"Clearly, this is an enormous problem for Americans, physically, emotionally, and economically"

Help is on the way for patients who have undergone back surgery but who continue to suffer from chronic pain in their backs and legs, thanks to a novel technology pioneered by two Chicago-area pain management ... via EurekAlert!

Ricardo Palmera is already serving a 60-year prison sentence on an unrelated hostage-taking charge, so the mistrial means little for his future. via SF Gate

"The decision that should be made in the case is who in fact does have the copyright"

Footage of John Lennon smoking pot, writing songs and discussing putting the hallucinogenic drug LSD in President Richard Nixon's tea is the focus of a court case starting in Boston next week. via The Sydney Morning Herald

"The sperm have grown to depend on having very high levels of testosterone in order to be made"

- We hear occasional reports of declining sperm counts in certain parts of the world, warnings that fish downstream of major pollution sites have reproductive abnormalities and most recently, that the chemical bisphenol A may be linked to fertility problems in animal studies.

So if a guy has in mind that he wants to start a family some day, should he be concerned? Or, as the saying goes, might he be wondering if his "boys can swim."

While many things are beyond any individual man's control, experts do have some advice about what to avoid and what might be helpful as men attempt to put to use what is an astonishing natural resource. Read more

Four people have been arrested and more than $380,000 in drugs and cash were seized in a drug investigation in Des Moines. via KAAL

"He told them what he could about her. "Robert has been as helpful to everyone as he can"

A Houston oil industry executive who landed in trouble after a stripper overdosed on cocaine at his Galleria-area townhome and later died was granted probation Monday when he pleaded guilty to a drug possession ... via Houston Chronicle

"Agents who join forces with drug smugglers to subvert border inspections undermine border security in the most treacherous way"

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector accused of conspiring with smugglers to allow more than a ton of marijuana to pass through her lanes at the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry has ... via KVIA

Louisa County authorities say a man and a woman face child endangerment charges after a relative found their toddler sons intoxicated on cocaine. via WSLS

SAN DIEGO - An 18-foot boat used to smuggle drugs washed ashore in Sunset Cliffs with marijuana still on board early Monday morning, authorities said. via San Diego Union-Tribune

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky man was arrested on drug trafficking charges early Sunday morning after he was reportedly pumping gas into an imaginary vehicle, reported WLKY-TV in Louisville. via KVVU-TV Henderson