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Are girls less aggressive than boys? Not according to research which shows that girls can be just as aggressive as boys but they do it differently. While boys tend to engage in physical fights, girls use words and body language when aggressive. And researchers think the results can be very damaging for girls.

Smoking tobacco through a water pipe has long been a tradition in many Middle Eastern countries. And now, hookah smoking is catching on in the United States especially among young people. KPBS Health

Art House Round Up: Tears of the Black Tiger, Glastonbury and Avenue Montaigne

In 1919, the first group of African Americans joined the SDFD, all assigned to one station. In 1951, a forward-looking chief named George Corser decided to end the segregation. Full Focus tells the st

San Diego County seems an unlikely place to find a rainforest. But go to Mardy Darian's property in Vista, and you can feel like you've been transported to Colombia or Madagascar. Producers Guillermo

One of the most common dangers to American soldiers in Iraq is the improvised explosive device, or IED. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of a Pentagon task force working to reduce the number of IEDs in Iraq, discusses the threat.

Thirty years ago this month, enactment of the Endangered Species Act helped foster the notion that people could stop the extinction of animals and plants. In the latest National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's Christopher Joyce visits what one biologist calls "Florida's attic" to measure the act's impact on a little blue bird.

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Drugs to treat attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder prompt continued debate. An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended "black box" warnings for all, but a second panel, made up mostly of child psychiatrists and pediatricians, says the dangers do not merit such a warning.

American forces are evacuating thousands of U.S. citizens from war-torn Lebanon. But smaller evacuations take place quite often and receive barely a mention in the media — the evacuation of families and non-essential personnel from U.S. embassies in countries that have become dangerous.