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Ex-surgeon general C. Everett Koop dies
Group enlists big names in push for more Christian voters
Are donors paying for access to Obama?
Life extension enthusiasts rejoice: Your brain cells can outlive your body
Day after Oscars, Senate committee drops bin Laden film probe
Nikki Haley slams Washington after meeting with Obama
Photos: Up close and personal with a giant school of fish
Coast Guard releases distress call from missing family
High-stakes oil spill trial begins
Entrepreneurial bug bites San Quentin inmates
Nigerian militants threaten to kill French hostages
'Capt. Kirk' wins Pluto contest
Meatballs pulled from Ikea shelves
No joke: The Onion begs for forgiveness over tweet
What's cooking? Just ask Pippa

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:52 PM PST

He was a major force behind AIDS prevention and railed against smoking.

Group enlists big names in push for more Christian voters

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:17 PM PST

A group of top evangelical leaders is launching a new voter initiative in hopes of increasing turnout among Christian voters in next year's midterm elections. The American Renewal Project, an arm of the conservative American Family Association, is launching "Pastors and Pews," which will offer policy briefings to church leaders and their congregations in hopes [...]

Are donors paying for access to Obama?

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 12:42 PM PST

White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday answered growing questions about whether big donors to President Barack Obama's nonprofit Organizing for America (OFA) are being promised access to the president. His answer? Well, kind of. While Carney had responded "no" when Fox News' Ed Henry asked if a recent report "suggests that access to the [...]

Life extension enthusiasts rejoice: Your brain cells can outlive your body

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:15 PM PST

A new study finds they can live twice as long as the organisms in which they reside.

Day after Oscars, Senate committee drops bin Laden film probe

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:38 PM PST

A congressional aide said the inquiry has been closed and no further action will take place.

Nikki Haley slams Washington after meeting with Obama

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:52 PM PST

"I could not be more frustrated than I am right now," Haley told reporters after the meeting.

Photos: Up close and personal with a giant school of fish

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST

PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED The school of fish gather in front of diver David Castro with his camera) - Smile - its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico - and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship. SEE CATERS COPY

Coast Guard releases distress call from missing family

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:27 PM PST

They believe the call was made before the family abandoned their sinking sailboat.