Lung cancer scans backed for older, heavy smokers
After decades of qualms about lung cancer screening, the American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend it, but only for current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74 and after a frank talk about risks and benefits.
Why are investors in like with Facebook?
If you're a casual observer of the stock market, the last time you tuned in to what was happening with Facebook's stock was probably last May, when its share price was diving daily. What a difference several months make.
The Cube Critics: 'Zero Dark Thirty'
This week, Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr assess the hunt for the Oscars and for Osama Bin Laden, as depicted on the silver screen.
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Why are investors in like with Facebook again?
If you're a casual observer of the stock market, the last time you tuned in to what was happening with Facebook's stock was probably last May, when its share price was diving daily. What a difference several months make.More Business news
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- Best Buy shares rise after holiday sales report
- USDA: Farmers lost a fourth of their 2012 corn crop
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Farmers look to South America as crop price indicator
Farmers are watching agricultural production in South America this winter as they try to predict the direction corn and soybean prices will take in coming months.
1963 at 50: A year's tumult echoes still
A new year was just beginning -- an extraordinary year, in which so much would change. George Wallace said "segregation forever!" -- the same year the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. The US and the Soviet Union signed a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and "The Feminine Mystique" catalyzed the women's movement. At the center of it all was the Kennedy administration.More Arts & Culture news
Some insurers question claim of same or smaller premiums under insurance exchange
The state Commerce Department says the majority of Minnesotans who buy individual health insurance plans will pay the same or smaller premiums on the state insurance exchange in 2016. But some insurers question the figures.
NBA star aims to inspire young readers with 'Slam Dunk'
Amar'e Stoudemire is the captain of the New York Knicks, a six-time NBA All-Star and a man who can definitely dunk a basketball. On top of being a star athlete, a father of three and an activist for education, Stoudemire is also the author of three books for middle-school readers.
Popular Fix-It clinic keeps broken gadgets out of trash
There were crowds and long lines on Saturday at a free Hennepin County Fix-It clinic, where people could bring in broken electronic appliances and have them repaired by volunteers.
Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their jobs over their refusal.
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