2 Japanese, American win chemistry Nobel for key chemical tool that spawned drugs, electronics

Trio wins Nobel for key chemical tool

STOCKHOLM — An American and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.

Scandal on Canadian football team produces first positive HGH test in North America

Canadian football player tests positive for HGH

UC Berkeley drops part of gene-scanning program for incoming students to comply with regs

UC Berkeley drops part of gene-scanning program

‘Starting to live’: Victims of female circumcision seek out Colo. doctor for healing surgery

Female circumcision victims seek out Colo. doctor

Rutgers University just says no to growing pot for NJ’s new medical marijuana initiative

Rutgers just says no to pot growing for NJ

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad