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Bangladesh’s Health Ministry says the nation’s first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected. The Directorate General of Health Services statement says a child was infected by the virus in January. The statement Thursday did not give the child’s name, age, or other details, but …

Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress Wednesday that the near-fatal overdose of Heparin given to his newborn twins last November underscores the need to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable through lawsuits, a remedy that is becoming increasingly problematic for injured consumers. At issue before the House Reform and Government Oversight Committee is …

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – A Long Island music shop owner accused of selling knockoff Gibson Les Paul guitars has been arraigned in a pickup truck in a courthouse parking lot after his lawyer said the 500-pound defendant couldn’t walk into the courthouse. State Supreme Court Justice Robert Doyle said the man’s …

Electronic passports for U.S. travelers frequenting Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean soon will replace the old-style paper identification, but some think the cards could fall prey to counterfeiters, The Washington Times reported. The State Department soon will begin making the credit card-sized ID, which has a photo of the user …

The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the “American Idol” title Wednedsay, and it wasn’t as much of a surprise as it seemed. While 17-year-old Archuleta was heaped with praise by the judges the night before, the voters decided otherwise — and did they ever. …

SAN FRANCISCO – The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday he would allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains. In February, a team of forensic researchers visited the …

NEW ORLEANS – They were a swashbuckling lot — parachuting behind enemy lines, charging onto sandy beaches as bullets whizzed by, liberating countries from a totalitarian grip. They jitterbugged the nights away, sang about faraway sweethearts and painted the noses of their B-17 bombers with bawdy pinups. “They’re overpaid, over-sexed …

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned women not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises Inc. of San Rafael, Calif. The cream, promoted to nursing mothers to help soothe dry or cracked nipples, contains ingredients that may cause respiratory distress, vomiting and diarrhea …

LITHOPOLIS, Ohio – A teenager home alone pulled bed sheets over her head to hide from two intruders and sent a text message to her mother, whose 911 call led to the arrest of two suspects, authorities said Wednesday. Lauren Durnbaugh, 13, didn’t go to school Tuesday and was home …

UTICA, N.Y. – A 61-year-old man was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison for allowing his 89-year-old mother to starve to death. David Auchmoody of Whitestown pleaded guilty in March to criminally negligent homicide in the death of Edith Auchmoody in February 2007. Auchmoody was scheduled to stand …