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Can a company own a patent on the genes in the human body -- including yours? The U.S. Supreme Court takes up that question Monday, diving into an issue that could help determine the future of life-saving genetic medicine. The case involves a test that has helped guide more than a million women in their medical decisions. It can determine whether the composition of their genes makes t...
NEW YORK -- A 47-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with stalking actor Hugh Jackman.According to police sources, Kathleen Thurston approached Jackman outside a gym in the West Village Saturday, pulled out an electric razor and said to the actor "we should be married."Jackman told Thurston not to touch him and went inside the gym. Thurston tried to follow him inside, but was stopped by s...
The final hours before tax day are ticking away. And if IRS statistics are any indication, the country may be dragging its feet. Through early April, about 4.5 million fewer returns had been filed than last year, a difference of about 5 percent.If you’re one of those people who have turned tax procrastination into an extreme sport, we want to hear from you. Send us an email telling us a little abo...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 9-year-old boy who fell into a glacial crevasse in Alaska while riding a snowmobile is presumed dead and experts are working to recover his body, the Alaska State Troopers said on Sunday.Sjohn Brown of Fairbanks, Alaska, fell into a 150-foot-deep (46-metre-deep) glacial hole on Saturday while he and family members were attending an annual snowmobile-racing event, the troopers...
A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister drowned in a swimming pool behind their Long Island home Sunday, officials said.Suffolk County Police say the young siblings' mother reported them missing from their Central Islip home on Naples Avenue at about 3:30 p.m.Police say officers searched the neighborhood and found the children, Ralph Knowles and Sharon Knowles, submerged in a pool just beyond t...
A Pennsylvania mall was evacuated Sunday after a bomb threat was written on a note found in a fitting room, according to police.The note said there were multiple bombs at the Mall at Robinson in Robinson Township, Pa., just 12 miles outside downtown Pittsburgh. After combing through stores with bomb sniffing dogs, no explosives were found. The typed note, found at Sears, said the bombs would go of...
The bus was about six miles outside of the south entrance of the park when it went off Highway 41, a winding mountain road when it crashed about 6 p.m. Saturday. It came to a stop when it hit a tree, CHP Officer Scott Jobinger said. Fifteen passengers and a tour guide suffered minor to moderate injuries. "At this point the cause was the bus was traveling at unsafe speed and went off the road,...
A Pennsylvania mall was evacuated Sunday after a bomb threat was written on a note found in a fitting room, according to police.The note said there were multiple bombs at the Mall at Robinson in Robinson Township, Pa., just 12 miles outside downtown Pittsburgh.The typed note, found at Sears, said the bombs would go off if not found, police told NBC's Pittsburgh affiliate WPXI. No specific time, st...
A gun-rights group on Sunday endorsed a bipartisan compromise in the Senate to expand background checks — splitting from the National Rifle Association.The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms had opposed previous iterations of a Democratic proposal for univesal background checks.This group has far fewer members than the NRA — over 600,000 as compared to the NRA's nearly 5 millio...
A Pennsylvania mall was evacuated Sunday after a bomb threat was written on a note found in a bathroom, according to police.The note said there were three bombs at the Mall at Robinson in Robinson Township, Pa., just 12 miles outside downtown Pittsburgh.The Allegheny County bomb squad is responding.This is a developing story, check back for more updates
