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Smokers have worse memories than people who have kicked the habit or never picked it up, according to a a study be published in the upcoming issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

The Obama administration is constructing a network of drone strike bases in Africa and the Arabian peninsula as its broadening campaign against Al Qaeda affiliates reaches increasingly into Yemen and Somalia.

With the hours before Troy Davis' scheduled execution dwindling rapidly, the Georgia death row inmate's defenders made a last ditch attempt to delay his execution by demanding that prison officials let him take a polygraph test.

Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement have sworn to remain in Lower Manhattan's financial district until they see change, but on Tuesday afternoon they grappled with the possibility that they would not be allowed to stay in the small park that has served as a base camp.

A physicist, an architect, an evolutionary geneticist and a jazz percussionist are among the 22 people to win MacArthur Genius Grants in 2011.

Texas' Republican controlled legislature is violating the Voting Rights Act by drawing new congressional districts that disenfranchise minority voters and ignore the state's booming Latino population, the U.S. Justice Department told a federal court on Monday.

A prominent dolphin researcher is probing whether dolphins are capable of starting conversations.

A victory for citizen science

More than a third of young American families with children were living in poverty last year, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data that offers the latest indicator of spreading poverty in America.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is preparing to give a speech that will criticize President Barack Obama's policies towards Israel and tie them to the Palestinian Authority's quest for United Nations membership.

Four people have died from listeria contained in cantaloupes from Colorado, the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

An 18-year-old ban on openly gay soldiers known as Don't Ask Don't Tell expires on Tuesday, when the military will officially begin processing applications it has already received from openly gay recruits.

AIDS researchers struggling to unlock the structure of a key enzyme received a helping hand from an unlikley source: thousands of amateurs playing an Internet game called Foldit.

Palestinian leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to seek United Nations membership -- a stance that puts them at odds with the U.S. position. The Obama administration maintains that direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians remains the only route to reconciliation.

Online gamers have helped researchers to establish the structure of an enzyme related to HIV/AIDS, demonstrating the potential of recruiting everyday people to help unlock riddles that are typically the province of Ph.D.s.

Who are the protestors who are occupying the heart of the world's financial capital on Wall Street? And what do they want?

Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Atlanta will on Monday determine the fate of Troy Davis, a convicted cop killer whose impending execution has spurred global protests as advocates point to what they see as a faulty conviction.

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Photos of the final phase of the Libyan revolution

More children are ingesting prescription drugs found around the house, leading to a spike in the number of kids who end up in the emergency room being treated for poisoning, a new study found.

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A new study found a steady increase in the number of children admitted to emergency rooms with poisoning from prescription drugs, a rise that is mostly due to children finding and taking their parents' pills.

A centerpiece of the Obama administration's immigration policy drew its sharpest criticism yet, as a major task force urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to overhaul the embattled Secure Communities program.

Contradicts Dr. Oz

Palestinian leaders vowed to seek United Nations recognition for a state of their own, rebuffing entreaties from American diplomats who are scrambling to avert a potentially explosive situation.

Astronomers have discovered a planet whirling around not one but two stars, expanding the pantheon of known heavenly bodies to places formerly reserved for fictions like the twin-sunned Tatooine of Star Wars Fame.

Maryland's Democratic governor Martin O'Malley simultaneously lauded Texas Gov. Rick Perry and handed Perry's presidential opponents ammunition on Thursday by praising Perry's willingness to break with Republican dogma on immigration policy.

Casey Anthony's father George told Phil Dr. Phil McGraw he believes Casey killed her daughter Caylee, repudiating jurors who found Casey not guilty and astonishing his wife Cindy.

The number of Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States has steadily increased since 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched an aggressive war on drug cartels.