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EPA to study environmental impact of drilling method used to recover natural gas in shale. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it will study potential human health and water quality threats from an oil and natural gas drilling technique that injects massive amounts of water, sand and chemicals underground.

Jackson helps Bobcats rally from 19 down, beat Thunder 100-92 to give Jordan first win. Stephen Jackson scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Charlotte rallied to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-92 on Wednesday night to give Michael Jordan a victory in his first game as Bobcats majority owner.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - College student Ashton Eaton upstaged the top multi-event competitors when he set an indoor world record in the men's heptathlon.

American bomb squads in Iraq say they are not the cowboys like in 'The Hurt Locker'. American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people understood what they did.

Wallace Spearmon injured in 200-meter race at Tyson Invitational. U.S. sprinter Wallace Spearmon Jr. was injured Saturday in a 200-meter race at the Tyson Invitational at the University of Arkansas.

Evander Holyfield's wife says boxer hit her several times, gets protective order against him. Evander Holyfield's wife claims the boxing great hit her several times after an argument about her payments to their church, and she has received a temporary protective order against him.

Marine Sgt. Daniel M. Angus

After losing big at Kentucky, Arkansas feeling good again after 3 straight wins. Here's one sign things are turning around at Arkansas: Coach John Pelphrey is suddenly concerned about complacency.

At least 901 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001. As of Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at least 901 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

As of Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at least 893 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

At least 893 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001. As of Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at least 893 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Attractive way to purchase a great inflation hedge . In yesterday's DailyWealth, I outlined how rising interest rates will depress the stock market's P/E multiple, which will create a giant headwind for stock market investors. You can protect yourself from this headwind by avoiding high-priced growth stocks. A popular growth stock trading for a P/E of 40 can get cut in half in a matter of months in this kind of environment. For instance, Amazon currently trades for 75 times earnings. Surgical device maker Intuitive Surgical trades for 58 times earnings. Danger ahead. But what sectors do well when inflation is rising... when the government bond market is correcting... and when earnings multiples in the stock market contract? Two things in particular: energy and precious metals. In December 2008, just after witnessing the financial crisis and the government bailout of AIG, the investment banks, and Fannie/Freddie, I knew it was only a matter of time before we entered a market like we hav

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr.

US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr.

Regulators closes banks in Fla., Ariz., Kans., bringing total US failures to 133 this year. Regulators have shut down banks in Florida, Arizona and Kansas, bringing to 133 the number of U.S. banks that have failed to hold up this year against the struggling economy and a cascade of loan defaults.

Banks in Arizona, Florida and Kansas go under. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Friday closed three more banks, bring the number of bank failures in 2009 to 133.

'Run Sarah Run!': Palin fans push for 2012 presidential run as a wary GOP looks on. Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that's happened to the U.S. in a long time, and the 57-year-old housewife says she'd work tirelessly for the former Alaska governor were she to run for president in 2012.

NC security gear maker: Fired CEO claims company with ties to top lawmakers broke federal laws. The fired former chief executive of Law Enforcement Associates, a maker of security gear for police and military customers worldwide, has claimed the Raleigh-based company violated U.S. export and insider trading laws, the company disclosed in an SEC filing.

US buildup in critical Afghanistan provinces scores successes, but Taliban not knocked out. On what is more akin to a sunny winter's stroll, U.S. troops proudly tread on a newly asphalted road, past a refurbished mosque and a crowded market overflowing with produce. Children dance around the soldiers' boots and bearded men stop them for a casual chat.

Interim president James Isch plans to continue Brand's work, rather than replace him. James Isch has settled comfortably into his role as interim president of the NCAA.