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April 24, 2013

Poll: Aging U.S. in denial about long-term care need

In fact, 3 in 10 would rather not think about getting older at all.
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April 24, 2013

Robert W. Edgar, Common Cause CEO, dies

BURKE, Va. — Robert W. Edgar, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives and went on to lead the public interest group Common Cause, died Tuesday. He was 69. Edgar collapsed Tuesday morning in the basement of his home in Burke after a run on the treadmill, said his wife of […]
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April 24, 2013

Allan Arbus, ‘MASH’ psychiatrist, dies

LOS ANGELES – Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shell-shocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series “MASH,” died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 95. The cause was complications of congestive heart failure, his daughter […]
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April 24, 2013

Hacked AP Twitter account says blast hurt Obama

NEW YORK – The Associated Press, one of the world’s largest news agencies, said Tuesday that a computer hacking attack caused it to send out an erroneous Twitter post. The false information about explosions at the White House and President Obama being injured came after repeated attempts by hackers to gain access to AP reporters’ […]
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April 24, 2013

Charges dropped in federal ricin case

A Mississippi man is cleared as officials turn their attention to another suspect's home.

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April 24, 2013

French greet legalization of gay marriage with protest, ‘joy’

Thousands protest in Paris. Yet, the justice minister calls the future weddings 'a breeze of joy.'
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April 24, 2013

Library opening reopens George W. Bush debate

A government professor says it's still too soon to judge the man and his presidential life.
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April 24, 2013

Worst flooding hits areas of Illinois

Meanwhile, additional rain is expected to amount to an inch or more across several Midwestern states.
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April 24, 2013

Hospitals sending ill immigrants home

Patients who are in the U.S. illegally and who require expensive care are often sent home.
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April 24, 2013

Three of 8 murder counts against doctor thrown out

PHILADELPHIA – A judge tossed three of eight murder charges Tuesday in the trial of an abortion doctor accused of killing babies who prosecutors say were born alive at a clinic they dubbed “a house of horrors.” Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, still faces the death penalty if convicted on four remaining counts of first-degree murder […]