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Genetics may be why U.S. black women tend to get more advanced breast cancer. Even though black women get breast cancer less often, when they do, it’s often more advanced than in white women. Now, researchers have found similarities in breast cancer between African women and U.S. black women. This, …

QATIF, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian men lined up in the east and the south to vote for local councilmen Thursday, hopeful and nervous about their first taste of democracy in the latest stage of the kingdom’s unprecedented nationwide elections. Underlining their excitement, men in the eastern city of Qatif …

LONDON – The father of a British soldier killed in Iraq said Sunday he would challenge Prime Minister Tony Blair (search) for his seat in Parliament. Reg Keys, 52, said he would run as an independent in Blair’s home district of Sedgefield (search), in northeastern England, in national elections expected …

AUSTIN, Texas – Five police officers and four dispatchers were suspended for sending computer messages after a nightclub caught fire joking about the blaze and quoting a line from the song “Disco Inferno” (search) — “burn, baby, burn.” Witnesses at the Midtown Live (search) club saw the “burn, baby, burn” …

Old habits seem to die hard for one Kentucky man, who last week may have held up the same bank he was convicted of robbing six years ago. Glen Scott Gemmer, 34, was back behind bars Thursday, having apparently confessed to the previous day’s heist after being picked up by …

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – After another day of courtroom defeats, Terri Schiavo’s parents on Thursday eagerly awaited the ruling of a federal judge, possibly their last chance to save the life of their brain-damaged daughter. On Thursday evening, Bob and Mary Schindler appeared before a federal judge in Tampa to …

Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… Michael Jackson’s accuser is back on the stand Monday. Has his cross-examination strengthened the defense’s case? We’ll get an update from Laura Ingle, KFI Radio reporter, outside the Santa Maria …

NEW YORK – Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q) is raising its offer to buy MCI Inc. (MCIP) to $8.5 billion, adding nearly half a billion dollars cash to its bid to scuttle the long-distance phone company’s merger with Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), a source familiar with Qwest’s plans said Wednesday. …

The leading cause of blindness in the elderly, age-related macular degeneration (search), has been linked to a gene mutation, raising hopes of earlier detection and possible treatment. Fifteen million Americans have the disease, and that number is expected to double as baby boomers age. Being able to relate a gene …

LOS ANGELES – “The West Wing” (search) has been re-elected to a seventh term by NBC (search). The White House drama will return for the 2005-06 season, NBC programming chief Kevin Reilly said Thursday. Dramas “Crossing Jordan” (search) and “Las Vegas” (search) and the sitcom “Joey” (search) also will be …