we are about the rigs, we can’t ignore our inland oil issues.

AP - A former Army soldier demanding behavioral treatment at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded the gunman to surrender peacefully.

The nation's leading group of pediatricians has issued a strong policy statement directed toward pediatricians, parents and mass media on the ...

Not so long ago, teenagers in trouble got grounded. They lost their evenings out, maybe the keys to the family car. But lately the art of family discipline has begun to reflect our digital age.


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MIAMI (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday.

In an effort to be safe at home, flood-prone Iowa has an unlikely salve when it comes to deploying their National Guard troops overseas.