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LONDON (AP) — Dame Shirley Bassey and the British rock band Duran Duran will perform at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS gala during this year's Cannes Film Festival.Bassey, 76, will treat guests to some of her much-loved classics, while Duran Duran ...more
DENVER (AP) — Selfless and starless. These were the staples of the exhilarating Denver Nuggets' NBA franchise-record 57-win regular season.George Karl kept with that theme Wednesday, sharing the credit far and wide after being named the league's ...more
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear calorie labeling more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on the pounds.The Atlanta-based company, which makes ...more
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. says the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its second application to sell a new type of allergy treatment meant to gradually reduce allergic reactions over time, rather than just relievi ...more
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama says her campaign to improve young people's health is about the government providing information, not "telling people what to do."Mrs. Obama explained her "Let's Move" initiative in an interview broadc ...more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people's waistlines, but their health.Obesity causes or worsens myriad health problems, from diabetes to heart disease, sev ...more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people's waistlines, but their health.Obesity causes or worsens myriad health problems, from diabetes to heart disease, sev ...more
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Two teen hikers lost for days in a California forest might have to pay for part or all of the $160,000 search after a small amount of drugs was found in their car, authorities said.Officials initially said Nicolas Cendoy ...more
LONDON (AP) — Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential future of cheating in sports.IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist said res ...more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan's whereabouts were unknown Thursday hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility only to later learn that the starlet apparently never checked in for treatment.<p ...more
