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Endangered sea turtles lay eggs on Mexican beach
LA ESCOBILLA, Mexico (Reuters) - Nesting endangered marine turtles have arrived at La Escobilla beach on Mexico's Pacific coast, in their annual migration, a sign that life is about to burst forth from scorched grains of sand.
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Image purported to be Michelle Obama's passport posted online
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama’s passport was leaked online on Thursday alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
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Feathers and nostalgia add glam to Prada spring collection
MILAN (Reuters) - Retro trenchcoats, feathered cuffs and brightly colored patterns hinting at the 1960s and 70s were among the highlights of Prada's spring/summer women's wear collection in Milan on Thursday.
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Childless women don't know much about egg freezing options
(Reuters Health) - Although egg-freezing has been an option for some time, most childless women still lack knowledge about the costs and viability of freezing their eggs to preserve their fertility, suggests a small study in Canada.
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Weight discrimination may worsen young teens' emotional problems
(Reuters Health) - For overweight adolescents, experiencing discrimination or bullying in the first year of middle school may contribute to emotional issues seen in the third year by worsening loneliness and anxiety, a U.S. study suggests.
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E-cigarette users view smoke-free areas as okay for vaping
(Reuters Health) - The majority of e-cigarette users have "vaped" in a smoke-free environment and most don't view use of the devices as harmful to themselves or others, according to a U.S. study.
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Lundbeck says Alzheimer's drug fails in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Danish drugmaker H Lundbeck A/S's highly anticipated experimental Alzheimer's drug failed in a late-stage study, underscoring the challenges faced by drugmakers to tackle the debilitating memory-robbing disease.
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COLUMN-Aid attack deepens the West's Syria policy nightmare
Sept 22 (Reuters) - Those who think events in Syria cannot get worse are "dead wrong," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. He's correct, of course.
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Moonlight sonata: fish's nocturnal 'singing' secrets revealed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In one of the marvels of nature, males of a fish species called the plainfin midshipman that dwells in Pacific coastal waters from Alaska to Baja California court females during breeding season using a nocturnal "love song" with an otherworldly sound.
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Deaths and complications after surgery decline at VA
(Reuters Health) - Surgery patients in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals are much less likely to die or suffer postoperative complications today than they were 15 years ago, a U.S. study suggests.
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