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Could Viagra help stop the spread of malaria? A new study by a team of European scientists makes it look like a possibility worthy of further…

The American League beat the National League 6-3 Tuesday night in a game that started with a homer right off the bat.

The rate at which American women are having babies fell again in 2011, continuing a decline that's been under way for years. Births to teenagers hit another low, while births to older women rose slightly.

Team USA scored big, rebounding after a disappointing loss to Sweden. The 6-1 win keeps alive the Americans' goal of becoming the first women's team to take Olympic gold after winning the World Cup.

The USDA's latest report found that nearly all major food groups are going up in price.

New Bedford is making it harder to panhandle at the busy intersection of Route 6 and Pleasant Street. Workers recently rotated the Belgian blocks (commonly called cobblestones) in one of the intersection’s raised medians. The stones now stick straight into the air, like the vertical pillars at Stonehenge.

The identical twins and No. 1 doubles team in the world have been playing tennis and music since they were 6 years old.

NPR asks Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about the mobilization of U.S. Marines and deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

A poll finds that 75 percent wants Congress to either leave the law alone or wait to repeal it until they have a new law. For most people, controlling high health care costs is top priority.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Eric Lach, a reporter at The New Yorker, about a new report that reveals details around Andrew Cuomo's many abuses of power.