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OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume No Name-brand all-purpose flour.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.