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    HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by state

    Teen birth rates dip in all but 2 states, national figure at record low, CDC report says

    NEW YORK, N.Y. - The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

    • After a decade of success, global AIDS … The Canadian Press - Tue, 21 May, 2013
      FILE – In this Feb. 17, 2008, file photo President George W. Bush speaks at a joint news conference with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam, while on a five-nation visit to Africa. The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV/AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads, the dream of future generations freed from epidemic running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief grew out of an unlikely partnership between Bush and lawmakers led by the Congressional Black Caucus, and has come to represent what Washington can do when it puts politics aside_and what America can do to make the world a better place. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

      WASHINGTON - The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts.

    • Thousands of military sex abuse victims … The Canadian Press - Mon, 20 May, 2013
      FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for mental health and substance abuse problems connected to military sexual trauma and another 4,000 sought disability compensation, underscoring the staggering, long-term impact of this emerging crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

      WASHINGTON - New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits.

    • French immersion kindergarten students at Winchester Public School water radishes in their school garden.

      School gardens across Canada are cultivating healthy eating habits in students of all ages.

    • Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy … Reuters - Tue, 14 May, 2013
      File photo of Angelina Jolie and her mother at a film premiere in Hollywood

      By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she had inherited a high risk of breast cancer and said she hoped her story would inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease. Jolie, an actress who has long …

    • Popular psychologist, columnist and … The Canadian Press - Tue, 14 May, 2013
      FILE - In this Sept. 1, 1987 file photo, Dr. Joyce Brothers takes a break from a busy schedule in Los Angeles to talk about her upcoming television series, "The Psychology Behind the News." Brothers died Monday, May 13, 2013, in New York City, according to publicist Sanford Brokaw. She was 85. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

      NEW YORK, N.Y. - Before Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz, there was Joyce Brothers.

    • Gene test helps show which prostate … The Canadian Press - Wed, 8 May, 2013
      HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 12:01 A.M. EDT ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013; THIS STORY MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE 12:01 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY - This Aug. 24, 2010 image provided by Genomic Health shows the packaging for their Oncotype DX kit for assessing prostate cancer risk. This kit and another made available in 2012 are intended to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. The Oncotype test is planed to be discussed Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at an American Urological Association conference. (AP Photo/Myriad Genetics)

      A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.

    • Organizers of Philly gay rights conference … The Canadian Press - Fri, 26 Apr, 2013
      FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo, Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuba's acting President Raul Castro, visits the Child Protection Center in Havana. Castro cannot visit Philadelphia next week to receive an award for her gay rights activism because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials said Thursday April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

      PHILADELPHIA - The daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro cannot visit Philadelphia to receive an award for her gay rights activism because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials said Thursday.

    • The mother of Rehtaeh Parsons blames online bullies for her 17-year-old daughter's death.

      Prime Minister Stephen Harper says, as a father, he is 'sickened' by the alleged events that led to the death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons.

    • Film Review: 'Disconnect' is an earnest, … The Canadian Press - Wed, 10 Apr, 2013
      This film image released by LD Entertainment shows Alexander Skarsg�rd, left, and Paula Patton in a scene from "Disconnect." (AP Photo/LD Entertainment)

      LOS ANGELES, Calif. - It's a given at multiplexes these days that despite switch-off-your-cell-phone announcements and the occasional grumbling protest, whatever's onscreen will have to compete with tiny pockets of light from audience members unable to stay off their handhelds. Watching those glow patches come and go during …

    • Kansas measure banning sex-selection … The Canadian Press - Sat, 6 Apr, 2013
      Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber's electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. To Merrick's left is Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

      TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex.

    • Tourists kidnapped, 1 sexually assaulted … The Canadian Press - Tue, 2 Apr, 2013
      Map locates Rio de Janeiro where tourists were attacked and one was sexually assaulted aboard a public transport van

      RIO DE JANEIRO - Two foreign tourists were held for hours and brutalized and one, a woman, was sexually assaulted aboard a public transport van they boarded in Rio de Janeiro's showcase Copacabana beach neighbourhood, police said in a statement.

    • France begins tense debate on sex life … The Canadian Press - Fri, 29 Mar, 2013
      FILE- This file publicity photo released by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows Helen Hunt, left, and John Hawkes in a scene from "The Sessions." A tense debate on the topic of using sexual services for people with severe disabilities has begun in France. The national ethics council, has recommended against sex assistants and says such a move risks “merchandising the human body.” The Socialist politician, Jerome Guedj, head of the Essonne department south of Paris, noted that sex surrogates for the disabled are permitted in other European countries as well as in the U.S., as seen in the recent film “The Sessions,” which was inspired by an essay by Mark O’Brien, an American writer who contracted polio as a child and used an iron lung and a reclined wheelchair for rest of his life. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight Pictures, File)

      PARIS - Steven Coppens had already spent most of his lifetime battling illness before his autoimmune disease took yet another toll seven years ago, leaving him in a wheelchair.

    • Health officials in Oklahoma urge HIV, … The Canadian Press - Fri, 29 Mar, 2013
      This photo taken Thursday, March 28, 2013 shows the office of oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington in Tulsa, Okla. Health officials have urged Harrington’s patients to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying filthy conditions at his office posed a threat to his 7,000 clients and made him a "menace to the public health." (AP Photo/Justin Juozapavicius)

      TULSA, Okla. - Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary conditions behind his office's spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a "menace to the public health."

    • Next up for gay marriage: Supreme Court … The Canadian Press - Wed, 27 Mar, 2013
      Demonstrators chant outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

      WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, turns Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.

    • Dr. Eilish Cleary says her recommendations for protecting health if a shale gas industry develops still have not been implemented.

      The number of people having unprotected sex with multiple anonymous partners they meet on dating websites is on the rise in New Brunswick, says the province's chief medical officer of health.

    • High court weighs drug companies' payments … The Canadian Press - Sun, 24 Mar, 2013
      FILE - In a Jan. 7, 2008, file photo then-Attorney Donald Verrilli talks to media outside the Supreme Court. Now President Barack Obama's top Supreme Court lawyer, Solicitor General Verilli will argue before the Supreme Court this week whether it is legal for patent-holding pharmaceutical companies to pay rivals, who make generic drugs, to temporarily keep those cheaper versions of their brand-name drugs off the market. The Obama administration is taking the position that the agreements are illegal if they’re based solely on keeping the generic drug out of consumer's hands. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

      WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 per cent.

    • Newly elected Pope Francis I, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, makes a private visit to the 5th-century Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome

      By Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In his first public Mass, Pope Francis urged the Catholic Church on Thursday to stick to its Gospel roots and shun modern temptations, warning that it would become just another charitable group if it forgot its true mission. In a heartfelt, simple homily, the …

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