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No-Name-brand flour is recalled in Ontario
OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume No Name-brand all-purpose flour.
Rapaflo OK'd to treat enlarged prostate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Rapaflo (silodosin) capsules for the treatment of symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Some Russell Stover-brand candy recalled
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Russell Stover-brand "Private Reserve Assorted Chocolates" because of a labeling error.
Deep 6.2 quake rocks Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Seismologists in the United States said an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck central Bolivia Sunday.
Astronaut's son follows him in space
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The son of a U.S. astronaut blasted off Sunday from Kazakhstan as a tourist aboard a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station.
Clinton boosts Mich. stem-cell referendum
WATERFORD, Mich., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton has urged Michigan voters to approve a referendum legalizing embryonic stem-cell research when they go to the polls Nov. 4.
Space station crew might not be expanded
MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Plans to add crew members to the International Space Station might be delayed, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Saturday.
Rare black barn owl raised in England
LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- British conservationists say a rare black barn owl must remain in captivity to protect her from attack by her own species.
Game developer set for space launch
ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An Austin, Texas, man in Kazakhstan is set to become the world's sixth space tourist and the first second-generation space traveler from the United States.
Study: Plant seeds are shoe hitchhikers
LONDON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The action of seeds picked up by shoes is more significant in dispersal over long distances than wind, a British study said Friday.
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NASA plans Mars launch next fall
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- NASA plans to launch a new exploration rover to Mars next fall, despite budget and technical concerns, a NASA official said Friday.
New Google Earth satellite image released
DULLES, Va., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- GeoEye Inc. has released a high-resolution color image of a U.S. university to show what its new, highly accurate mapping satellite can do for Google Earth.
Report: Global warming makes animals move
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Global warming is forcing animals to higher elevations, causing them to intrude on established populations, a U.S. scientific journal says.
Cape Cod manatee may get air trip to Fla.
DENNIS, Mass., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An injured manatee discovered in a Massachusetts harbor may get an air trip back to Florida if would-be rescuers can trap it.

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