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If it seems to be taking your baby boy a long time to say his first words, blame testosterone. A new study shows boys exposed to elevated levels of the male hormone while in utero have more than twice the risk of language delays compared to girls.

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A new study suggests being well-rested could actually be a detriment to creativity. In fact, the more tired you are, the more creative you’re likely to be.

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Is the best way to deal with notoriously hard-to-keep New Year’s resolutions avoiding them altogether? According to a new poll, a plurality of Americans seem to think so.

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Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption that includes an attempt to sell the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

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Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two Americans arrested for espionage when they accidentally wandered over the border into Iran in 2009, have been released from a prison in Tehran.

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A wave of deadly attacks swept across Iraq Monday, killing dozens of people. The violence was so severe that the interior minister ordered the country’s security forces to clear the streets of all parked cars.

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Editor's Note: This post has been updated to reflect that 30 American troops were killed in the attack, rather than 31, as initially reported.

Taliban insurgents shot down an American military helicopter in Afghanistan Saturday, killing 30 American troopsm seven Afghan commandos and an interpreter, multiple news outlets are reporting. 

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A new report from the Brooking' s Institute says the number of  "clean economy" jobs in Wyoming is increasing rapidly even though the state ranks last in the nation in the total number of such jobs. Today is "Global Hug your Kids Day." Deborah Smith with the Wyoming News Service has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Four people are reported dead and a suspect in custody in connection with a shooting in Wheatland. The Wyoming National Guard has completed its flood mitigation mission, Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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In his final days, Osama bin Laden was not a happy man.

He felt al-Qaeda was killing too many Muslims, causing it to suffer a “marketing problem.” The West was winning the public relations war.

So what was called for, he thought, was a new name.

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