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Studies more firmly tie sugary drinks to obesity

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer New research powerfully strengthens the case against soda and other sugary drinks as culprits in the obesity epidemic. A huge, decades-long study involving more than 33,000 Americans has yielded the first clear proof that drinking sugary beverages

Stepmother may make plea in Alabama girl's death

By JAY REEVESAssociated Press GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - A defense attorney said Friday a plea deal may be in the works for the stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who prosecutors say was run to death as punishment for lying. Richard Rhea indicated during a court hearing that talks between

Calif. illegal immigrants ask for school records

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of illegal immigrants have inundated the nation's second-largest school district with requests for copies of records that might qualify them for the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the district said Monday. Under the

Did battle, and US future, hang on thread of fate?

By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVANAssociated Press SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) - From as far away as Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio they came, more than 30 members of the Bloss and Mitchell families who converged on the hallowed Civil War fighting grounds of rural Maryland. John McKnight Bloss, now 81, had just