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The U.S. economy is struggling to grow. The European Union is trying to contain a debt crisis. And, in a case of bad timing, the world's fastest-growing major economy, China, is trying to slow down to stem high inflation and what some fear is a housing bubble.

American Bruce Beutler, Luxembourg-born Jules Hoffman and Canadian-born Ralph Steinman are being honored for their discoveries about the human immune system.

The High Court will take up health care, immigration, affirmative action and other hot-button issues. Meanwhile, Yemen says al-Qaida's top bomb maker wasn't killed in Friday's drone strike.

The websites say they're launching a "strategic news alliance." This afternoon, they're due to stream an interview with President Obama.

If there's been a worse week and a half for a presidential candidate, it's hard to remember when. Just as Texas Gov. Rick Perry worked to recover from his woeful debate performance of more than a week ago, two damaging stories got big attention. One was about the racist name of a hunting camp used by Perry's family, the other of state subsidies he gave to subprime mortgage firms.

Today's announcement of an alliance between ABC News and Yahoo! gets off to a noisy start with an interview with President Obama this afternoon.

A jumping gene called "Hopscotch" rejiggered corn's ancestor, teosinte, so instead of bushy branches, the plant started producing one strong central stalk, much like today's modern corn.

The prizes aren't normally given posthumously. But the committee didn't know that scientist Ralph Steinman had passed away.

Child nutrition researchers at Cornell took away the standard lunch line treatment of fresh fruit at three schools, and put the produce into colorful, good-looking baskets near the cash register. The result? Double the sales.

Some 2,000 rabbits have "overrun" the Canadian town of Canmore, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The bunnies are believed to be the progeny of pets — and their number has doubled in the past four years, according to Canada's CTV.