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It's hard to imagine that people used to die from things as small as a scratch on the knee — but that's what life was like before penicillin. Author Lauren Belfer's new novel, A Fierce Radiance, follows the intrigue as pharmaceutical companies race to mass-produce lifesaving drugs during World War II.

The singer-songwriter behind the hit "Walking in Memphis" was only 11 years old in 1970, but music from that year left a significant impression on him. Cohn's latest album, Listening Booth: 1970, is devoted to covers of some of 1970's greatest songs -- including an eclectic range of classics by artists such as Paul McCartney, Simon & Garfunkel and Smokey Robinson.

A new survey says online dating may soon overtake friends as the most common way to find a romantic partner. Web dating searches are increasingly used to save time, take some of the sting out of rejection and -- most importantly, perhaps -- zero in on the qualities that identify Mr. or Ms. Right.

Aspiring chefs usually have to prove their chops in the backs of kitchens. Now, some have found a fast track to culinary stardom by starting up food trucks.

Modern day sperm whales have tiny teeth and eat squid. But this ancient sea monster devoured other whales. Researchers have discovered the gigantic head and 15-inch-long teeth of this sperm whale ancestor. Named for the author of Moby-Dick, Leviathan melvillei lived about 13 million years ago.

Ghana would have been the first African team in the World Cup semi-finals.

The last thing the Democrats want as they head into the fall elections is for the GOP to be able to use the "culture of corruption" charge, which brought the Dems to power in 2006, against them. And so they wish the Rangel case would go away.

President Obama details his plan to overhaul regulations covering major financial institutions, calling for a new consumer protection agency and expanded powers for the Federal Reserve.

President Obama meets Monday at the White House with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi arrives amid a scandal that's front-page news in Italy. It centers on questions about his relationship with a teenage starlet.

The National Organization for Women plans to elect a new leader at this weekend's conference in Indianapolis. The battle over who will succeed Kim Gandy, who has reached the term limit after eight years, pits younger and older feminists.