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Cutting down on caffeine could help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, according to a new study by scientists at Duke University Medical Center. The researchers studied a small group of people with established type 2 diabetes who drank at least two cups of coffee everyday …

NEW YORK – Mike Wallace was recovering from triple heart bypass surgery that was performed last week, CBS News said Tuesday. Wallace, who turns 90 this spring, is already walking following the surgery Friday to bypass blockages near his heart. Doctors are calling the operation “a great success,” the network …

A Ryanair ad depicting a schoolgirl dressed in a skirt and showing her midriff with the words “hottest back to school fares” is drawing ire in the United Kingdom, the Register reported. The Advertising Standards Authority says it has received 13 complaints claiming it is “offensive to show what appeared …

MIAMI – Police believe a Miami detective was killed as a man ran through a nearby apartment complex firing his AK-47 in a jealous rage, authorities said Wednesday. Ricardo Ajuste, 21, has not been charged with Miami police Detective James Walker’s death, but was considered the main suspect and was …

PLANO, Texas – Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money, which handles credit card operations for Penney and many other retailers, said Thursday night that the missing information includes Social Security …

“Bachelor” Matt Grant proposed on bended knee to actress Shayne Dahl Lamas during the season finale of “The Bachelor: London Calling,” after sending Chelsea home. “It was a fairytale proposal like I’ve always dreamed about,” said Lamas, according to People magazine. Lamas accepted the English global financier’s 2.85-carat Tacori platinum …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has set May 31 for the next space shuttle launch and said that Russia’s investigation into last month’s rocky landing of its own spacecraft shouldn’t interfere. Senior NASA managers agreed Monday to proceed as planned with Discovery’s two-week trip to deliver a Japanese lab to …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from May 23, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the …

LOS ANGELES – A high school was locked down Friday after hundreds of students fought in a lunchtime brawl that had to be quelled by police. About 600 students were involved in what appeared to be a gang-related fight that started around noon at Locke High School, Los Angeles school …

KYONDAH, Myanmar – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was deeply disturbed by the destruction he saw on a tour Thursday of the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta of Burma, also known as Myanmar, but stressed he was bringing a “message of hope” and a plea for the ruling junta to accept …