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ANNAPOLIS - Some Maryland lawmakers want to limit the sale of cheap cigars to packs of four or more in the latest attempt to curb smoking among young people.

Cell phone text messages reveal an engineer whose commuter train collided head-on with a freight last year killing 25 people sometimes allowed teens to ride along with him, the Los Angeles Times reported ...

The Harlem Education Fair drew some 5,000 people, organizers said, reflecting just how significantly the area's educational landscape has changed over the past decade.

A third of common cancers could be prevented if people shifted to a sounder diet, exercised more and controlled their weight, researchers said on Thursday.

More than 2,000 'potentially harmful' items were confiscated from protesters by officers - including balloons, crayons and a clown's outfitPolice have been accused of setting a 'dangerous precedent' when they confiscated hundreds of items of property - including children's crayons, a clown's outfit and a pensioner's walking stick - from people attending an environmental protest camp at Kingsnorth power station.A list of more than 2,000 possessions taken from protesters, who were repeatedly searched going to and from the camp last August, has been obtained through a freedom of information request by Liberal Democrat justice spokesman David Howarth.It shows that officers took packets of balloon, tents, a clown's outfit, camping equipment, cycle helmets and bike locks, plastic buckets, bin bags, blankets, soap, banners and leaflets, books, party poppers and nail clippers. A toy plastic gun, life-jackets, inflatable dinghies, paddles and foot pumps were also confiscated, police say, to st

Clinicians should be alert to patients reporting 'excessive' day time sleepiness (EDS), says the European Society of Cardiology, after a French study found healthy elderly people who regularly report feeling sleepy during the day have a significantly higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.