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A Push for Family Input to Detect Dementia Earlier

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:01 -0800

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.

Verizon to Set Up Streaming Service With Redbox

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:26:30 -0800

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.

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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:57:13 -0800

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'Chronicle' Edges Radcliffe's 'Woman' With $22 Million at Box Office

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:54:58 -0800

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.

Brown U. Student Uncovers Lost Malcolm X Speech

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:13:35 -0800

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.

Apologies From NFL, NBC After M.I.A. Flips Bird

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:37 -0800

British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to.

Arizona Police Begin Searching Landfill for Girl

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:43:48 -0800

PHOENIX (AP) -- Police have started methodically searching a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for more than four months and who authorities now believe is dead.

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

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:30:36 -0800

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."

Hoekstra's Broken English Ad Draws More Criticism

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:13:57 -0800

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies.

US Closes Syrian Embassy, Presses Assad to Go

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:06:54 -0800

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.

Washington Father’s Public Scandal Ends With Blaze

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:58:07 -0800

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.

Giants Top Pats for Second Super Bowl in Four Years

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:43:10 -0800

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish.

Accidental Discovery Expands Story of '2 Malcolms'

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:37:42 -0800

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.

House Ready to Consider Insider Trading Ban

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:33 -0800

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials headed for what could be a more contentious debate in the House after sailing through the Senate on a 96-3 vote.

Voter Turnout Numbers Point to GOP Enthusiasm gap

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:17 -0800

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voter turnout numbers are pointing to a potential enthusiasm deficit for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney.

Vermont Struggles to Rebuild Mental Health System

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:16 -0800

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.

Indiana Union Leader Promises No Super Bowl Skirmish

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:08 -0800

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.

South Africa Recalls 1.35 Million Condoms

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:07 -0800

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.

Unemployment Drops to 8.3 Percent After Hiring Burst

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:21:34 -0800

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.

Obama Pushes for Veterans Jobs Programs

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:01:53 -0800

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.

Super Bowl Ads That Generate Buzz After the Game

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:59 -0800

NEW YORK (AP) -- Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year.

Professor Documents Cancer Battle in Online Videos

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:52 -0800

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.

US Marine Fights Conviction for Suicide Attempt

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:43 -0800

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.

Jamaica Police Pushed to Reduce Police Killings

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:36 -0800

NEGRIL, Jamaica (AP) -- Every day, Richard Hill has to pass the bullet-scarred courtyard outside his home where he saw his 47-year-old brother gunned down at point-blank range by a police officer.

NY's Attorney General Sues Banks in Foreclosure Effort

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:34 -0800

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures.