By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON — Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation, finds a major study that directly tested and compared these options. Survival from […]
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By Youkyung Lee The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Samsung’s recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 phones after several dozen caught fire and exploded may stem from a subtle manufacturing error, but it highlights the challenge electronics makers face in packing ever more battery power into ever […]
By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press GENEVA — Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has “no issue” with his medical data being leaked, in an alleged criminal attack by Russian hackers on a World Anti-Doping Agency database. Froome was a headline name among 25 athletes ‚Äî from Britain, the […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press I love dessert. I also love being healthy. My four kiddos also love sweets. So over the years, I’ve created some great strategies for getting some dessert in our lives while also honouring our bodies, which frankly do not need as much sugar as […]
By Lisa Lerer And Ken Thomas The Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The White House was submerged in scandal. Democrats faced tough midterm elections. And Hillary Clinton, far more popular than her embattled husband, had become a one-woman campaign machine. But the nonstop travel in 1998 took a toll. […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Pres CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new study finds that Pluto is “spray-painting” the red poles of its big moon Charon. The paint is actually Pluto’s continually escaping atmosphere. Methane and other gases from Pluto end up coating Charon’s frozen poles, which are so cold […]
Sometimes it takes someone from “away” to show you what a treasure you have in your own community. I frequently write about the bass tournaments and the great bass fishery of Rainy Lake, and I’ve caught numerous big smallmouth bass to prove my point. Those fish always are released back […]
If I had my life to live over, I might pursue a variety of occupations that I didn’t have time for this particular go-round. I still would want to be a writer, but I’d start earlier and wouldn’t engage in the distractions of accounting with such vigour, though I do […]
The 21st-annual Bassin’ For Bucks tournament took place over the weekend in Sioux Narrows with a full field of 125 teams participating in what many consider one of the most fun events we have in Northwest Ontario. Great weather greeted anglers all weekend and the fishing was pretty good overall—despite […]
It’s crazy how quickly time is flying by. And even more crazy is how quickly the days are become so short! It sure makes a difference with drying time. Even the slightest amount of rain makes a big impact and you are off the land a lot longer than our […]
Under normal circumstances, plants take up nitrogen in the form of nitrate; it is converted to ammonia, which is incorporated into plant protein. Cattle convert the nitrate from plants to nitrite, which, in turn, is converted to ammonia and used by microbes in the rumen to make protein. However, with […]
Joey Payeur Just because Jordan Kilganon can catch some big air doesn’t mean he wants young people to see him as larger than life. Kilganon put stars in some eyes—and left some jaws on the ground—as he staged a no-holds-barred exhibition of slam dunking Saturday to cap a day to […]
