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ST. LOUIS – Anheuser-Busch Cos. will quit selling caffeinated alcoholic drinks as part of a legal settlement, attorneys general for several states said Thursday. Anheuser-Busch was marketing its caffeinated drinks to minors and misrepresenting the drinks’ health benefits, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said. He was among 11 attorneys …

Premature babies born at a low-birth weight appear to have an increased risk for autism, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found that premature female babies had an even greater risk for autism than male babies. Scientists with the CDC …

NEW YORK – “Entertainment Tonight” aired a story about the birth of Angelina Jolie’s twins despite being repeatedly told beforehand that the report was based on information from someone impersonating Jolie’s assistant, according to documents and two people with knowledge of the exchange. The celebrity newsmagazine denied Wednesday that it …

WASHINGTON – One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. The guns case — including Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns — is …

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday put his weight behind a move underfoot in Congress to lift a 27-year-old ban on oil exploration off U.S. shores as gasoline prices reach ever higher, and he cast blame on Democrats for Americans’ pain at the pump in an election year that is …

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that the allegations his government is involved in crimes against humanity in Darfur are “fictitious and vicious” and harmful to the prospects of peace in the war-torn country. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamed accused International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo …

Wings made out of cardboard, parts attached with chicken wire – these are some of the features of the gimmicky ‘flying machines’ that took off from a 20-foot ramp and then plunge into the chilly waters of the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, on Saturday. Red Bull’s “Flugtag 2008” is …

WASHINGTON – China has agreed to a long-standing U.S. request for access to sensitive military records that Pentagon officials believe might resolve the fate of thousands of U.S. servicemen missing from the Korean War and other Cold War-era conflicts, a Pentagon official said Monday. The arrangement is scheduled to be …

NEW YORK – An American Airlines passenger died after a flight attendant told her he couldn’t give her any oxygen and then tried to help her with faulty equipment, including an empty oxygen tank, a relative said. The airline confirmed the flight death and said medical professionals had tried to …

A 12-year-old girl told police her father, James Hawkins, forced her to help dump her mother’s body in DeSoto County in Tennessee. Hawkins is charged with killing and dismembering Charlene Gaither, MyFOXMemphis reports. Hawkins’ daughter also told investigators that she witnessed her father killing her mother. A police affidavit says …