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LONDON – The International Olympic Committee is recommending the establishment of special medical centers to deal with cases of athletes with ambiguous sexual characteristics. The IOC wants rules put into place by sports bodies to determine the eligibility to compete on a “case by case” basis for athletes whose gender …

KABUL – Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence. Afghan President Hamid Karzai greeted …

A soothing cup of herbal tea with star anise (search) has traditionally been heralded as an easy way to calm a colicky baby. But before your child takes a sip, consider this. Contaminants in the herbal tea can cause dangerous neurological problems in infants. In recent years, mounting evidence has …

The news that is not White House approved… Goldman Opportunity An ex-White House official has been tapped to advice embattled securities firm Goldman Sachs. Former Obama counsel Greg Craig is working with the company as it fights against charges that it committed fraud and misled investors back in 2007. Craig’s …

Roughly 15,000 American, Afghan and NATO forces began an assault late Friday on the Taliban in the central Helmand town of Marjah in what senior military commanders are calling the largest operation since the start of the Afghanistan war. Punching their way through a line of insurgent defenses that included …

For years, doctors have been advising their patients to take aspirin daily to decrease their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Now there’s another reason: A study published in the “Journal of Clinical Oncology” shows that women who are breast cancer survivors can cut their risk of dying …

On Saturday night in Long Island, New York, Westbury to be exact, the “bold” Glenn Beck and the “fresh” Bill O’Reilly took the stage in front of a sold-out house. Judging from crowd reaction, everybody had a good time, including the “Bold Fresh” guys. Click here to watch O’Reilly’s “Talking …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Friends With Benefits The new health care law here in the U.S. is expected to have big benefits for India. The Christian Science Monitor reports the addition of 32 million Americans to insurance rolls here in the States is very significant for …

Apparently everyone’s pissed about the health care bill, but in a scary kind of way. Now we’ve been here before and it goes like this: For the media, anger is only OK if it’s targeted at people they hate, i.e. corporations, conservatives, the daddy who never loved them, etc. For …

As you may remember, the president and his team harshly criticized Fox News last fall for not being fair and that led to a vigorous back and forth between FNC and the White House, which jazzed our ratings a bit. Then things kind of died down. But now the oil …