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BOSTON (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney endorsed erstwhile rival John McCain on Thursday and urged Republicans to unite behind him in a gesture that could help McCain with disgruntled conservatives.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lives of 22,000 patients could have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS Television's 60 Minutes program.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called Africa a "continent of potential" on Thursday as he prepared to visit one of the few regions where he can claim foreign policy successes in a legacy dominated by the Iraq war.
DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) - A black-clad man fired into a lecture hall packed with students at an Illinois university on Thursday, killing five people and wounding 18 before shooting himself dead, police and college officials said.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Genes that helped early humans adapt to cold climates may be driving metabolism-related diseases such as obesity or diabetes in many countries, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle's fuel tank, officials said on Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Baseball home run king Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000, months before his record breaking 73-home run season, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah threatened Israel with "open war" on Thursday and accused the Jewish state of killing a top commander who was among the United States' most wanted men.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of the government-supplied trailers housing thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina contain potentially dangerous levels of the chemical formaldehyde, U.S. federal health officials said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in an effort to limit the information it must provide when Guantanamo Bay prisoners challenge their continued captivity.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the U.S. presidential race a week ago, endorsed one-time rival John McCain on Thursday and asked his supporters to rally behind the Arizona senator.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gunman wounded at least 15 people when he opened fire with a shotgun in a university classroom outside Chicago on Thursday, authorities said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of the government-supplied trailers housing thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina contain potentially dangerous levels of the chemical formaldehyde, U.S. federal health officials said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle's fuel tank, officials said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was prepared to delay his Africa trip to stay in Washington to press Congress to pass new rules for his domestic spying program before it expires this weekend.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's feuding parties have agreed to rewrite the constitution within a year in an effort to end post-election violence, but have yet to strike a deal on power-sharing, a government negotiator said on Thursday.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has postponed a fourth round of talks with the United States in Baghdad on improving security in Iraq, prompting U.S. officials on Thursday to question Tehran's commitment to the dialogue.
MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - A leader of Myanmar's biggest rebel group was shot dead at his home in a Thai border town on Thursday in an assassination immediately blamed on troops loyal to the former Burma's military junta.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is not running a spy network in the United States and Washington should cease its allegations of espionage, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, days after the U.S. Justice Department arrested four for spying.