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tech stories

Broadcasters hurt by economy and changes in the way we consume news

Personalities vanish, salaries are slashed in digital era of declining ad revenue.

PRIVACY BETTER PROTECTED, YAHOO SAYS

FTC eyeing bloggers who review products

Terrorists recruiting computer experts

Journalists vulnerable in new reporting era

FCC TO REVIEW HANDSET DEALS

HOW-TO HOWCAST

NEW MOUSE IS A WAND

top science headlines

Victim called Tamiflu-resistant

South Korea wants vaccines for 13 million

Australian cases up

Cases increase in Argentina

Mosquito season arrives as budget cuts hatch trouble

ILLINOIS TOWNS TRYING TO TAME UNRULY GRASS

H1N1 called inefficient

Flu 'unstoppable', WHO says

Deaths in U.S. rise to 170

CPR IS QUESTIONED

Keep up on the business of health care

under the microscope

Grasses can clean sites of old explosives

Researchers at Mizzou, Lincoln U. say plants feed micro-organisms in soil that break down TNT and RDX.

Autism often can be diagnosed years earlier

Joplin company touts its place in space

Old-fashioned rain barrels are back to battle flooding

Online shopping experience may become more virtual

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life & tech

Drew acquittal is likely to be embraced by Internet supporters

Government pushes broadband access, but not without some strings

Residential White Pages may soon go away

Local teens get a chance to demonstrate their texting and driving skills

EU gets agreement from phone makers to standardize power cords

Windows 7 release moves closer: Are you ready, or willing?

Thinking about casting aside that bulky laptop in favor of a netbook?

Music makers offer explanation for ringtone fight

We’re still spending tons of time on social network sites

Will cell phone cameras ruin the pocket camera market?

Cure your blog fever

eco speak

Scientists find superenergetic bursts near giant black hole

Illinois study shows that we hear what we want to hear

No health risks posed by northwest Missouri sludge, environmenal regulators say

Cora Island announcement tomorrow

Pets spread drug resistant staph infections

Artificial sweetners evade water treatment

New report provides assessment of climate change impacts

Big “e-waste” recycling event scheduled for downtown St. Louis

See and share weather photos

fit bits

Poll: Should candy be banned from office vending machines?

Pfizer offering free medicine to newly unemployed workers

Poll: Does drinking coffee improve your breath?

For hikers: Join a wildflower walk

Poll: Will you buy fireworks this year?

Poll: How old were your kids when they learned to swim

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other news

VENOM: Insect venom shots ease reactions

LIMBS: Salamanders could help people heal.

CORD BLOOD: Parents bank it, but doctors question value

TYLENOL: FDA panel urges lower cap

BREAD: Fungus threatens world's wheat

WATER: Coloradans can now legally collect rain

DVRs: High court won't block remote storage

ST. PAUL: Bones undergo analysis

SHARKS: Great white sharks are ocean's serial killers

SMOKING: FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have warning