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Low-salt diet increases heart attack risk: study

To salt or not to salt? For decades health experts have been warning people to put down the salt shaker to reduce their risks of heart attack and stroke.

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Somalia, Libya, Uganda: US increases Africa focus (AP)

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 20, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army soldiers are seen with Uganda People's Defence Force soldiers at the closing ceremony for operation ATLAS DROP 11, an annual joint aerial delivery exercise, in Soroti, about 400 kilometers east of Uganda's capital city Kampala. While putting few U.S. troops at risk, the United States is providing intelligence and training to fight militants across the continent, from Mauritania in the west along the Atlantic Ocean, to Somalia in the east along the Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File)AP – While putting few U.S. troops at risk, the United States is playing a growing role in Africa’s military battles, using special forces advisers, drones and tens of millions of dollars in military aid to combat a growing and multifaceted security threat.


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Consumer spending increases 0.4 percent in March (AP)

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, gasoline prices are displayed in Oakland, Calif. Consumers kept shopping in March, but much of their spending went to fill up their gas tanks as gasoline prices kept rising. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file)AP – Consumers spent more in March on furniture, electronics and at restaurants, but also paid more for gas.


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Obama pivots, eyes Medicare changes, tax increases (AP)

FILE - In this April 8, 2011 photo, President Obama poses for photographers in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown after a deal was made between Republican and Democrat lawmakers.   The Treasury Department reports on the federal budget deficit for March. In February, the government ran the largest-ever budget gap for a single month. The shortfall kept this year's annual deficit on pace to end as the biggest in U.S. history, $1.5 trillion. And that's not likely to change much, even after President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans struck a deal last week to cut $38.5 billion from this year's budget.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – President Barack Obama, two years into a presidency marked by increased spending on a weak economy, is turning his attention to the nation’s crushing debt and trying to counter a Republican anti-deficit plan with one of his own.


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Obama first to put tax increases on budget table (AP)

President Obama smiles as he walks to meet students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo., Monday, April 11, 2011, on the South Portico of the White House in Washington. Obama received a letter from a mother at the school worried that her son's trip would be canceled if there were to be a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Higher taxes have been missing from the fierce budget battle that nearly shut down the federal government. But President Barack Obama is about to put them on the table — at least a modest version that he had pushed before and then rested on the shelf.


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Denise Richards increases security after Charlie Sheen’s threat

As Charlie Sheen continues to spiral further out of control, his ex-wife Denise Richards is trying even harder to shield their daughters from his wild ways.

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Obama budget resurrects rejected tax increases (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, February 14, 2011. GREUTERS/Jim Young   (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP – President Barack Obama’s budget proposal resurrects a series of tax increases that were largely ignored by Congress when Democrats controlled both chambers. Republicans, who now control the House, are signaling they will be even less receptive.


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