A Push for Family Input to Detect Dementia Earlier

Specialists working on National Alzheimer’s Plan say relatives can help doctors from being fooled

2012-02-07

Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dementia can sneak up on families because its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on. It can take even longer to be noticed if spouses are there to compensate. And doctors can be fooled as well. Read the complete article

Verizon to Set Up Streaming Service With Redbox

Move challenges Netflix, shows Verizon is breaking ranks with cable and satellite industry

2012-02-06

Peter Svensson AP Technology Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Read the complete article

Some Blacks Insist: 'I'm Not African-American'

Many minorities say connecting them to another continent no longer makes sense

2012-02-06

Jesse Washington AP National Writer

The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black." Read the complete article

US Closes Syrian Embassy, Presses Assad to Go

After Syrian forces intensify attacks, diplomats are removed from country

2012-02-06

Bassem Mroue The Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. Read the complete article

Washington Father’s Public Scandal Ends With Blaze

Authorities say Josh Powell started fire that killed him, two sons after locking out social worker

2012-02-06

Mike Baker, Gene Johnson and Brian Skoloff The Associated Press

GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished. Read the complete article

Accidental Discovery Expands Story of '2 Malcolms'

Key legal documents, Jim Crow-era artifacts among items that had been in Connecticut storage unit

2012-02-05

Jeff Karoub The Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) -- Documents outlining the crime that landed Malcolm X in prison in the 1940s are among some 1,000 recently unearthed items purchased jointly by the civil rights leader's foundation and an independent collector of African-American artifacts. Read the complete article

Indiana Union Leader Promises No Super Bowl Skirmish

State’s AFL-CIO head says members will take fight over right-to-work to ballot box, not the big game

2012-02-05

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The president of Indiana AFL-CIO is promising union members will not disrupt the Super Bowl festivities in Indianapolis after efforts to block right-to-work legislation failed. Read the complete article

South Africa Recalls 1.35 Million Condoms

Country has the world's highest number of AIDS patients, some 5.6 million

2012-02-05

Michelle Faul The Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Some condoms burst. Others leaked like sieves. South Africa's leading anti-AIDS group said Tuesday that allegedly faulty condoms are among more than 1.35 million handed out at the African National Congress' 100th birthday party. Read the complete article

Obama Pushes for Veterans Jobs Programs

Those who served in wake of 9/11 are experiencing 9.1 percent unemployment

2012-02-04

Kevin Freking The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands. Read the complete article

US Marine Fights Conviction for Suicide Attempt

Pvt. Lazzaric T. Caldwell, who slit wrists in 2010, was diagnosed with mental health issues

2012-02-04

David Dishneau The Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- A discharged Marine private who slit his wrists in a suicide attempt is fighting his military conviction for deliberately injuring himself, arguing the punishment is inconsistent with the armed forces' efforts to battle a rise in suicides during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the complete article