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" 'BlackBerry thumb' is the modern malady and side effect that has come about from our text-happy society," writes Dr. Nina Radcliff. (Associated Press)
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Ron Stotish, chief executive officer of AquaBounty, the company that applied with the Food and Drug Administration to market genetically modified salmon, speaks to reporters during a break at an FDA advisory committee hearing in Rockville, Md., Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this image taken from video Sept. 7, 2010, author and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens speaks during an appearance in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Hitchens has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatments, and he says his health won't be affected by people praying either for his healing or his death. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Sen. Roland W. Burris, Illinois Democrat, is offering an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act that would lift restrictions on abortions at military hospitals. The Senate votes Tuesday. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Herbal blends billed as aromatherapy incense are on display at BoCoMo Bay in Columbia, Mo. The new product is being sold to replace K2, the marijuana substitute, which has been made illegal.
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Associated Press photographs State Sen. Andy Harris, Republican candidate in the 1st Congressional District of Maryland, addresses supporters in Salisbury, Md., after winning his Tuesday primary. Mr. Harris is set to take on the Democrat who narrowly defeated him in 2008.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of a Baltimore County SWAT team take up positions at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Thursday after a man shoots a doctor during a consultation. The surgeon survived but the gunman killed his ailing mother and himself in a hospital room before the standoff of more than two hours ended.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (top) and New York state Sen. Hiram Monserrate were ousted by voters on Tuesday. Mr. Espada's health care clinic in one of New York's poorest neighborhoods is under investigation for $14 million in government grants it received. Mr. Monserrate was convicted in a domestic violence case involving his girlfriend.
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Soldiers from the anti-terrorism force of the Yemeni Defense Ministry are training, with U.S. military assistance, to take on a more diverse, independent and scattered al Qaeda network. (Associated Press)
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Congressional candidate William Lynch talks with Congressman James Langevin on the phone after loosing the Democratic primary to Providence Mayor David Cicilline in Pawtucket, R.I., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Lynch, the former state party chairman was one of four Democratic candidates running for the seat being left vacant by Patrick Kennedy. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS GETTING A 'WIN': Sen. Harry Reid hailed the progress of the small-business assistance bill.
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Rep. Michael N. Castle, who has held elective office in Delaware since the mid-1980s, finds himself unexpectedly behind "tea party" favorite Christine O'Donnell in the Republican primary for the Senate. (AP Photo)
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"How do you find the deepest point in flavor? The wild is usually the answer. You can't duplicate nature. There is a difference between something that grows naturally and something that is forced." (Associated Press) Josh Skenes
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Tea partyers rally at the Capitol in September 2010 to oppose government spending, particularly bailouts and economic policies backed by President Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Tea partyers gather on the steps of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis in September 2010 for the "Gateway to November" rally hosted by the St. Louis Tea Party and Tea Party Patriots. (Associated Press)
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A child cries while waiting Saturday to receive vaccination injection against measles at a clinic in Beijing. China wants to vaccinate nearly 100 million children in a 10-day nationwide campaign starting Saturday to bring it a step closer to eradicating measles. (Associated Press)
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A baby cries while receiving a vaccination injection against measles at a clinic in Beijing, China, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. China wants to vaccinate nearly 100 million children in a 10-day nationwide campaign starting Saturday to bring it a step closer to eradicating measles. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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In this Monday, Sept. 6, 2010 photo, a Nigerian woman holds her young daughter, who is suffering from cholera, at a village health clinic in Ganjuwa in Nigeria's northern Bauchi State. Health officials, some with surgical masks covering their faces, sprayed anti-bacterial solution on muddy paths in this village, and patients jammed into rudimentary clinics as the government struggled to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 people in two months. The worst epidemic in Nigeria in 19 years is spreading to Cameroon, Chad and Niger, where it has killed hundreds more people. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Former figure skater Dorothy Hamill arrives at the "Stand Up To Cancer" television event at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. The fundraising event aimed to raise funds for cancer research was simulcast live on several network and cable television stations. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPH. In South Carolina, ousted incumbent Rep. Bob Inglis (shown) is not endorsing his victorious tea-party-backed challenger, Trey Gowdy.
