Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Study: Like a tree, growth rings show lobster age

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows …

• Man’s roach-eating death raises question: Why?

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country … 1

• Man’s death after eating roaches raises questions

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country …

• Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — A contestant in a roach-eating contest who downed dozens of live bugs and worms collapsed and died shortly after winning the contest in South Florida, authorities say. …

• Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday. About 30 … 1

• Plague, hantavirus, West Nile: How to avoid them

  September 5, 2012 in Health The “bugs” of late summer are biting. The nation is having its worst West Nile virus season in a decade, and up to 10,000 people who stayed in California cabins …

• Scorpion sting leaves Arizona woman with huge bill

  September 4, 2012 in Health PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman is wondering what hurt more: getting stung by a scorpion or seeing her hospital bill after treatment. Marcie Edmonds says the bill from Chandler …