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Missing Alert For Ocala Kids Canceled (UPDATED: 1:30 PM)

The two children authorities say went missing from Ocala on Friday have been located and are safe.A public information officer with the Ocala Police…

No Plans? No Problem! Things To Do This Weekend On The First Coast

Sports and a lot of local live music are what's going on this weekend on the First Coast.Friday, June 20 – Jacksonville Jaguars booster club The Bold City…

Former Foster Care Youth Get Help Paying For Health Care

Young adults who grew up in foster care are at higher risk for medical and mental health problems, but often don't have insurance. A little-known provision in the Affordable Care Act helps.

This view combines several frames taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, looking into a valley to the west from the eastern side of a dune at the eastern end of the valley.

Curiosity Update: NASA Mulls Sending The Rover Over A Sand Dune

Other rovers have gotten stuck in similar terrains, so this is a delicate operation for the Mini-Cooper-sized vehicle.

Some of the money spent on annual mammograms might do more good if it went toward risk-based screening, a doctor says.

Are We Paying $8 Billion Too Much For Mammograms?

Billions of dollars are spent each year on mammograms to screen for breast cancer. If American women are screened less frequently, the cost savings might be used to better tailor the care for women at an increased risk of cancer.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health.

Drugmakers And NIH Band Together To Speed Up Research

Ten pharmaceutical companies have agreed to cooperate with the National Institutes of Health in the hunt for new medicines to treat Alzheimer's disease, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. All the scientific data produced by the venture will be shared publicly.

Even if you're under 25, you should still know your blood pressure, a study says.

Higher Blood Pressure At 18 Means Hardening Arteries At 40

Blood pressure is just not on the radar of most young adults. But even slightly elevated pressure before age 25 can lead to higher heart disease risk in middle age, a study finds. Young people can reduce their risk by exercising, eating right and avoiding smoking.

Pitmaster Rodney Scott seasons a roasting hog behind a barbecue restaurant in Birmingham, Ala. Scott has been touring the South with a makeshift barbecue pit to raise money to rebuild his family's cookhouse after it burned down in November.

When His Pit Burned Down, Southern BBQ Master Took Hogs On Tour

Rodney Scott's legendary South Carolina barbecue cookhouse went up in flames last year, so friends of the pit master cooked up a plan to help him rebuild. Scott is now making a comeback with his Bar-B-Que in Exile Tour and bringing people together with his whole hog barbecue.

Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music gospel choir perform Tuesday at the Republican National Committee's awards lunch at Washington's Howard Theatre.

RNC's Priebus Insists Minority Outreach Effort Is Built To Last

Much of politics is about symbols and gestures. And there were plenty of them at the historic Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the Republican National Committee marked Black History Month.

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is seen at the Jan. 24 RNC winter meeting in Washington. Priebus celebrates the achievements of black Republicans in a series of new radio ads designed to honor Black History Month.

RNC Highlights Black History Month With Radio Ads

After a presidential election where GOP nominee Mitt Romney won just 6 percent of the black vote, the Republican National Committee is asking African-Americans to give the party another look.

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