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  • A deserted street inside the contaminated exclusion zone around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station, on Nov. 12, 2011. Experts say health effects of radiation exposure likely won't be detectable and a bigger problem is the mental health issues resulting from the trauma of the tsunami.
    Trauma, Not Radiation, Is Key Concern In Japan
    Experts say health effects from the radiation released by last year's nuclear disaster will be minimal. But the lasting psychological trauma from the tsunami, including the loss of life and livelihoods, will be an ongoing struggle.
  • Surgical robots like this one are wildly expensive. Before the economic troubles began, investment in such high-tech medical devices was plentiful. Now, hospitals are looking for comparatively simple solutions to cut costs: streamline medical billing and even investing in $1 catheters that can save upwards of $50,000.
    Forget The Robots: Venture Capitalists Change Their Health Care Investments
    As biotech investments and medical device development falters, hospitals are turning to other avenues to help cut costs: streamlining billing systems and investing in simpler medical products.
  • Members of the media, wearing protective suits and masks, visit the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power station during a press tour, in northeastern Japan's Fukushima prefecture, Feb. 28. Japan is marking the first anniversary of the March 11 tsunami and earthquake, which triggered the worst nuclear accident in the country's history.
    A Year On, Japan Is Still Looking For The Road Ahead
    A new independent report on the Fukushima nuclear accident found that a far worse meltdown — one that could have forced the evacuation of Tokyo's 30 million people — was narrowly avoided. It also suggests that Japan also suffered a failure of government regulation, supervision and response.
  • Les and Scott GrantSmith visited StoryCorps in San Diego to discuss how they moved on together, after a crisis point.
    A Mom Becomes A Man, And A Family Sticks Together
    This spring, Les and Scott GrantSmith will mark their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple raised two daughters along the way. But 15 years ago, they hit a crisis that nearly broke the family apart. They solved it by embracing a unique approach — and each other.
  • Rick Santorum poses with people at Harvest Graphics, a small business, during a campaign stop Wedneday in Lenexa, Kansas.
    Next For GOP: A Brief Stop In Kansas And A Southern Swing
    Kansas holds its GOP caucuses on Saturday. But not all the candidates are making appearances there.
  • People wait in line to get into a job fair in Independence, Ohio, in November.
    Will Improving Economy Bring Surge Of Job Seekers?
    Millions of Americans have stopped looking for work out of frustration over poor job prospects. Millions more seeking full-time work have had to settle for part-time jobs. The U.S. economy has shown glimmers of hope, but economists aren't sure whether that will spur people to start searching anew.
  • Friday Political Grab Bag: Economy Adds More Jobs Than Experts Forecast Etc
    The economy created more jobs in Februrary than forecast... Journalists likened Mitt Romney to Bob Dole or George H.W. Bush... Republican Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts tried to use against challenger Elizabeth Warren her Hollywood support.
  • Insect Experts Issue 'Urgent' Warning On Using Biotech Seeds
    This week, a group of scientists sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging farmers to stop planting genetically engineered corn with a certain gene because it will no longer protect them from the corn rootworm. If the recommendations are put into practice, it could cause major changes in the way that seed companies like Monsanto do business.
  • Steer clear of cosmetics like these containing mercury, the Food and Drug Administration warns.
    FDA: Skin-Lightening Creams Pose Mercury Threat
    Some skin-lightening cosmetics contain dangerous amounts of mercury, the FDA warned consumers. Though illegal to sell in the U.S., the foreign-made products are popular in communities where fair skin is considered a mark of beauty.
  • VIDEO: Check Out This 7-Year-Old's Monster Trap
    Audri Clemmons is a very enthusiastic fan of Rube Goldberg machines. And with his mom, he's put together a video that proves it.
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