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The measure essentially has no chance of being adopted by the Democratically-controlled Senate, but this is the 33rd time the House has tried to scrap the law.

The younger generation is less loyal to grocery stores and grocery store brands than their elders. This has big implications for how stores must adapt and change in the future as millennials gain more purchasing power.

The paper says that most indicators are looking up and make a convincing case for a recovery.

Poverty among single mothers is an astounding 66 percent in Reading, Pa., where Jennifer Stepp is raising three children by herself. To survive, she relies on a safety net of support.

The new moon is tiny, measuring between 6 and 15 miles across.

State and local governments have struggled to control synthetic drugs, which they call dangerous and unregulated. A new federal law might help — but as soon as a synthetic is banned, the makers often just tweak their recipe to conform with the law.

A survey of global attitudes about the environment finds that Americans are unusually optimistic about an individual's ability to make a difference in dealing with environmental issues. Despite that, Americans are less likely than many people elsewhere in the world to change their behaviors. Those are some of the findings in the latest survey by the National Geographic project called the "Greendex."

Republicans are canvassing for votes in Israel. There are 150-thousand eligible voters living in the Jewish state. And unlike their U.S. based cousins, American Jews living in Israel are overwhelmingly Republican — making this fertile ground.

Nearly 20 million subscribers of the country's largest satellite TV provider are unable to watch dozens of channels. DirecTV ordered the blackout after its distribution agreement with Viacom ended.

Mobile apps are aggressively placing unwanted ads on phones. Lookout, a mobile security firm in San Francisco, tested mobile apps and found some disturbing practices. Those include transmitting consumer phone numbers and email addresses and transmitting to third parties and placing ads on the mobile phone's desktop.