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Want some taste with that ice cream?

Want some taste with that ice cream?
By MAE ANDERSONAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Nonfat cheese that tastes like plastic. Low-calorie soda that leaves a bitter aftertaste. Sugar-free brownies that crumble like Styrofoam. Dieters have learned an important lesson: When you take the fat and calories out of your favorite treats,

Want some taste with that ice cream?

Want some taste with that ice cream?
By MAE ANDERSONAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Nonfat cheese that tastes like plastic. Low-calorie soda that leaves a bitter aftertaste. Sugar-free brownies that crumble like Styrofoam. Dieters have learned an important lesson: When you take the fat and calories out of your favorite treats,

AP IMPACT: Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes

AP IMPACT: Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) - Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on television to say the plane was so unsafe they refused to fly it, a small

Suspicions ignored as bosses let chemist work on

Suspicions ignored as bosses let chemist work on
By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Chemist Annie Dookhan was "Superwoman," a colleague at a Massachusetts state crime lab used to joke. She seemed unstoppable in her quest to please prosecutors, police and her bosses, testing two to three times more drug samples than anyone else,

NY's latest sex scandal dogged by sordid past

NY's latest sex scandal dogged by sordid past
By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - It was an odd assignment for the young, pretty staffer when she was ordered to go along on a trip to Atlantic City with her boss. But the reason soon became clear. She said she spent much of the trip struggling to fend off the advances and

Strong earthquake jolts Alaska's Aleutian Islands

Strong earthquake jolts Alaska's Aleutian Islands
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Seismologists say a strong earthquake has jolted Alaska's sparsely populated western Aleutian islands. There are no immediate reports of injury or damage from Wednesday's earthquake. Its magnitude was initially reported as 6.9 but officials later revised that to 6.4

Egypt's Morsi assumes major role in Mideast

Egypt's Morsi assumes major role in Mideast
By STEVEN R. HURSTAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi assigned himself the heavyweight's role in the Middle East on Wednesday, declaring in his first speech to the United Nations that the civil war raging in Syria is the "tragedy of the age" and

Arabs seek blasphemy ban; US, Russia spar on Syria

Arabs seek blasphemy ban; US, Russia spar on Syria
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The head of the Arab League called Wednesday for the international community to criminalize blasphemy, warning that insults to religion pose a serious threat to global peace and security. The comments put him squarely at

Pete Carroll Talks About Controversial Win, Replacement Refs

Pete Carroll Talks About Controversial Win, Replacement Refs
Two days after the Seahawks won a controversial game over the Green Bay Packers, coach Pete Carroll stepped up again to say a few things about the touchdown catch that many say should have been an interception. The questionable call was the first thing he addressed in his weekly news conference in

FAA says changes cut risk of O'Hare collisions

FAA says changes cut risk of O'Hare collisions
By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - New air traffic control procedures have been put in place at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to try to eliminate the risk of midair collisions over a pair of runways, after two near misses last year raised serious concerns, federal