Brominated vegetable oil in Gatorade?
Written by GARANCE BURKE,Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient.
Cops kill suspect in deadly NY shooting rampage
Written by JOHN KEKIS,Associated Press MICHAEL HILL,Associated Press
HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) — Police in upstate New York stormed an abandoned building Thursday morning where a man suspected of a deadly shooting rampage at a car wash and barbershop had been holed up for hours, killing the man after he fired on a police dog.
Poll finds attitude shift among working moms
Written by JENNIFER C. KERR,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Working mothers increasingly want full-time jobs, and tough economic times might be a big reason, according to a national survey.
Pope Francis: A humble image, but complex past
Written by BRIAN MURPHY,Associated Press MICHAEL WARREN,Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who has become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary backdrop: The city bus during rush hour.
Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson
Written by JOHN HEILPRIN,Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe.
Comcast, networks collaborate on TV binge week
Written by DAVID BAUDER,AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest cable company is planning a television "watchathon" for the last week of March, collaborating with several television networks to make entire series available for free on demand.
Senate panel to approve budget sparing safety net
Written by ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting on the Senate's first budget since President Barack Obama took office, a Democratic-led panel is moving toward party-line approval of a fiscal blueprint that would trim the budget deficit while protecting safety net programs from slashing cuts proposed by Republicans.
Military sexual assault victims detail humiliation
Written by DONNA CASSATA,Associated Press RICHARD LARDNER,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Victims of sexual assault and violence in the military told Congress Wednesday they're afflicted with a slow and uncaring system of justice that too often fails to hold perpetrators accountable and is fraught with institutional bias.