Press under attack? - US Justice Dept lambasted for obtaining AP phone records

WASHINGTON (AP):The United States Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press (AP) in what the news cooperative's top...

Bangladesh mourns dead after factory collapse

DHAKA (AP):Thousands of mourners gathered yesterday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the...

Over 100 charged for Medicare scam

WASHINGTON (AP):Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded programme for roughly US$223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning...

Dog helps molested twins to testify against dad

LOS ANGELES (AP):The twins were seven, shy and scared.Talking was tough and describing what happened nearly impossible.

Should Americans eat more salt?

WASHINGTON (AP): A surprising new report questions efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying getting to super-low levels may not be worth the struggle.

US diplomat ordered to leave country

MOSCOW (AP):A UNITED States (US) diplomat was ordered yesterday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent.

Cops say progress in Mother's Day shooting case

NEW ORLEANS (AP): The head of the New Orleans Police Department says investigators have made significant progress in their investigation of a Mother's Day shooting that wounded 19 people....

Activists call on Obama to stop deportations

WASHINGTON (AP):Immigration activists are calling on President Barack Obama to end deportations of immigrants who might be eligible for legal status under a new immigration bill.Activists have long complained of record deportations breaking up families...

Washington tribes battle youth suicide

BELLINGHAM (AP):Suicide stalks Indian Country, claiming more lives of native youth than those in any other population, not only in Washington, but nationally.State Department of Health statistics released this month show that, in Washington...

Abortion doctor found guilty in 3 babies' deaths

PHILADELPHIA (AP): A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty yesterday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic...

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