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Mexican-American kids have high levels of PBDE in their blood, new study shows

Dr. Jennifer Ashton gives advice for protecting yourself during emergency situations at a hospital.

Hospital negligence led to the death of a newborn baby in Chicago hospital.

Be careful what you wish for, I think as my husband reaches again for his new toy.

1. After its extended cloud services failure, Amazon's Web Services system is cranking back to life , bringing some of the web's big-names with it.

Garrett Willis may have regained his putting touch at The Heritage.

Banning kids from Facebook isn't realistic.

Switching from incandescent to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) is easy, affordable, and can cut costs right off the bat. CFLs use 75 percent less energy, saving up to $200 for every five bulbs replaced, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Plus, lighting expenses make up as much as 50 percent of the average commercial building's energy bill

Handmade in Italy and about $1,000 bucks each, these bags are not toys. Which makes them all the more fun to play with. Italian designer Mariasole Cecchi designed these peculiar objets one bored evening in Paris, using just a box of Legos, an old bag and some glue.

After dangling a reported $6 billion offer in front of daily deal site Groupon (which it ultimately rejected), Google is pressing on with its own service. Today Google unveiled Offers , a new feature that will allow local businesses to show off deep discounts to consumers. Seemingly a direct competitor to Groupon and Living Social, Offers boasts of discounts of 50% off or more

Malaria kills one million people a year in the developing world. This is incredibly frustrating, because we can cure malaria. Everyone who dies from it dies simply because we can't get them the proper vaccines or drugs.

Visa is trying out a low-tech location-based offers system with Gap that doesn't require check-ins or even a smartphone. It's clever, but basically is a testing ground for the coming wave of NFC purchases.

There's new research into how kids with autism learn, and as CBS 2's Lisa Siegell reports, hopes are it could lead to incredible breakthroughs.

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You can't download an app these days without it asking for your location--and not just on check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla. Google Maps, Instagram, Twitter , Square, MenuPages, Shazam--they all want to know exactly where you are whenever you're using the app. Heck, services like Google Latitude won't even let you decline to share your location--it'll just put you through an endless cycle of notifications, almost demanding you to accept its terms.