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Australia says man sent money to American in Syria 09/30/2014 06:44am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- One man was arrested in counterterrorism raids in the Australian city of Melbourne on Tuesday after police said he provided money to a U.S. citizen fighting alongside extremists in Syria.Hassan El Sabsabi, 23, appeared briefly in a Melbourne court on six counts of intent Ways to Treat Head Lice 09/30/2014 12:00am • Head lice are insects with six claws and no wings that cannot hop or fly. Lice move by crawling; their claws hold tightly onto hair. They're gray-white or tan and the size of sesame seeds, and they feed on human blood four or five times a day. Lice live and breed within a quarter inch of the hair f How I Got to College: Luis Galvan 09/30/2014 12:00am • This past spring, U.S. News visited La Jolla High School in the San Diego Unified School District to ask several seniors who had recently gone through the college application process and were then weighing their options for lessons learned along the way -- and their best tips for high school studen How I Got to College: Emily Young 09/30/2014 12:00am • This past spring, U.S. News visited La Jolla High School in the San Diego Unified School District to ask several seniors who had recently gone through the college application process and were then weighing their options for lessons learned along the way -- and their best tips for high school studen What Happens to Patients When Mental Health Clinics Close? 09/30/2014 12:00am • Financial shortages have forced many states to cut millions of dollars from their mental health budgets, shuttering the community mental health clinics that serve as a safety net -- or a last resort -- for patients who have nowhere else to go. But after the clinics' doors are boarded up, what happen The Perks of Retirement in Thailand and the Philippines 09/30/2014 12:00am • Southeast Asia is a remarkably beautiful and diverse region that is becoming much more welcoming to Western retirees. Southeast Asia's big appeal for foreign retirees is the cost of living. Several countries here are among the world's cheapest places to retire. Your money goes much further in this When You're Put in Hospital Isolation 09/30/2014 12:00am • A respiratory infection has you feverish, coughing and wheezing -- severely enough to put you in the hospital. You're placed in a private room, which is fine. As sick as you feel, you only vaguely notice that the nurse checking your vital signs is talking through a mask and face shield. The doctor l Dallas hospital monitoring patient for Ebola 09/29/2014 11:40pm • DALLAS (AP) -- A patient in a Dallas hospital is showing signs of the Ebola virus and is being kept in strict isolation with test results pending, hospital officials said Monday.Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas said in a statement Monday that the patient's symptoms and recent travel indi Warriors happy to have core back, build on success 09/29/2014 07:19pm • ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Basketball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- David Lee learned to block out trade talk during his days with the New York Knicks when just about everybody on the roster was rumored to be on the move at some point.With the Golden State Warriors involved in discussions to acquire Kevin Ex-Twins manager Tom Kelly suffers stroke 09/29/2014 06:30pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins say former manager Tom Kelly is recovering after suffering what the team calls a minor stroke last week.Twins general manager Terry Ryan says he spoke to Kelly on Monday. Kelly told Ryan that he was briefly hospitalized after the stroke, but doctors have told Still spends Bengals' bye caring for daughter 09/29/2014 06:30pm • JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) -- Large, gray shipping envelopes were stacked in Devon Still's locker on Monday, gifts from fans who are following his daughter's fight with cancer.The Bengals defensive lineman spent most of his bye week with his 4-year-old daughter Leah, who had surgery to Virus probed in paralysis cases in 9 Colorado kids 09/29/2014 06:30pm • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday se Administration seeks to close Gitmo hearing 09/29/2014 05:30pm • PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is seeking to close a court hearing into the government's treatment of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner, saying that much of the information about the man is classified. He has gone on a hunger strike and is protesting force-feeding pro Pacers modify expectations after George's injury 09/29/2014 04:43pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Pacers forward David West brought a reality check to media day.Instead of discussing championship aspirations, playoff chances or goals, West carefully and continually steered the conversation toward what he sees as Indiana's biggest challenge: lif Toll from Guinea-Bissau mine blast rises to 22 09/29/2014 04:20pm • BISAAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Two more people who were wounded when a minibus struck a land mine in Guinea-Bissau have died, a doctor said Monday, raising the death toll in the accident to 22.The bus was travelling in the country's north on Friday when it was completely destroyed by the mine. The bl