Men with prostate cancer in its earliest stage have a tough choice: Treat the disease, even though it may never progress to be a health threat, or wait and monitor it for signs that it's spreading. Despite a low risk of spread and the potential unpleasantness of surgery, radiation therapy, or chemo, a new study finds that only a small fraction of eligible men opt for so-called watchful waiting.
AP - Americans are keenly aware of how many U.S. forces have lost their lives in Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. But they woefully underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday renewed Washington's warning to Iran that "all options" are on the table if the country continues to defy U.N.-led efforts to end Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
AP - It was like a macabre twist in a film noir: Confused hit men on the lookout for two men in a white sedan gun down the wrong people. Then they spot their intended targets, in the same traffic jam 20 yards away. And kill them, too. And it was all caught on a traffic camera.
Like a potential hit movie, the 79th Academy Awards come equipped with any number of promising storylines. There's a strong possibility that three African-Americans could win Oscars for acting, an event unprecedented in Oscar history. And two men who have never won the big one have another shot.
A 13-year-old boy snatched at gunpoint Friday was driven to a remote location outside Tampa, Florida, and left bound, but managed to free himself, authorities said. After getting free, Clay Moore found a farm worker, whose cell phone he used to call his mom, Sheriff Charlie Wells said. Asked about the kidnapper's motive, Wells said: "It all seems evil to me, no matter what he was plotting."
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