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COATESVILLE, Pa. – A 19-year-old described as a pyromaniac who liked to watch things burn was charged Thursday with setting nine fires in an arson-plagued steel town, including a block-long blaze that displaced dozens of people last month. Roger Leon Barlow Jr., an automotive technical student from nearby Downingtown, was …

CHICAGO – The Obama administration should appoint a senior food safety official within the Food and Drug Administration as a first step toward safeguarding the U.S. food supply, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday. The responsibility for food safety currently is divided up among federal agencies including the FDA and …

Ever wonder why those French fries taste so good when you are depressed? Here’s one theory: Salt is a natural antidepressant, which might explain why we have a tendency to over-ingest it. Kim Johnson, a psychologist from the University of Iowa, discovered that when rats were lacking sodium chloride, they …