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Responsible pet lovers said they would be unfairly penalized by British government plans to crack down on “devil” dogs, The Sun reported Wednesday. Home Secretary Alan Johnson faced a furious backlash after he unveiled proposals including compulsory insurance and microchip implants for all pooches. He aimed to target thugs who …

MOSCOW – Russia has confirmed its first polio case in 13 years in an infant visiting from Tajikistan, but there is no immediate threat of a wider outbreak, the country’s main public health body said on Friday. The 9-month-old girl was diagnosed with the disease after arriving in the Siberian …

Genes that make women more susceptible to breast cancer don’t have any link to lifestyle factors that also raise their risk, a new study says. Some experts previously thought there might be dangerous interactions between breast cancer mutations and other risk factors for the disease, like taking hormone replacement therapy …

Johnson & Johnson is expected to outline for U.S. regulators on Thursday a strategy to fix quality-control problems that have led to repeated recalls of Tylenol and other consumer medicines since last year. Analysts say the so-called action plan could give clues to whether J&J can resume full production by …

TEHRAN, Iran – Reformist leaders pushed for Iranians to vote in parliamentary elections Friday, hoping to prevent a sweep by hard-liners allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the country’s clerical leadership threw many liberal candidates out of the race. Many Iranians who support liberal reforms spent the day deliberating with …

Kentucky officials say they’ve stopped distributing FEMA emergency meals for winter storm survivors that may contain recalled peanut butter. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says some emergency meal kits for storm victims in Kentucky and Arkansas may include packets of peanut butter that are part of a national recall over …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After suffering through a month’s delay, NASA enjoyed a trouble-free countdown for space shuttle Discovery, all set to blast off on a space station construction mission Wednesday night. Launch director Mike Leinbach said Monday that the countdown was going smoothly, and forecasters put the odds of …

MULTAN, Pakistan – A Pakistani gang-rape victim who shunned custom and rose to global fame by speaking out about her case has defied another local taboo — she just got married. Mukhtar Mai is now the second wife of Nasir Abbas Gabol, a police officer who was assigned to protect …

When Hayley Phillips went into labor 11 weeks early on her bathroom floor, she expected both of her twins to arrive at the same time. Her son Ryan made the first appearance, but Phillips, 31, had plenty of time before his brother Lewis came into the world. She was even …

A rogue tweet by his son taught Gordon Brown “a big lesson” about the need for parental supervision, he said today as he launched an online safety campaign, Sky News reported. Children will be taught how to protect themselves online with the 21st century equivalent of the Green Cross Code’s …