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Pastries proposed as savory solution to crab crisis

[2017-06-21 07:26]

ORONO, Maine - The unwanted crabs that have plagued Maine's clam beds for years might soon play a new role - as appetizer.

Suspected Nazi trove discovered in house

[2017-06-21 07:26]

BUENOS AIRES - In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a macabre medical device used to measure head size.

DNA shows early spread of cats in human world

[2017-06-21 07:26]

NEW YORK - Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and YouTube, they spread through the ancient human world.

Pregnant women told to avoid eggs, meat and lustful thoughts

[2017-06-21 07:26]

NEW DELHI - Pregnant women in India are being advised to stay away from meat, eggs and lust - drawing derision from health experts who slammed the tips on Tuesday as completely unscientific.

Dialing up affair with phones

[2017-06-20 07:41]

NEW DELHI - India's blossoming love affair with mobile phones continues, with a million new users being added each year, according to the latest statistics.

Tourists descend as heat climbs

[2017-06-20 07:41]

LAS VEGAS - Desert dwellers in the western United States see temperatures topping 49 C as a reason to hunker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning.

Rubbish job for donkeys in the Casbah

[2017-06-20 07:41]

ALGIERS, Algeria - It's a garbage job, but someone has to do it. Or some animal: in the alleyways of Algiers' famed Casbah, donkeys shift tons of trash every day.

China catching up with global wine culture

[2017-06-20 07:41]

China has made further strides in boosting its wine culture after a team of three students competed against international rivals in a competition at Chateau Lafite-Rothschild in Bordeaux.

'Human Project' study will ask 10,000 people to share life's data

[2017-06-20 07:41]

NEW YORK - Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested in advancing science by sharing a trove of personal information, from cell phone locations and credit-card swipes to blood samples and life-changing events. For 20 years.

US downing of Syrian jet irks Russia

[2017-06-20 07:41]

MOSCOW - The United States should respect Syria's territorial integrity and refrain from unilateral actions in the country, Russian news agencies quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Monday.

Teheran warns of more attacks on IS in Syria

[2017-06-20 07:41]

TEHERAN - After firing missiles targeting the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday issued a stark warning to extremists, saying that any future attack against Iran will result in more powerful launches.

S. Korea scraps plants, signals shift away from nuclear energy

[2017-06-20 07:41]

SEOUL - South Korea, one of the world's largest nuclear electricity producers, will scrap plans to add nuclear power plants, its president said Monday, signaling a shift in decades of reliance on nuclear energy.