I'm also an abduction survivor

Only those of us who have experienced the terror of threatened captivity may truly appreciate the heroes that three Cleveland women became as they seized the chance of escape.

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Portable emergency room heads to Okla.

• Born to save her sister’s life, Marissa Ayala graduates from college
• Tornado birth: Mom endures labor as twister destroys hospital
• Doctors print up a splint for baby's blocked throat
• Dirty dogs: Homes with pooches loaded with bacteria
• Post-tornado peril: Victims could face deadly fungal infections
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• Life-saving face transplant performed on man after work accident
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• 'Tornado Mom' Stephanie Decker to Okla. victims: 'You will rebuild and get through this'
• First life-saving face transplant performed in Poland
• For Oklahoma doctors and first responders, an emotional 24 hours
• Mysterious respiratory illness strikes 7 in Alabama; 2 dead
• U.N.: H7N9 flu outbreak has cost $6.5 billion so far
• Tornado survivors: A 48-hour window of opportunity
• Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
• Aimee Copeland: ‘I was reborn as someone different’
• Pulling the plug: ICU 'culture' key to life or death decision
• When school doesn't feel safe, facing facts helps
• Okla. tornado injuries: Even the doctors are 'crying'
• Parents call twins' separation surgery 'miracle'
• New guidelines have Asperger’s families worried
• First responders ‘instrumental’ in rescue efforts
• Nutty finding: Olive oil, nuts can protect your brain
• Breast cancer bras a no-go for Victoria's Secret

Tech Giant Recruiting Autistic Workers

Autism advocates are praising a German software company for its plan to hire people with autism as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists.

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• Watch: Mystery Illness Kills 2 in Alabama
• Watch: Mystery Illness Kills 2 in Alabama
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• Red Cross' Birthday Wish for Oklahoma
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• Portland Set to Vote on Fluoride
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• Watch: Aimee Copeland Gets Bionic Hands
• Aimee Copeland Gets Bionic Hands
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• 7 Health Problems Fixed by Food
• Climate Change Could Impact Allergies
• Great-Grandma, 79, Jumps From Plane

Found: Three new planets

Not all solar systems are as tidy as ours, but a new discovery means we're not quite so alone anymore.

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• Tribute: Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space
• Artificial Jellyfish Created to Study Human Tissue Repair
• Found: A Baby Galaxy
• Running Across a Gooey Pool
• The Power Grid: From Rickety to Resilient
• What is Life? Venter Explains
• Venter on the meaning of life
• Found: Invisible Galaxies
• Q&A with Higgs discoverers
• Mystery of the Stardust Cloud That Vanished
• Now Do You Believe in Global Warming?
• Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Fills a Cosmic Void
• Fireworks for the Physicists: A Higgs Is Found
• Higgs Boson: Geneva Announcement Coming on 'God Particle'
• New York City's Bicycle Wars
• Why Tomatoes Taste Bad: Science at Root of Missing Flavor
• Ocean in Space -- on Titan
• Physics of the Love Parade Stampede
• What the Failure of Rio+20 Means for the Climate
• Quasars on a diet
• As Rio+20 Unfolds, A U.N. Report Shows How Far We Have to Go to Save the Planet
• Rio+20 Earth Summit: Little Action Expected on Environment
• Moondust: Nanoparticles in Lunar Soil May Solve Mystery
• Lakes found on Titan
• More Earths? Even Metal-Poor Stars Can Build Good Planets
• A Planet in Peril: Is Earth Approaching a Tipping Point?
• Rocket Man Elon Musk: The Man Who's Leading America's Charge Back to Space
• NASA weighs asteroid -- really

Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer.

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• Merck's insomnia drug moves a step closer to U.S. approval
• Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
• FDA panel says Merck's sleep drug safe, effective at lower dose
• Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama
• Online tool helps control blood pressure long term
• Los Angeles voters approve limiting medical marijuana shops
• Vitamin C may not treat gout: study
• Sugary drinks tied to kidney stone risk
• More patients than docs report skin surgery problems
• Thrifty Merrimack developing new cancer drugs at lower cost
• Montreal tells 1.3 million residents to boil their drinking water
• SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers
• Pfizer to spin off Zoetis stake to shareholders
• When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?
• Swiss billionaires buy Merck Serono HQ for biotech campus
• Oncolytics cancer drug meets mid-stage trial goal, shares rise
• U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for new antibiotics
• Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market
• Merck signs $5 billion share buyback agreement with Goldman Sachs
• Amag investigates anemia drug after report of death in Switzerland
• Amag says anemia drug caused fatal reaction in Switzerland
• China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion
• Drowsy young drivers have increased crash risk
• Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer
• People choose larger portions of ‘healthy' foods
• Surgery offers mixed benefits for kids' sleep apnea
• Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus
• Schoolmates of suicide victims at higher risk