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TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. has accumulated the largest pool of radioactive water in the history of nuclear accidents. The utility must now decide what to do with it: dump it in the ocean, let it evaporate into the air, or both.
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Age-related forgetfulness may be due to a deficiency of a brain protein that helps form memories, and targeting the gene that produces the protein could lead to new therapies for old people, research showed.
Scientists identified th...

WASHINGTON — Standing on hallowed ground of the civil rights movement, President Barack Obama challenged new generations Wednesday to seize the cause of racial equality and honor the “glorious patriots” who marched a half century ago to the very steps fro...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Fears of a possible U.S. strike against Syria’s regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack rippled across the region Wednesday, as about 6,000 Syrians fled to neighboring Lebanon in a 24-hour period and Israelis scrambled for gas mas...

BEIRUT — The early-morning barrage against rebel-held areas around the Syrian capital immediately seemed different this time: The rockets made a strange, whistling noise.
Seconds after one hit near his home west of Damascus, Qusai Zakarya says, he couldn’...

FORT HOOD, Texas — A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, delivering the only punishment the Army believed fit for an attack on fellow unarmed soldiers. The sentence also was one that H...

ENGLEWOOD — A man and woman were arrested earlier today on drug-related charges after the Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit executed search warrants at their residence east of Englewood. According to reports, detectives began an investigation in late Jun...

The DeSoto Board of County Commissioners gathered for its final workshop to discuss the 2013-14 budget before it goes to a public hearing September 9.
County Administrator Guy Maxcy and County Coordinator Mandy Hines presented the board with a revised bu...

School days just got a bit longer for some Nocatee Elementary School students. A new program introduced this year will give certain students who are struggling to keep up with their classmates an additional session to develop reading skills, said School S...

It’s not exactly the sexiest topic of discussion, but when it comes to future expansion and land development in Charlotte County, officials want to hear what the public has to say about growth management.
It’s an area the county has been focusing on as s...