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(AP) Investigators say a former doctor going on trial this fall in Ohio raped a woman who was nine months pregnant, then killed her by injecting her with heroin.An indictment against Ali Salim, once an emergency room physician, also alleges he ...
10 hours, 46 minutes ago
(AP) Lawyers for men who sued the New York Police Department are asking for major changes to how the department conducts street stops that could affect policing nationwide.A policing expert working with the Center for Constitutional Rights says a comprehensive change ...
10 hours, 46 minutes ago
(AP) The body of 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriot still has not been found _ one of the many mysteries surrounding her killing and the couple charged in her death.Thirty-year-old Seth Mazzaglia told investigators she died with ...
11 hours, 22 minutes ago
(AP) Four deaths at the Atlanta VA Medical Center mark the latest in a series of problems plaguing Veterans Affairs, prompting outrage from officials and congressional scrutiny of the largest integrated health care system in the country.In recent years, there've been ...
11 hours, 22 minutes ago
(AP) SEATTLE — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or ...
11 hours, 56 minutes ago
(AP) They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming?In those last horrifying minutes before the EF5 tornado struck, there was no time for ...
11 hours, 56 minutes ago
(AP) People in a small West Virginia town wondered for months about missing 16-year-old honors student Skylar Neese.She vanished after slipping out the bedroom of her Star City home last summer, but some never believed she'd run away.The truth emerged when ...
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(AP) Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is scheduled to speak to about 1,000 graduates at West Point.Hagel visits West Point Saturday after a turbulent week for the military.The Army said Wednesday that a sergeant at West Point had been charged with secretly ...
19 hours, 18 minutes ago
(AP) Drug-maker ISTA (IS'-tah) Pharmaceuticals has pleaded guilty in New York in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom (ZY'-brum) and has agreed to pay more than $30 million.The Department of Justice says the case was settled in U.S. District ...
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(AP) Government health officials are investigating several health problems reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration says it has received seven reports involving patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, ...
19 hours, 18 minutes ago
(AP) Researchers examining the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut say they have found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.The researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University ...
19 hours, 18 minutes ago
(AP) Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.The investigation involved 10 people who became sick and were admitted to hospitals ...
19 hours, 18 minutes ago
(AP) Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of contraception.The arts-and-crafts chain ...
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(AP) The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered nine months ago after a salmonella outbreak is making nut butter again.Sunland Inc. Vice President Katalin Coburn tells the Portales News-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/10OJvDX) the company's products could be back on store shelves ...
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(AP) Reading, writing, `rithmetic _ and PE?The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and treat physical education as a core subject.The report says only about ...
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