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Grandmother: Missing tot still alive: The author of the best-selling novel "The Horse Whisperer" is recovering in a hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms during a holiday in Scotland. Evans became sick after cooking and eating the mushrooms he and his family picked in the woods on Aug. 23. Supposedly the mushrooms included the highly toxic variety Cortinarius speciosissimus, which attacks the kidneys. ›15:03 2 Sep, Tue
Software teaches helicopters new tricks: Birds learn to fly by watching other birds. Now helicopters can watch each other to learn complex aerial tricks and maneuvers. ›01:21
Poodle elected Obama's top dog: From big wins to bad bets, being the son of a gambler had its ups and downs. In his memoir, "The Bookmaker," Michael Agovino writes about his Italian-American family's quest to make it in New York City. An excerpt. ›14:05 29 Aug, Fri
Did mom chloroform missing toddler?: The detection of chloroform in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car, along with evidence that she researched the chemical on the Internet, does not bode well for the mother of a missing Florida toddler, says criminal profiler Pat Brown: Its pretty damning information. ›13:28 5 Sep, Fri
Woman saves babys life by e-mail: Summer wouldn't be complete without sampling a few of these steamed shellfish. Here, seafood experts (and brothers) Nick and Pete Triantafilos give their recipe for the perfect crab cakes. ›21:57 27 Aug, Wed
Discover the secret of slow: Want to be a better father, trim that gut, blow 'em away in your next presentation and make your wife moan with delight? Take a lesson from the tortoise. ›20:52 5 Sep, Fri
'39 Clues' a multimedia adventure: Amy and Dan Cahill and are on a worldwide quest to find the secret to their family's power in "Maze of Bones," the first book in The 39 Clues, a multimedia series. An excerpt. ›20:22 5 Sep, Fri
Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific: Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land. ›14:54 28 Aug, Thu
Clawing to the top of the fashion world: Model Carol Alt's debut novel "This Year's Model" goes inside the cutthroat fashion industry. There are rumors and lies, lecherous model-collecting playboys, rock stars and drugs, and the most perilous pitfall of them all ... straight male models. An excerpt. ›17:54 5 Sep, Fri
Ohio St. holds on: ›19:16
Help! My Cinderella ran off, left the family: What do you do when you've taken a giving family member for granted? Dr. Gail Saltz advises one reader who obliviously took advantage of her sister-in-law and now hopes to repair the strained relationship. ›20:55 4 Sep, Thu
Kids bored with breakfast? Get creative: Help your child hit the ground running with these recipes for delicious and nutritious kid-friendly morning meals from "Real Meals for Healthy Kids" by Tracy Seaman and Tanya Wenman Steel. ›15:11 5 Sep, Fri
East Carolina adds No. 4 West Va. to upset list: ›01:13 07 Sep, Sun
Memoir: Growing up a bookies son: From a California punk to a drag queen in Georgia, photojournalist Robin Bowman captures the passion, pride and conflict of a young generation coming of age. ›11:45 28 Aug, Thu
Jumper survives crash after chute problem: A Norwegian BASE jumper said he learned a hard lesson about tempting fate after surviving a spine-chilling crash from a mile-high mountain. ›16:41 4 Sep, Thu
Tracing your own family roots: Talk about icing on the cake. A slice of royal wedding history was sold for 1,000 pounds ($1,830) at an auction. The piece of wedding cake from Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's ceremony in 1981 was sold by a former royal servant, who had kept it wrapped in clingfilm in an attic for 27 years. ›13:56 29 Aug, Fri
Robert Giroux, giant of publishing, dies: Robert Giroux, a distinguished giant of 20th century publishing who guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag, died Friday. He was 94. ›23:07 5 Sep, Fri
Fed up as 'fat mom,' she lost 127 pounds: After decades of struggling with her appearance and how strangers and even her own children viewed her, 39-year-old Sheri Harkness finally found the motivation to overcome her poor eating habits. Find out how the newest member of the Joy Fit Club slimmed downand reclaimed her self-confidence. ›17:07 14 Jan, Mon
Storms force shift in shuttle schedule: The target dates for the next two space shuttle liftoffs have been moved two days later, due to the impact of recent tropical storms on launch preparations, NASA said Friday. ›16:48 5 Sep, Fri
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Pedal pushers power innovative gym: The owner of a Portland, Ore., gym hopes his people-powered approach toward energy generation the first of its kind in the nation could make a dent in his businesss carbon footprint. ›17:32 1 Sep, Mon
Dodgers top D-backs, take over first in NL West: ›23:03
Couple wed at funeral home: On Sept. 9, the U.S. publisher of "Harry Potter" will premiere "The 39 Clues," a highly ambitious series with a mystery ending for readers and a couple of puzzlers for the industry: How big is the market for a multimedia story and can a phenomenon be conceived by a publisher rather than created by the public? ›13:27 2 Sep, Tue
Slide show: Slide show: Celebrity women over 50: The Oscar-winning actress has returned to work with Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani to raise money for the fight against AIDS in Africa, designing a T-shirt to be sold under the "Red" label. ›19:42 28 Aug, Thu
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