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NEW ORLEANS – Mardi Gras — New Orleans’ pre-Lenten celebration that ranges from family picnics along parade routes to X-rated flesh fests on Bourbon Street — went into its final hours Tuesday with high spirits and glitzy parades. Jim Belushi and his Sacred Hearts band ushered in Mardi Gras, dancing …

BILLINGS, Mont. – A Montana paleontologist whose past discoveries brought widespread acclaim intends to plead guilty to stealing dinosaur bones from federal land, in a case that highlights the illicit trade in rare fossils. The change of plea motion from Nathan Murphy follows state and federal investigations into his alleged …

NEW YORK – Wet-combing a child’s hair may be the best way to determine if he or she has an active case of head lice, German researchers report. Dr. Claudia Jahnke of the City Health Department in Braunschweig and her colleagues found that this method identified active infestations 91 percent …