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Arrests in plot to rig NYC's mayor race
Obama to introduce $100 million brain mapping initiative
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will unveil the "BRAIN initiative" (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies), a $100 million project aimed to increase understanding of the human brain. Obama was scheduled to discuss the initiative at the White House at 9:55 a.m. ET. The initiative -- a subject the president first referenced during his State [...]
Tourists kidnapped, 1 raped aboard public transport van
U.S. signals strength on North Korea, but speaks softly
What does new law for genetically modified crops really do?
CBS stands by handling of gruesome basketball injury
Life's building blocks may be widespread on Mars
Official: Obama to announce brain mapping project
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is proposing a new investment into research to map the human brain in hopes of unlocking some of its mysteries, a senior administration official says.
U.N. chief says crisis 'not a game'
Spiritual adviser describes Obama's 'daily Christian walk'
Power Players Joshua DuBois is not your ordinary pastor. For the past four years, the 30-year-old Pentecostal minister was the spiritual adviser to the leader of the free world, praying with President Obama in the Oval Office and leading the administration’s outreach to faith-based groups. “He’s a deeply faithful president and didn’t need a whole [...]
Suspects in Atlanta cheating scandal surrender
ATLANTA (AP) — The first of more than 30 defendants expected to surrender Tuesday in Atlanta's school cheating scandal have turned themselves in to authorities.
