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MARJAH, Afghanistan – Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan’s president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town. Inside Marjah, Marines encountered “death at every corner” on Sunday, their second day of …

The following are eyewitness accounts of a plane crashing into an Austin, Texas, office building where nearly 200 federal tax employees work. Officials identified the pilot as Joseph Stack, a 53-year-old software engineer, who crashed the plane intentionally. Stack was confirmed dead. — IRS Agent William Winnie said he was …

New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good. The cancer society does not recommend routine screening for most men, a stance that hasn’t …