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Second quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS

2010-02-25T00:18:56Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday morning local time, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, the second large quake to rattle the area in 24 hours.</p>&...

Many prostate cancers grow too slowly to kill

2010-02-26T04:06:18Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A large 15-year study of men who had surgery for prostate cancer found only a small percentage died from cancer, adding to evidence that some men might be able to skip radical surgery to treat the often slow-growing tumors, U.S. researchers said on Monday.</p><p>The study of more than 12,600 men with pr...

Pet python kills Florida toddler

2010-02-26T14:25:47Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida toddler was strangled on Wednesday by a 12-foot (3.6-meter) albino Burmese python that escaped from a holding tank in the girl's home, authorities said.</p><p>The pet's owner, a boyfriend of the child's mother, found the python on top of the 2-year-old g...

In U.S. scandals, wives don't stand by their men

2010-02-26T15:12:40Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Standing by your man suddenly seems to be going out of fashion for some American women in the public eye.</p><p>This month, the wives of at least two famous men caught cheating -- sexually and financially -- very openly declared that their spouses' behavior was actually quite scandalous.</p><p>