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Prostitution and the import, manufacture and consumption of illegal drugs like crack cocaine and heroin will be included in the official estimates of the country’s economy, the national statistics agency said Friday. Until recently the CSO has steered clear of measuring the seediest of illegal activities, only making estimates for things like fuel smuggling and drug importing.

Congress is reviewing the Sunscreen Innovation Act, a bill that may speed up the process of approving new innovations for sunscreen ingredients under US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards.

The State Department confirmed Friday that a U.S. citizen from Florida launched a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops earlier this week in what is believed to be the first time an American has been involved in such attacks since the start of the Syrian civil war.

A large black bear is getting attention from around the world after he was spotted hanging out in a hammock behind a Daytona Beach home.

If you wish to encourage your kids to eat healthy and want them to eat vegetables without making much fuss, starting early and often could be the key. Exposing babies to a new vegetable early in life encourages them to eat more of it compared to offering new vegetables to older children, a new study has suggested.

A new once-a-day pill may help patients with a hard-to-treat form of leukemia live longer and healthier lives, and free them from unpleasant drug infusions at the same time, doctors reported Saturday.

Mindy Kaling won over the crowd on Wednesday when she returned to her hometown of Cambridge, Mass., to speak at the Harvard Law School graduation.

A Florida supermarket parking lot has experienced the opening of a massive 85-foot sinkhole, with the gaping void growing by the hour, UK MailOnline reported. The hole was initially 30 feet wide and less than five feet deep when it first developed on Thursday morning in front of a Publix in Winter Haven outside of Tampa and across from Legoland …

Findings in a new survey reveal most Manitobans don’t want to be bothered by cigarette smoke while enjoying outdoor patios and other public places. The Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance (MANTRA) came out with the survey, which found two in three people (67%) support extending smoking bans to outdoor patios of restaurants and bars — an increase from 58% in 2008

The “Grace of Monaco” star covers the latest issue of Women’s Weekly, where she opens up about her adopted children Connor and Isabella Cruise (from her marriage with Tom Cruise) and talks about her family with hubby Keith Urban.

Eating six or more slices of white bread a day is strongly linked to obesity, Spanish researchers have claimed. The academic who led the study warned that white bread was “like a bomb of sugar” for the body and said there was a significant likelihood that it caused weight problems.