MUMBAI (AFP) ― Indian housewife Sujata Budarapu was shocked when she was told that her two sons were on the verge of developing Type 2 diabetes.“It had never even occurred to me that this could happen. I had heard that outside India this happens to other people’s kids but I never thought it would happen to my own,” the 38-year-old from Mumbai told AFP.Sujata’s children are not exceptional cases, e

ASKEWVILLE, North Carolina (AP) ― A tornado-spewing storm system that killed at least 45 people across half the country unleashed its worst fury on North Carolina, where residents in the capital city and rural hamlets alike on Sunday mourned the dead, marveled at their survival and began to clean up devastated neighborhoods.Observers reported more than 60 tornadoes across North Carolina on Saturda

Part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant overlooks a farmland in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan announced a plan Sunday to bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow some evacuated residents to return to their homes. (AP-Yonhap News)TOKYO (AFP) - The operator of

Nicolas Cage attends the premiere of "Season Of The Witch" in New York. Authorities say Cage has been arrested in New Orleans on charges of domestic abuse battery and disturbing the peace. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orleans “after getting drunk” and having a heated argument with his wife in the French Quarter, police sa

NATO criticized for failing to break assault with month-old campaign of airstrikesAJDABIYA, Libya (AP) ― Moammar Gadhafi’s forces poured rocket fire after dawn Saturday into Misrata, the only western city still in rebel hands, and weary residents who have endured more than a month of fighting angrily lashed out at NATO for failing to halt the deadly assault.Five civilians were killed in a 30-minut

TEPCO to give money to residents unable to return to homes near nuclear plantTOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s government Friday ordered the operator of a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant leaking radiation to pay about $12,000 to each household forced to evacuate from the area.Tens of thousands of residents unable to return to their homes near the nuclear plant are bereft of their livelihoods and possessions, uns

Mexican army soldiers patrol the streets in Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas State, Mexico. (AP-Yonhap News)MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday.Tamaulipas state Interior Secretary Morelos

High radioactivity in water may be result of damage to fuel rods and debrisTOKYO (AP) ― The operator of Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear power complex was seeking ways Thursday to pull damaged spent fuel rods out of a storage pool at one of its reactors, citing surging radiation and elevated temperatures as worrisome signs.The troubling signals at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex come as frust

JAKARTA (AFP) ― An Indonesian woman exhales cigarette smoke into the mouth of a gaunt, naked patient at a Jakarta clinic, where tobacco is openly touted as a cancer cure.The Western patient is suffering from emphysema, a condition she developed from decades of smoking. Along with cancer and autism, it’s just one of the ailments the Griya Balur clinic claims it can cure with cigarettes.“I missed th