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Barack Obama enters his first presidential debate with Mitt Romney this week apparently winning an election that economic precedent and the weight of political history suggest he should lose.

In Ohio town and across US, a seesaw time for gay-rights activists and their foes. Thirty years ago, a vote like the one just decided in this university town wouldn't have happened; gay-rights activism hadn't taken root across most of America. Thirty years hence, such votes may seem a historical curiosity in a time of equality for gays.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids whose dads have put in time behind bars may be at a greater risk for using marijuana and other illegal drugs, according to a new study.

Study: Teen flings bad for grades, but sex in relationship doesn't affect school performance. There's good news for parents who worry that their teenagers' sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don't have sex.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toddlers who watch too much TV may struggle in school later, with measurably lower scores in math, and they may get bullied more than other children, Canadian and U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Funny how? Scientists study what's behind guffaws and find laughter links us in primal ways. So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh. There's no punchline. Laughter is a serious scientific subject, one that researchers are still trying to figure out.

So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh.

Saying goodbye: Jackson, Cronkite, Wyeth, Updike among artists, entertainers who died in 2009. It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London ? and giving it his all.

Saying goodbye: Jackson, Cronkite, Wyeth, Updike among artists, entertainers who died in 2009. It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London ? and giving it his all.

Final farewell: Nobel winner Borlaug, Kennedy, King of Pop among the notables who died in 2009. Of all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir.

Saying goodbye: Jackson, Cronkite, Wyeth, Updike among artists, entertainers who died in 2009. It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London ? and giving it his all.

Saying goodbye: Jackson, Cronkite, Wyeth, Updike among artists, entertainers who died in 2009. It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London ? and giving it his all.

Final farewell: Nobel winner Borlaug, Kennedy, King of Pop among the notables who died in 2009. Of all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir.

UNLVÕs winter graduates assess their futures. ÒWe went back to school

Ohio universities focusing on niche advanced-energy research topics. The state is asking eight Ohio universities to share their knowledge about advanced energy in an effort to help the state emerge as a world leader in the field and create a "green-collar" work force, officials announced Wednesday.

Ohio professor credited with coining the phrase 'pop culture' dies at 87. Ray Browne, an Ohio university professor who was credited with coining the phrase "popular culture" and pioneering the study of things such as bumper stickers and cartoons, has died. He was 87.

Ohio college removes sculpture depicting teacher-student sex, prompting censorship complaints. A university official removed a sculpture that depicts a girl and a teacher in a sex act from a campus gallery, prompting complaints from an anti-censorship group.

As a lad, Clive Staples Lewis struggled to overcome his mother's death, his father's indifference and boarding school brutality.