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  • Toddler formula and other organic rice products have surprisingly high amounts of arsenic, according to a new study. But since there's no federal standard for arsenic in food, it's impossible to say how much is OK.
  • Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up a plane with a bomb he hid in his underwear.
  • This school year, 23 tubas have been stolen from eight different high schools in and around Los Angeles — not something many of these campuses can afford. Police aren't sure where they're going, but one theory links the thefts to the local popularity of tuba-heavy banda music.
  • A fleet of Google's robotic cars has been tested more than 200,000 miles over highways and city streets. And Nevada has finalized rules that give special driving permits to the self-driving cars.
  • A small group has gathered at the World Health Organization in Geneva to discuss a controversy over experiments that generated genetically altered viruses. After the meeting, which ends Friday, the WHO will announce what happened behind closed doors.
  • The Food and Drug Administration will take a second look at a weight-loss drug it rejected in 2010. The decision to review Qnexa comes as the agency is rethinking how it judges weight-loss drugs. Though obesity is at epidemic levels, the FDA hasn't approved any new weight-loss medicines since 1999.
  • "Twenty-two years ago China was a basket case — a very poor developing country. So I really feel quite proud."
  • Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is leading Michigan-native Mitt Romney in polling ahead of the state's Feb. 28 primary. At stops in Michigan on Thursday, Santorum spoke of economic rival through lower taxes, fewer regulations and commitment to conservative family values.
  • A lot of people in China want a smartphone, but that doesn't mean they want an iPhone. For the second straight quarter, Apple is losing out to cheaper Chinese brands as makers there launch phones with better features.
  • Despite its iconic place in film history, demolition has begun on the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Ill. It was the setting for a famous scene in The Blues Brothers. The high-speed chase in the 1980 film was the most action the mall has seen in a long time. It's been closed since 1979.
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