Leaders of a Richmond-based Catholic charity under federal investigation are scrambling to explain the organization’s involvement in helping a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in its care get an abortion in January.

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WASHINGTON — Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids’ toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.

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WASHINGTON — Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids’ toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.

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Leaders of a Richmond-based Catholic charity under federal investigation are scrambling to explain the organization’s involvement in helping a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in its care get an abortion in January.

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LUBBOCK, Texas — A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra _ but don’t necessarily expect it to keep the fireworks going all night long.

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A flurry of recent research indicating that Vitamin D may have a dizzying array of health benefits has reignited an intense debate over whether federal guidelines for the “sunshine vitamin” are outdated, leaving millions unnecessarily vulnerable to cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments.

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WASHINGTON — Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids’ toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.

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Leaders of a Richmond-based Catholic charity under federal investigation are scrambling to explain the organization’s involvement in helping a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in its care get an abortion in January.

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High levels of formaldehyde found in trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina evacuees on the Gulf Coast probably resulted from cheap wood and poor ventilation in designs used by manufacturers under permissive government standards, federal scientists reported yesterday.

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NEW YORK, July 2 — It was a nightmare captured on surveillance video. A woman who had waited nearly 24 hours to be seen in a Brooklyn public hospital collapsed, fell face-down on the floor, convulsed and for nearly an hour — while several hospital staff members looked at her and one staff member…

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