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Math anxiety is much like other fears, say scientists who scanned the brains of third-graders. One-on-one tutoring soothed the fear circuit in anxious kids' brains and improved performance, too.

In their defense, the two students say that a game official had used racial slurs — and that one of their coaches had suggested getting payback for bad calls.

As federal lawmakers return to work, they faces tough choices about the budget, worrying advocates for medical research, teen pregnancy prevention and other health initiatives.

The former leader of the polling group that calls itself a "fact tank" had been battling a form of leukemia that his son says was first diagnosed in 2009.

The GOP candidate was friendly and warm, but he wasn't energizing, or even the center of attention. At one point Colbert riffed: "Oh, you were so close to getting [the audience] to clap!"

The 127-year-old National Geographic magazine will be part of a new venture called National Geographic Partners; Fox will own 73 percent.

The mayor said the settlement avoids "continuing anxiety and distraction." She said city attorneys felt going to court would ultimately prove more costly to the tax payers.

A video shows a journalist sticking her leg out as a man carrying a young boy attempts to run past police in Hungary. The TV network's editor in chief says his colleague "behaved unacceptably."

The maker of sporting apparel and gear announced that it had entered into a plan to reduce its debt by more than $500 million.

People in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest were drinking cacao and tea-like yaupon in places where neither grew. That suggests an extensive trade network to deliver a caffeine fix.